Weekly Update...

Well I thought I should drop a line since it has been awhile since my last post….

We have been enjoying, well absolutely nothing lately! After all the hubbub of learning about mom, and friends and family visiting (not that we didn’t love the time that they were here) we are finally relaxing and enjoying some downtime. Mom has been doing well as she still enjoys her 2 a week visits from her hospice nurse Theresa. Every time she comes, she drains about 1000 mL of fluid from mom’s stomach and it always makes her feel better. Imagine being as bloated as you have ever felt and having two broken ankles from the bloating as well. This is how mom describes feeling and it is hard for me to complain even if I feel a little bloated after having some salty food! So this last visit mom pushed Theresa to taken two full bottles (2000 mL) out of her stomach. If you all know mom she won this fight and got a lot of pressure relieved from her tummy. Now, since she feels so good after the 2 liter draining we have decided to go ahead and have Theresa come three times a week to drain her. Hopefully this will relive some of the pain that mom is feeling in her legs and stomach for the time being.

As of now, she stays indoors most of the time due to pain. Not to say that she is in dire pain (she is taking plenty of pain medication), however just moving around the house is a feet in itself for her. She occasionally will get out with me, in her wheelchair, to walk Chloe (our dog) and even made it out to Wal-Mart with me the other day. She does however enjoy getting on her laptop again and would welcome any e-mail.

Until next time…