Thursday update

Since I'll be gone for a few days I figured I better get to posting before I am away. I hadn't really had a chance to upload recent pictures from my camera to my laptop but thought I'd get a little of that done tonight. Since this would be our last visit from Nancy until after she gives birth Alex was very excited to see her this past weekend and of course to give his future new baby cousin a kiss until he meets him in person! I think Alex is going to be an awesome cousin to the new addition to our family and I for one can't wait to see him for the first time!! Hurry up and be born little guy...we want to see what you look like and of course find out what your name is going to be.



Yesterday mom had a haircut and today they did her nails so she was very happy, who doesn't like to be pampered?



And of course, what better way to end your day than to have a visit from your grandson, Jesse, who manages to make himself right at home no matter where he is. Jesse spent 2 hours with grandma tonight and I know she adores him and loves his company...he sure knows how to make a person laugh. Last night Robert and Alex got to visit with grandma which was great, too! I am very blessed that I have sons who love and cherish their family.

Progress

Mom is doing well with her physical therapy and she seems to be in good spirits at the nursing facility. She said that everyone is really nice to her and she has a great room mate which makes a huge difference in her moral.

Today she got her hair washed and trimmed and she enjoyed that, I will put her down for another hair appointment next wednesday since I won't be back until late wednesday night....leaving for my quick trip to Florida on sunday afternoon to take care of some business at mom's house since it sold after only 2 weeks of being on the market! Sure glad I have a strong and big boy to take with me for support, company and of course to lift heavy stuff.

Here's another layout I put together at my weekend crop.

Monday....has come around again......

...and today I managed to go to work, visit mom twice, meet with her case worker, schedule her for an appointment for a wash and trim in the beauty salon at the nursing home as well as getting her nails done on thursday, picked up something from the party store, get an ice cream sundae to bring to mom on my evening visit, do 2 loads of laundry and now I feel pretty ready to collapse.

The physical therapy was pretty taxing on mom today but she did her best and she is walking much better now which is a great thing. She said that everyone at the facility is really nice and treating her well.

Easter Sunday

Hello to all and Happy Easter.

Mom spent Easter in a nursing/rehab facility having been transferred there on friday afternoon. Spending 5 days in the hospital in bed will weaken even the strongest person...but having a cancer patient flat on their back for that long means they will need to get some PT and OT to get back to where they were before. Looks like 1-2 weeks of therapy and mom will be able to come home again.

The bad news is that the cancer has grown back so we will be seeing the oncologist when she gets out and he has assured me that there are more treatments available now and that this isn't something to be overly upset about and I trust him...still there is that nagging worry always.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers.

Mom in the hospital

I just wanted to post because I know a lot of friends and family read my blog for updates on mom. This morning I knew something was going on with her and she became unresponsive to me at some point so I knew she was having some seizure activity which is not uncommon for brain cancer patients. I eventually called for an ambulance and she is in the hospital right now, we will have an MRI tomorrow and know more but for now please keep her in your prayers.

What did you do friday night???

I went out for the rest of my birthday present, a great concert! It's funny because if you would have told me a few years ago that I'd be attending my 6th Rick Springfield concert I would have said you were crazy but that's just what happened last night and what a great time I had with a super special friend of mine that I hadn't seen in a while.



We're on spring break which is great for me since we don't have to get up super early, there is no homework and life can just be more relaxing in general. The big boys are heading to Atlantic City for a few days so let's hope they don't come home broke! I still can't believe it sometimes when I look at them and realize that I have 2 sons in their 20's!!

Here's a page I did at my weekend crop.

364 more days until I turn 50!

Yeah, I'm nuts!

So last night Jim and I had a great dinner together and then went to walk around a bit at a shopping center near the Applebee's that we ate at...I do love my Applebee's and you can't beat their 2 for $20 with the appetizer and 2 entrees! We talked about lots of stuff but we both agreed that we are going to try to do this more often, we used to go out one night a week without fail but that has fallen to the wayside lately and we are going to make an effort to at least try every other week. I had gotten a Fashion Bug catalog in the mail and saw a cute top in there that I liked but when I went online they were sold out of it so Jim went into Fashion Bug with me and I found the exact top in there and in my size! Wooo! I was so happy and I wasn't sure if it was because I found the top I wanted or that my husband was willing to go into a woman's clothing store with me. LOL!!

I have been a little behind lately because I was prepping for my crop, among other things, so I hadn't posted some pictures in a while. Here is Robert's new 'ride' that he picked up...sadly she is a little scratched up due to him hitting into a patch of sand last week and he had to 'ditch the bike' so that he wouldn't get badly hurt. It's all cosmetic stuff and it will get fixed soon, I'm sure.



I so love the fact that all my boys are back together again and it was funny that the older ones were sitting on Alex's bed watching TV and hanging out and they were posed almost the same so I told Alex to get in the act so I could take a photo of them.



And I can't resist sharing this layout that I did last week, I had to take a current photo of me with all 3 of my sons in order to finish the layout and I think it turned out really nice.