Yes! I second that.
i am absolutely beside myself with renewed hope and euphoria today!! Yayy!! My deepest gratitude to you good people who expressed your caring , thoughts and prayers for me and my mom yesterday.
While mom still remains gravely ill in the icu today, there was (to me) a stunning reversal in her condition overnight. Yes, she still has pneumonia, blood clots, and stress on all her major organs, but there has been improvement in all these areas according to her lab work and other tests. Today mom is engaged, smiling and talking to me. She doesn't feel great, but she is forward-looking and ready to continue the good fight!
So what do you do when you're in the hospital icu and feel like celebrating? Well, we threw a party, just mom and me, in her romm, #1038 at mjh!! First i raided the patient's snack kitchen, which is generously stocked with juices, sodas, ice cream, jello, etc., etc. Then, for junk food i hit the vending machines, for moi.
i fed mom spoons of crushed-up cherry popsicle, orange jello and ice chips. I told her about the shari's chocolate-covered strawberries waiting for her at home. She got this look of absolute joy and anticipation. Meanwhile, i gorged myself scooping vanilla ice cream with fritos, chocolate with pretzels, and guzzled down two mini cans of soda pop--the first junk food and/or soda in over a year. But, if not now, when??!!
I finally promised to bring her a chocolate strawberry to her room when she is declared eligible to eat it--a goal to anticipate and strive for....we are a long way from being out of the woods, but at least the beginnings of a pathway are emerging in view as a marker to follow....
i am absolutely beside myself with renewed hope and euphoria today!! yayy!! my deepest gratitude to you good people who expressed your caring , thoughts and prayers for me and my mom yesterday.
while mom still remains gravely ill in the icu today, there was (to me) a stunning reversal in her condition overnight. yes, she still has pneumonia, blood clots, and stress on all her major organs, but there has been improvement in ALL these areas according to her lab work and other tests. today mom is engaged, smiling and talking to me. she doesn't feel great, but she is forward-looking and ready to continue the good fight!
so what do you do when you're in the hospital icu and feel like celebrating? well, we threw a party, just mom and me, in her romm, #1038 at mjh!! first i raided the patient's snack kitchen, which is generously stocked with juices, sodas, ice cream, jello, etc., etc. then, for junk food i hit the vending machines, for moi.
i fed mom spoons of crushed-up cherry popsicle, orange jello and ice chips. i told her about the shari's chocolate-covered strawberries waiting for her at home. she got this look of absolute joy and anticipation. meanwhile, i gorged myself scooping vanilla ice cream with fritos, chocolate with pretzels, and guzzled down two mini cans of soda pop--the first junk food and/or soda in over a year. but, if not now, When??!!
i finally promised to bring her a chocolate strawberry to her room when she is declared eligible to eat it--a goal to anticipate and strive for....we are a long way from being out of the woods, but at least the beginnings of a pathway are emerging in view as a marker to follow....
Thanks, I needed to upgrade my avatar from last year's model!
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