Gritsar needs more prayers, DH in serious condition!!!!

[Damummis]

Hey Gritty,
How goes the battle? Hope everyone is on the mend. Thinking of you.

 

[chixie]

I am still praying for your DH ... hugs

 

[chixie]

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That sounds like a reasonable plan. Take some reading materials (or handwork) so that you aren't fretting while your DH is asleep.

Also, cleaning house can be cathartic. Don't feel weird for doing it. When it seems like my life is chaos, and there are things out of my control, I always get the urge to clean. There is something about having that one thing in order that helps me deal with the things that I can't control.

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I know how you are feeling. my DH is also in the hospital and I came hiome and looked at my house. I just did nothing about it.I was too tired. I slept 4 hours and waiting for daylight too feed animals so I can go back to the hospital

 

[Mattemma]

Praying for her dh.

 

[vfem]

Came by because we're thinking about you today... Hoping for the best.

(((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))) from my whole family!

 

[jbowyer01]

thoughts and prayers coming your way.

 

[gritsar]

Thanks y'all for your continued prayers and support.
I just arrived home, for my turn at some down time. Between the long drive and sleeping on a hospital recliner, my back wants to divorce my body.

Thought I would give y'all an update.
Keith has been up and down, mood-wise. He's still on strict bedrest and that's not sitting well with him. He's a proud man and a modest one, so he's not taking well to bedpans and bed baths.

They did a repeat doppler exam on his leg this morning and there's still clots in his leg. He won't be allowed out of bed until the clots are gone and his coumadin level is where they want it to be; right now it's 1.25 and they want it to be 2.
They had told me yesterday that he might get to come home on Monday, the 5th, but again that depends on his coumadin level. No matter what, the internist told us this morning that his recovery is going to be slow and complicated; even after he comes home. He won't be able to work for a good long while, which isn't sitting well with Keith. I've mentioned retirement a couple of times - he's due to retire at the end of this month anyhow - but mentioning it gets me barked at.

So #1 and I will keep up the shifts until he can come home. #2 finally made it up to the hospital to see him yesterday. I think she said two words before she left again.

Funny chicken story from this morning. #1 calls me frantic. Kitty, my chicken killer, managed to shoot out the back door. #1 wanted to know if there were any tricks we use to get her back in the house. Keith suggested a strategically placed 22 round

. Trying to be more helpful, I suggested she put some cat food in a plastic bowl and take it outside and shake it. She calls me back and I ask if it worked. She said "real well! I had 14 chickens at my feet in no time!"

She did finally manage to corner Kitty and get her back inside.

Not so funny story regarding my dad. He calls me yesterday to check on how Keith is doing. During the conversation he says to me, and I quote, "Poor Keith! To be sick and have a wife that's always falling apart (emotionally). It must be hard on him."

I was so mad! I haven't fallen apart one time! In fact, I'm the one that's juggling all Keith's care, the animals care, keeping #1 from falling apart, #2 from robbing us blind and handling all the running of the household. It makes me so mad that I am still being judged (by my biological family) on things that happened 20 years ago, when I was married to a alcoholic/drug addict and had good cause to fall apart!

I decided something on the way home from the hospital this morning. I will be writing my dad a long letter tonight. The last thing I need right now is my family making me feel like poo.

Sorry, didn't mean to turn the update into a rant.

 

[boxermom]

Hang in there Gritsar.

Dads just know how to push their daughters' buttons. They can't help it. They're male...

He still won't understand after reading the letter. They can't get past the "little girl" thing. Just know YOU ARE STRONG. You will be fine and even STRONGER for it.

 

[ebwy]

be sure to thank your dad for his understanding and taking the time to actually know you!
thinking of you, gritsar, and I hope your husband is well enough to come home soon.

 

[Ridgerunner]

It is interesting that your hubby would trust #1 to strategically place a .22 round. Is that a sign that he is rational or otherwise?

I know what you mean about parents pushing buttons. My mother is never as happy as when she stirs something up. I usually call my brother before I call Mom to find out what she is going to try to pull this time. The last one was a doozy. Since there was an actual arrest made, there was just enough to the story to almost make it believeable.

Anyway, I know I am not posting much to you lately, figuring you are busy, but I am thinking about you. Take care of yourself and the rest of that tribe of yours.