Thursday, February 5, 2009

Back home to BRRRRRRR weather

Hi everyone,
I thought the weather in Ferndale was miserable. In the 5 weeks, the first 3 days were snow, the next 3 1/2 weeks were rain with part of that being heavy, heavy, HEAVY FOG, only about 5 days with some or very little sun and 2 days mostly sunny. As I said I thought that was bad. Then I got home to cold, cold COLD. This morning it was -1 degree and now at about 12:20 it is only up to 13 degrees.
Poor Oreo is still shaking with the sound of the 1 1/2" of ice still making it's wasy down the roof to the lower roof and then to smack the iced up snow on the covers for the small shrubs in the front of the house. We don't think that will ever be resolved. He is just a noise spooky dog.
Dad, Grandpa is working today. and I am here trying to catch up on things. It isn't as easy as I thought it would be with the stuff I have to catch up on. OHH WELL.
Nana and Auntie Judy are doing pretty good now. Nana has to be reminded to drink her water so she doesn't wind up in the hospital again. We were able to get a hospital bed for her from a party that was just wanting to get it out of her house. A very nice bed and for free. A young lady called me to tell me about it because the Option Care group had given her our name. We thought that was really great.
Nana has excercises that she has to do in order to give her better range of motion and she also has to be reminded to do that. There is Abby, a care giver that comes in 5 days a week to help Auntie Judy with housework so she can keep up with her own work of sewing for a laundromat, a sports company and private parties that want to have alterations done. Abby also gets Nana to do her excersizes and drink her water. Nana likes Abby and has become quite conversant with her. She also gets downstairs via a chair lift that is in the stairwell and makes it a whole lot easier than walking and worrying that she will fall down the steps. There is a very hard concrete at the foot of the stairs.
Grandpa and I have been keeping busy, especially grandpa. Shoveling and chipping ice takes a quite a while.
I have my 7 month CT Scan tomorrow. and the doctor will see me the following Friday. I am feeling great, tired but as my Prime care doctor told me, "Don't forget you are working with 76 year old parts. I just have to remember that. I may think I'm 20 or 30 in my head but the rest of me keeps saying FORGET IT. My head still tells me I can do almost anything but evidently that message hasn't gotten to the rest of my body.
Well, this is about it for today. Will check in later. Have to eat lunch and get ready to see Dr. Mosiello my physical therapist.
Be back a little later.
Love to you all. By the way those in Georgia and the vicinity. Try to stay warm.
Mom, Grandma and Great Grandma.

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