Every once in a while you have these days that you feel your world spinning. Today has been my day.
This morning my 22 month old grandson had tubes put in his ears. The procedure is pretty common and widely done so it was just that it was OUR baby it was happening to. He is home now and after eating lunch, he is in a better mood. He will make it!
I spent the morning in the hospice rom with my cousin, her son as we watched my friend Rodney take some difficult last breaths. He is still taking those breaths, and they are making him as comfortable as his troubled mind and body allow him to be right now.
Oh, what a day so far.
Rodney is quite a personality. he had a Cajun band that traveled the US playing his beloved Cajun music at fairs, festivals and concerts. His huge shop held too many to count antique cars he refurbished and drove to contests and meets.
Remember when the World's Fair was in New Orleans back in the 80's? Rodney's shop was where the Gondolas that crossed the Mississippi River were built.
He grew up when French was a language here and his music was love songs in Cajun French spoken to his love, Diana.
I will be helping Diane as much as I can in the next few days.
And all at Christmas time, what a Christmas memory, huh?
QUILTS AND DOGS We are back in the house since the Aug 2016 flood. Dogs are great and I am back to doing the quilting thing. Join us on our new journey in a "new" house.
It is bringing you closer and you are sharing love. Not a great thing, but much better than the alternative of having no one that is there to share love with you. I have a cousin who lost her fiance last year and she is so frozen in grief that she can't even put up her Christmas tree for her first Christmas without him. She is halfway across the country and their shared friends have fallen away. Her family that is close think she should get over it.
ReplyDeleteGlenda in the sadness of this time there are always bits and glimpses of good memories. You just shared about the love between Diana and Rodney. You of all people know the man in Hospice is only Rodney in appearance not spirit.
ReplyDeleteI am glad Sawyer has bounced back from he procedure. I am so sorry to hear about your family member, Rodney.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is 44 and had tubes put in when she was little. I remember a kind of hospital ward room where about 8 kids were prepped for the procedure. A nurse came in and gave a shot to the first one in the front of their thigh. That got all those kids crying before the nurse ever got to them. The doc told us that the procedure is painless but the kids have to be sedated so they will be still. Those shots were the worst trauma for both the kids and the parents. I do remember that when my daughter had the tubes in she could literally hear a pin drop. We could NO whisper a secret even when she was in the next room.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad when our loved ones must be cared for under Hospice supervision. Many prayers for you and your family.
xx, Carol
You were and are there and THAT matters.
ReplyDeleteThis too shall pass. Sending warm hugs and best wishes.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry for you and your friend's family...yes, this time of year it makes it all seem so cruel...
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