Dang Cpomputers

So I wrote a nice long post last night about how much pain I was in and how I couldn't sleep and it was still 2 hours and 40 minutes until my next pills and the whole thing didn't publish. Oh well, who want to read a post about my woes.

So this morning I woke up at 5 a.m. and got Joe to help me go to the bathroom and take my pills and then when I was all settled in bed again and he had gone back to sleep I realized I was too much awake to go back to sleep again. I didn't have the heart to wake him up again so I just laid there in the dark for an hour and still couldn't sleep so finally I woke him up at 6 a.m. and am now writing this post. This is going to get really old for him to have to help me get in and out of bed all the time but I don't know what else to do. I am really grateful that I have children who are ready to spell him.

I'm also grateful for those of you who cooked and cleaned up the dinner yesterday. It was a great Thanksgiving Day thanks to all your work.

We (used in the generic way - meaning not me but several of my children) will be putting up the Christmas tree today which is always one of the highlights of my year! I have way too many ornaments to put on one tree so I will only use part of them and may give the rest away.

Well, my hip is hurting from sitting in one position.

So Happy Holidays, Lub lubs and all that,

Mither

Yikes This is Worse Than ever

Post by Commitee

We're sitting here at the Care Center with Mom (Corilee) Jenn S. Steve, Chelle, Jenni S. and Joe-joe. (I realize now that both Jenn's have S. for their last name, so to distinguish between the two, Jenn is Aunt Jenn, and Jenni is Niece Jenni.)

Mom says "Each of you need to say some cute thing."

Steve says "some cute thing."

Mom says "Hmph Geez steve!"

Jenn says "I can't think of anything cute, except for Jenni and Joe-joe."

Jenni says "we should say 'I love you'."

Chelle reads what everyone has said aloud so everyone knows what the post says.

So here's an update about the surgery- (Corilee/mom talking)

The first three days after surgery I was totally out of it because of the anesthetic. Jenn asks "How did you feel at the hospital. Mom says- I felt pain in my hip but it wasn't too bad. It wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. I enjoyed eating the food they made, mainly because I didn't have to cook it. Steve says he's enjoyed not having to do the dishes. Jenn said on Saturday after many long strugglings, and wandering in the wilderness, they finally moved mom to the care center. Mom says in the care center, she's noticed a noticeable lack in the quality of food, but its not too bad. I still don't have to cook it.

They keep forgetting to bring me salt and pepper, so one day when I specifically asked if they would please remember to bring me salt and pepper one of the aides brought me my own salt and pepper shaker, which we keep in the top drawer of the night stand (in case you're visiting and you want some- Steve says.) We had to bring our own TV so mom didn't DIE of boredom.

Thankfully the therapy is going very well. Its very strenuous, which is good. The pain pills knock me out. After they give me pain pills they zonk me out for the next 4 hours. So I'm going to ask for less strong pain pills, which may mean more strong pain, but we'll see. They've also given me all kinds of attachments to get my clothes on with. It's called a hip kit. I can get dressed by myself now. It's very difficult, but they say once I get over the learning curve I'll want them always by my side. Other than that everything is going great (Steve says "all is well in Zion") I highly recommend hip replacement surgery for those who are having hip pain.

So, they will probably be sending mom home on Tuesday, but we will get to bring her home for a couple of hours on Thanksgiving. If you want to visit her she's at the Heritage Care Center in American Fork. She'd love visitors!!
Here's the address:

Heritage Care Center
350 E 300 N
American Fork

For security reasons I'm not going to put the room # here. Just ask for mom when you get there.

Finally!!!

Well today's the day. I slept soundly last night. I didn't wake up once. Ahhhh sleep I love ye.
So now all I have to do is fast until I go in for surgery. I am supposed to be at the hospital at 11:00 a.m. They probably won't get to the surgery until 12:30 or 1:00. I'm taking a good book - The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck.

Well, see you all in four days when I get home and can blog again.

Smiles,

Mither

Full, FULL, Day

Everything is coming all at once today. My tooth still aches so the root canal is definitely on at sometime today. My home teacher (who is also my optometrist) visited us yesterday and offered to do an eye exam today at 9:00 a.m. so that I could get my glasses fixed before surgery, so that is on. And Emilee called last night and offered to come over and help me get my Christmas tree put up. She and Janice are going to help me do it this afternoon. I wanted to put it up early so I could help and join in the fun because, obviously, I won't be doing anything else this holiday season due to my surgery. So we will be having a Christmas tree at our Thanksgiving dinner. Hope you all don't mind me rushing the season this year. Putting up the tree is one of my very favorite things to do during the holidays so I'm really, really, grateful to Ems and Jan.

Doing all that today will help me pass the time while I wait for this day to pass to get to tomorrow. It will also get my mind off the nervousness I might feel about the surgery. I should be worn out by the end of the day and should sleep well tonight.

I may still be able to go back to bed and get a few more hours of shut eye this morning but if not there are things around the house I want to get done before tomorrow so if I don't sleep it will be good as well.

I could use all the prayers you can give for tomorrow. I could also use a little help over the next couple of weeks (after I get home from the hospital) with light housework. They also suggested that someone be with me everyday during the first week to help me until I am somewhat healed and can get around better. I didn't find this out until yesterday when I read the notes about the surgery. If you girls could work out some sort of schedule so someone could come I would really appreciate it. I'm sure Michelle could be here some days but I don't know what her work schedule is. I will try to make some calls today, at some point, to arrange what I can, but if someone could take it over for me if I don't get it done, it would be a big help.

Thanks, and Much Love,

Mither

Oh Frabjous day, caloo calay (from The Jabberwoky)

Great news!!! The dentist said I probably needed a root canal and he would do it on Monday so I won't have to reschedule my surgery. I will be celebrating all weekend in spite of the bad tooth ache. Never would have thought I would be glad to have a root canal.... just goes to show you that it's all in how you look at it. How's that for optimism, Michelle?

I can't believe this is happening!!!

Well here it is 3:27 a.m. and I am awake. Like I said on Stace's blog, sometimes you get to sleep as much as you want and then you can't no matter what.

So, get all your chocolate ready. I may need it all and then some to kill myself by chocolate. A severe tooth ache showed up yesterday in a tooth that I had a crown put on just three weeks ago. (Oops! now I can't get the italics to go off.... Oh well, just chalk it up to my lack of computer skills. So what else is new?)

So, anyway, if my tooth is getting infected that will mean they will cancel the surgery. AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. I have an appointment with the dentist today at 10:00 A.M. Then I have my pre-op at 2:00 p.m. If in that four hours the dentist can't resolve the tooth ache, I'm dead. It may not even take the chocolate. I may just up and die from frustration and pain in my hip. So here is a tearful farewell to the cruel world, *sniff... sob* :-( just in case I die this afternoon without further notice.

Lub-lubs, *sniff sniff, sob sob*

Mither