Ryan's school band left this morning for their national orchestra competition at Disney. I know Ryan had to be pretty excited about going as it gets him out of regular classes for an entire week, and what kid doesn't want to go to Disney with all his buds and not his parents?
I think Mom is doing okay, and is starting to adjust to not having dad. It's still hard, but maybe it's less dramatic and emotional as the first few weeks. We're doing our best of course to make sure she knows she's very much needed, wanted, loved, and involved in family life with or without dad. It's really all I know to do; call her frequently, communicate much, invite her out and about, and hope that she doesn't ever get too lonely..this until more time passes and this somehow seems and feels normal for all of us.
Ryan took Mom driving around Friday after school. We took Mom out for chinese Friday night, then on to see Alice In Wonderland in 3D. She said she really enjoyed it. I'm pleased as ticket prices to a 3D movie are absolutely incredible, aren't they? I think it ended up being about $14 per person. Saturday it snowed so we didn't get out much other than for Ryan to go shovel Mom's drive and sidewalk. Sunday I don't remember what we did at that point. Oh yeah, we had dinner with Mom at Denny's.
Last night we had dinner with Mom at our house. She didn't feel like going up to hear Ryan's going-away concert, and that was alright. (I half wonder if that's another hurdle to pass for her, going to these events alone/without dad.)
Mom tires earlier these days than she used to. I'm sure it's due in part to getting her diabetes under control and figured out. Mom's blood sugar was still 116 Friday, down to 91 Saturday, then back up to 121 or 125 on Sunday. While this is still much better than the 269 she was diagnosed at, and even some of her sugar readings of last week, it needs to be stable and not fluctuate so greatly. Mom's nutrition class is this week, so maybe she'll learn something that will help.
Mom is keeping Ben before and after school this week since Ryan is out-of-town. I think that while I wouldn't want it to be habitual as I wouldn't want to use my mother you know, for only four days it's probably an okay thing. It's only 30 minutes in the a.m. and two hours in the evening.
My oldest and granddaughter are now scheduled to be at my home Thursday before I get off work. We are definitely NOT going to have the room ready. There's just too much that needs done, and as of yet I don't know how Ron is going to move that heavy carpet without Ryan. I'm hoping my son-in-law, Drew, will come through for us tonight or tomorrow. I've been asking Drew and Christy to stop in and lend a hand to help us get it together for Cass and my grand. I'm almost in panic mode. Ah well. Originally Cass wasn't supposed to arrive until after April 1st, then it kept getting moved up, and now I find out it'll be even sooner. The way things are going I don't know if I'll be shocked if they show up tomorrow instead of Thursday, and we REALLY need tonight and tomorrow night to try to finish up that room.
Oh, yesterday one of my specialists called and cancelled my appointment at 8:30 a.m. My appointment was at 2 p.m.. You know if I pulled something like that as a patient I'd be financially penalized. I don't see why the same shouldn't be true in reverse. My time is valuable too, particuarly when I have to take a day off work and drive nearly 5 hours to see said specialist.
I did go up for my rheumatology appointment. They wouldn't give me another cortisone injection in the shoulder yet, but will do so in April. I guess they have to be spaced aways apart. He stated since that shoulder has started bothering me again so quickly, and I'm now getting shooting pains down that arm, that he suspects it isn't really something he can help with, but that I need to see a nerve specialist for that arm. *sigh* He said it sounds like the beginning of carpel tunnell. Peachy. I think I'll just blow it off and deal with it when I have to as I'm NOT adding any additional specialists in at this point. I had been hoping to be nearly done with all of this crap. He did give me a 3 month prescription of something for the nerves to tide me over until I see a nerve specialist, but I'm honestly wary of taking it. I dunno. I have to think on it for awhile.
Oh, I do not have rheumatoid arthritis, thankfully. I DO have osteoarthritis, and it's worst in my hands at this point. (DUH. How much do we pay these people to tell us things like this?) Oh, and some bursitis. I have another injection coming in April from the rheumatologist. I'm hoping to be done with him after that.
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