Obviously, Mom didn’t have time to get a post on here.. and neither did I. Sorry it’s been so long.. I think this is the longest we’ve gone,without getting something on here, and I will definately try not to let it happen again 🙂  The last few days have been hectic, but nothing really out of the ordinary. Mom and Kerrie have been doing their regular laying around and eating bon-bons, and I got in town Saturday night.. just in time for everyone, including me, to go to bed. On my way back home now. Won’t be able to come in for the next two weekends, so heading home tonight…

Interesting day for Ker-bear, but glad I didn’t know about it until after.. she told me all about it when she called tonight and, of course, I had to piece together some of what she was saying but I could tell it was quite a day… Here’s Kerrie’s version: “Well. We went to Henry Ford and went and said Hi. Then we went down to the place where they do the stuff and then we went up to the place and we had a thing and it hurt but it didn’t. But we weren’t supposed to at first but stuff happens.” Jenn’s Translation: They went to Henry Ford, went up…

Note to Self: If you come home, from Michigan, really late on a Sunday night.. open your freezer.. and, for some reason, it just doesn’t seem as cold as you remember it.. it is NOT your imagination. Do not ignore this strange sensation you have about the freezer not seeming very cold.. because when you come home really late from work, on a Wednesday night, you are going to walk through your kitchen and wonder, “hmmm.. what is that strange odor?” If this happens, do not walk between the kitchen and the living room trying to figure out what the strange odor may be.. grab a trash bag and go…

Well.. this post is actually April 18th.. a few minutes after midnight and I have just come home from a very looong day at work. Ofcourse, did not get to speak to Mom or Kerrie today.. but didn’t expect to. It was too busy for me to call.. Sorry Kerrie. I hope you had a good day at Rehab. I’d call you right now, but I don’t think either you or Mom would appreciate it.. and neither one of you would be coherent enough to talk anyway (I’m barely coherent enough to type write now). For anyone who didn’t happen to see it, Mom did put a comment on the…

“Hi Kerrie, how was your day today?” “Well.. Helloooo.. it was a pretty good day today” “Was that because you didn’t have Rehab?” “YUP! HEE HEE HEE” She sounded great tonight.. happy even. I love hearing her like that.Mom sounded good too, though they were both obviously tired. Just your basic sit around the house, get up and brush your teeth at the kitchen sink until you can’t stand anymore kind of day. I guess they didn’t sit around ALL day.. they practiced getting in and out of the car and Mom said it went “OK”. Kerrie’s getting a little bit stronger, so it may get easier for her.. but…

We had a decent day today… Kerrie was in a good mood and feeling kind of hungry. It seems, now that we have stopped giving her the medication that is supposed to increase her appetite, that she is actually wanting to eat. The med was discontinued and suddenly she wants food.. all the time 🙂 Breakfast was a yummy concoction of cottage cheese and pears.. while we watched “Talladega Nights” later we’re watching TV and, out of the blue, she says…”I think I want some scrambled eggs”… so, I’m out in the kitchen trying to make them as fast as I can and I hear… “And some toast..” After a…

Kerrie’s alwasy been a saver when it comes to stuff like Halloween candy & Easter Candy…Not me. I’d gobble mine up right away and then, for the next few weeks, I would sneak into where she kept her “secret stash” and take a few pieces at a time. She could save her halloween candy for weeks.. as long as I didn’t find out where it was. She still hasn’t forgiven me for the year I ate almost all her candy. When I got in to Mom’s last night, I saw the dish of  chocolates and jellybeans on the desk.. and thought “I shouldn’t take one. Kerrie’s probably saving them.”  But.. I…

Friday the 13th?? It sure felt like it.. Didn’t realize the date until sometime after 2:00pm, but no wonder I was having such a cruddy day. Got out of work extremely late, for a Friday, and didn’t get on the road until 8:30pm. Usually half way to Michigan by then. Called Mom at 9:00pm and got to talk to Kerrie.. “Kerrie, I know it’s almost 9:00pm… but I just got on the road. It’s going to be really late when I get in, so don’t feel like you have to wait up for me.” “Ohhhh.. don’t worry.. I won’t!” Made it in much better time than normal, got in a…

I don’t think I have ever heard my mother sound as tired as she did when I just spoke with her. Very little sleep after she got home from work this morning. Ron was there, making some adjustments to the wheelchair ramp, and said she was a “very tired Mama”. Mom said Kerrie hasn’t been feeling to well today, but that she seems alright tonight. She was really too tired to give me much information, so I didn’t push for it. Kerrie hasn’t had therapy all week, between people being on vacation and her visit to Henry Ford, so tomorrow will be her first and only day of therapy for…

I’m not sure why I’m having so much trouble getting posts on here, but I’m able to get in to the admin section now..so maybe whatever the problem was is gone. Spoke with Mom for all of two minutes yesterday. She called from Henry Ford, but was with a doctor at the moment and couldn’t really talk. She just needed to check some availability dates with me, so they could schedule Kerrie’s surgery. It looks like she will have her Gall Bladder removed the first week of May. Not sure why they are waiting so long, if she’s physically able to go through the surgery now, but Mom said it…