Today seemed more like our normal Saturdays in that we did not have to go anywhere. It was good to have the time to do what we need to do here. Sometimes our days are so full of appointments that we hardly find time to do all the necessary things, to include preparation of meals and eating! What feels most normal right now is that Lee is watching the Panthers pre-season game. Hearing the sounds of a ballgame is very much like being home in Vale.
Lee continues to have trouble with his low blood pressure. His pressure is so low tonight that I am afraid to give him the medicine that lowers his BP. I will talk to the nurse and will hold it until I get the call. At the CFL on Wednesday, Lee invited two other transplant enrollees to share dinner with us tonight. They are living here at Duke Towers and he had promised them some of my chicken 'n Dumplings. We all gathered under the gazebo in the courtyard and had a meal. It was so nice to be able to go outside and enjoy the fellowship. I was amazed at how the three of them..............Lee, Jerry and Nancy were able to breathe so easily. Each of them were extremely dependent on oxygen prior to their transplants. It was the beginning of a more normal existance for us even though we miss our children and grandchildren terribly. It has been almost three months since we have been home and we do have periods of homesickness.
I will have to write more tomorrow. It is time for the late night I.V. and Lee has fallen asleep in his recliner........................also....................I am very tired and sleepy but must wait another hour for the I.V. to finish.
More Later.......................................................Brenda
Hi mom. We are getting all the kids ready for bed, and I just checked in on your blog--just in time. I told Michaela, the old song Scarborough Fair was one of my favorites--and she looked it up and learned it within ten minutes. She has been singing it to me with her new guitar.
ReplyDeleteDaniel is here visiting tonight. He went to drop in on Greg and Cathy, but they were in Hickory--so we were second choice. We made "brupper" which I learned from you -- and he and Bo are in there watching a movie.
I'm glad you had a relaxing Saturday--let's just get that blood pressure fixed and all will be fine! I love and miss you both.