Lois and I spent the day with mom. Took my girls home and then Lois and I went in. Mom was asleep but we woke her up. Very emotional time with her for awhile. But she did say that if she didn't feel nauseated and like she had motion sickness all the time she would fight to get better. So I called and left a message with Dr. Connie's office and talked to her nurse. Her nurse seems smart but sometimes i get frustrated.... sometimes they seem clueless. IF we can get mom's stomach working right and find out what the problem is....she may eat and drink again....then she may get some strength back....then she will get better. Sounds simple enough....but I am not gullible or stupid. Nothing is simple with my mama's health. I do believe she keeps asking for the pain pills to help her sleep because that is all she wants to do. Plus the stomach pills make her sleepy. Holly (my cousin) and Grant came by to see her. Then Brad, Tara, Jordy and Riley. Then Ryan came. We let mom sleep for awhile. She got up twice to use the rest room but they put her in the wheel chair and took her the 10 feet to the bathroom. That is how weak she is. She drank an 8 oz milkshake protein with ice cream. Ate no breakfast or lunch. Lois ate mom's lunch (meatloaf, potatoes & gravy) and it about killed me!!! I started nutrisystems. For lunch on the go I had taken this peanut butter jelly bar. OMGosh! It was so nasty!!!! I barely got it down. So it was agony to watch Lois eat that meal! But I got the last laugh because she took a bite of the "coconut cream pie" and it ended up being banana cream! She spit it out....if you know my sis at all.... SHE HATES BANANA'S!!! LOL! I LOVED IT!!!! Mom even laughed a little at that episode! Libby came and we even got mom to laugh a little more... at my expense...but that is ok.... as long as she laughs! Then she kicked us out at 4... she was going to sleep and wanted us to leave. It is hard to see her sleep all the time. Her sister (my Aunt Lorraine) wanted to talk to her but mom gave me a message for her when she called (that she would be ok, she was just tired and wanted to sleep and she loved her) My Aunt was upset because she wanted to talk to mom. I have to make that happen in the next few days. Mom isn't answering her phone or wanting to talk on it. We made her talk to Doug. Doug is having a difficult time with all of this. Poor guy...I have never heard his voice the way it is right now... the stress and sadness coming through. He is in Winchester, Virginia and is so far from mama. He would live here today if he could. Pray for him.
She is NOT going to like today! They are taking her out of bed and to her doctor appointment in Poulsbo (Dr. Connie). It is at 9:30 and I have a TON of questions for Dr. Connie. I want to try to be there but I don't know if I can swing it or not. I start work at 9:30. This is a huge doctors appt.
I think about God's goodness. Yesterday on the way taking the girls home I started crying because they had the headphones on singing Veggie Tales "God is Bigger than the Boogie Man"... and they sang this part:
Monster #1: So, are you frightened?
Junior: No, not really.
Monster #2: Are you worried?
Junior: Not a bit.
I know whatever's gonna happen,
That God can handle it.
That last sentence just got me crying. It is so true. God is handling it now!!! She is not going before her appointed time. He is able to handle it all.... including our fears and worries, her health and concerns, everything!!!!!
This morning God gave me a beautiful gift.... here it is. I wish I could share how beautiful it really was.
These are the Cascade mountains that separate Western and Eastern Washington.
And these are the Olympic Mountains. I took this last night and you can see the smokey haze in the mountains.... there is a forest fire going on up there in our favorite part of the Olympics...down by Brinnon. You can smell the smoke from the bridge. Praying they get it out soon!!!! Over 100 acres so far. There is also another fire burning in Port Townsend... which is about 30 minutes from us. We'll be fine...fyi. Gonna be a hot one!!!
Well.... I need to get my day going. I need to spend time reading God's promises, praying for mom, my brothers and sisters, the doctors, and my friend Cindy and her son Justin and the rest of the men and women on the front lines. May God bless you all!
