Hey fans its been another crazy weekend. This past friday I had to take Sandy in for emergency surgery. She had to get her gall bladder taken out. It was supposed to be taken out on the 29th but well it decided it was ready to go. We went to the same hospital that I had my surgery and the same one where grandfather is still in ICU at. Can you tell none of us trust our local hospital when we will go 3 counties away lol. She handled it pretty well and she was let go yesterday moring. It's amazing how easy they can do some surgeries now. She has just a few lil cuts where they took it out. She will be back to work next week. (Though she wanted to go back sooner.)
I began the rehab therapy for my own surgery. Gotta get the muscles built back up in my shoulders and neck again. They are still saying that I will not be able to lift over 50lbs after all this. I am gonna give it my best to beat those odds. Though now with arthritis landing where my previous cervical fusion was and now this new fusion well they might be right. Which at this point I am not sure what I will be able to do as far as work. I still say if my arms and legs can move I will do something. Let's be honest also when you look like I do it's hard to get good desks jobs. Though I can hide my skin art pretty well. Still its just another thing to man up and beat.
While I was at the hospital with Sandy I spent so much of my time running between her room and my grandfathers. While Sandy was being admitted to a room friday night or saturday morning on how you look at it. I went and saw grandfather at 4 am in the morning. Sure enough he was wide awake and staring at the ceiling in his dark room. I got his glasses and put them on his head. Almost that second you could see him adjusting his eyes. Now the man that I was in the room with was not grandfather right then. I could see in his face their was no recogination of me. That was fine I have gotten used to it.(Sadly) So I went ahead and got some picture albums out that we have left in his room for this very thing. Before I started showing him pics I could see he was enjoying having the glasses on and not seeing everything as a blur. I started showing him pics and I watched his eyes as I pointed out people. Good thing I watched him track where I pointed to and he seemed interested in the pics. Maybe it will began to spark things whereever his memory is trapped right now. When my visit was over I took the glasses and put them up again. I could see the look on his face like he hated that. Sadly we cant leave them on because his skin tears would form there where the eye holders are. He is already covered with skin tears on his body and we see no need to cause anymore on his face. His other ones on his face have healed and least we can leave him without the tears there.
By the time of my next visit at around 11 am saturday Sandy was in surgery so I ran to his room again and he was semi awake. I did the usual things I do when I am with him. Told him the day and time and weather and checked to make sure the nurses have been doing the things they are supposed to. Which means I had a couple things I had to do for him. They can't remeber everything. I put the glasses on him again and talked to him. He stared sometimes at me and some just forward blankly. Then before I was fixing to leave he reached out and slowly grabbed my hand. I could have burst with crying right then. That's the first thing he has done like that since the day of his surgery 2 1/2 months ago. I stayed awhile longer and the nurses did not complain once. Then again like I said before in blogs we do have some liberties that most don't. He drifted off into sleep and I layed his hand down with a warm smile on my face.
The rest of the weekend was spent running between both people I love in my life. When Sandy slept I went to his room. When she was awake I stayed with her and looked after her. Mind you this was doing my own health issues no good at all. I had not taken my meds with me or my neck collar when I took Sandy in friday night. SOOO YEAA by the time we got home yesterday I was pretty much hurting big time. I loaded up on my meds and had to contain myself from going past prescribed doisage lol.
Today they are putting grandfather in something new they call "The Pink Cadlillac". It's a chair specially designed and cushioned for someone with his body problems right now. This will be the first time he will have been sat up and out of a bed since before his surgery. I hate missing it but I had to go to my therapy today and after I was done this morning frankly I needed to call it a day. Not to mention I am still taking care of Sandy also. Sis is up there with him and I will be going back with her tomorrow. Still this is another good stepp for him. More stimulation for his mind and body. It can only help.
Ok fans I am gonna get other things done. I just wanted to let everyone know what happened this weekend. Again I wanna thank everyone for the prayers you all have been sending towards us. I love and cherish everyone in his corner and the entire families as well. Always leave a message and I will answer them quick as possible. Ron Stryker
