Pain medicine helped

She's feeling much better today. She has taken her pain medicine for two days and seems to have the pain under control again. She is going to take the medication again tonight and then see if she will need them after that. She really had me worried last night.

Pain is Back!

Yesterday we went to visit her sister Lorraine, went to the library, and got a take home pizza which is our regular routine on Tuesday's. Les and I work in the temple on Tues. Eve and got home around nine. She complained of pain, it got bad enough she took a pain pill. She was sore today, but it was do-able for her. Then all of a sudden this evening she was having excrusiating pain in the back where she has cancer in the rib cage. She took a pain pill and went to bed. I don't know what I can do. If it gets worse, I'll call hospice for stronger pain medication. I don't know if this will be a continual thing or short term. She hasn't had any pain medicine in about a month, so I know it's bad when she is willing to take a pain killer.

Mom Alone for Weekend

Friends of ours invited us to go to the mountains with them for the week end. We were hesitant but decided if we left Saturday and came back Sunday, she would be OK. My cousin Ron called to check on her, and so did my friend Annette. She had friends, Rick and Shauna come over Sunday and they stayed to visit for a couple of hours and we were home shortly after. She did fine, so as long as she is feeling good, we may try going somewhere for the whole week end next month. It felt so good to get away for awhile. Mom is never any problem, I don't mean that, it's just that we need to get away and do something fun once in awhile.

Good Week

Tuesdays we go see Lorraine her sister. This week they had a sing-along when we went there. So we sang along and it was kind of enjoyable. Then we always go to the library after and take home a pizza. Wednesday we bought mom some scrubs. Her waist still bothers her from the shingles. She bought navy, tan and wine colored ones. They look like normal pants but she can loosen them when she's home. Before she would just put on her nightie all day. The hospice nurse came, and said she's doing great but her blood pressure was a little elevated. Today pastor Bruce from hospice came with his guitar and sang, it was very nice, but I felt a bit uncomfortable being an audience of 2, 3 counting Salsa. Tomorrow we have been invited to go with friends to their place in Grand Jean and spend the night. It's the first time we are leaving mom, but my cousin Ron said he would check on her and she has neighbors #'s. Rick and Shauna, friends of hers, are coming over Sunday, so I think she will do fine. It is so beautiful in Grand Jean, it's at the foot of the sawtooth mountains, and we're taking our ATV's. It will be good to get away even if it is only overnight.

Observation!

Mom's seems to feel pretty good, no pain, but she is starting to look a little yellow. We went out today to get pants with a drawstring, because it's still touchy on the waist from the shingles. She doesn't have a lot of energy, but feels content.

Great Visit!

Mildred Hickman and her daughters Carol and Nina, came to visit and brought beautiful flowers from Mildred's garden.

Carol used to live in the apartment below mom and dad's and has always been there for mom. Mom thinks of her as a daughter. Carol is the one on the left.

Even though my brother Dave and Nina, on the right, have been divorced for years, she has always been so thoughtful to mom. She came out from South Carolina, I think, for a family reunion, and still took time to come visit mom. We had a wonderful afternoon visiting.

Doing Well

She's had a cold for a couple of days, and that always scares her. We always wonder if it is something more. We were told her cancer would probably next go to the lungs or the brain. But she is doing better today. Nina is coming Thursday with her mother and sister, and mother is mortified that she will be sick and not be able to see them, so she has stayed in for the last few days and trying to nurse herself back to good health.

Doing Great!

She is totally off of any medication, except high blood pressure medicine which she has always taken, and isn't feeling pain. She loves to go to the library, and reads a lot. She tires easily and doesn't have a lot of energy. I'm sure that's the thyroid cancer. She has a good appetite again. I wonder if she isn't kind of in remission. Carol, Nina's sister took her to lunch on Wednesday. Thursday a fill in hospice nurse came and said she was doing fine. Cindy, her regular nurse was out of town. Friday she got her hair done so life is good!

Since I'm home a lot more now, I'm getting good at sudoku and word scrambles in the paper. I am even getting my garden planted.