Linda's Back!

It's been awhile since I posted anything, and I know that some of you know what's been going on, but here it is in summary:

When I went last Tuesday (8 days ago) to spend 48 hours with Gram and give Linda a couple of days off, we discovered after she left that she had taken all of her belongings with her. She apparently hated to leave like that, but she was exhausted from so many consecutive nights of getting up 4 or 5 times to take Gram to the bathroom. We got a replacement caregiver who started Thursday evening, but it wasn't a good fit. Her name was Irena, 60 years old, and nothing like Linda. She complained about everything, yelled at Gram, refused to follow any instruction from Gram, etc. On Mother's Day we let her go out with her husband for 2+ hours, but she came back just as cranky. Meanwhile, Linda called Gram that same Sunday and told her she would like to come back. She had slept a whole lot for a few days and was feeling rested and missed Gram. On Monday, Gram got a phone call from someone who was checking Linda's references for another job, so Gram called me and I called Dan and we got the whole thing in motion whereby Irena left on Tuesday at 4:45 and Linda came back at 6:00. Gram is happy, Linda is happy, Irena is happy and I'm happy. The doctor at the Devonshire prescribed something that will relax her bladder and hopefully prevent her from getting up as often during the night. She took the first pill last night and still got up 4 times. But, she's been getting up by herself so Linda only heard her a couple of times and managed to get a good night's sleep. Gram is unhappy because 30 pills cost more than $120. Took Gram to Dr. Barhamand today and things are pretty much the same. Still no weight bearing on that right leg. Last week she had another incident of swelling and severe pain in the hip area and now, many days later, there's extensive bruising and soreness on her backside. He wants her to start taking iron supplements along with her multi-vitamin since her blood count is low from the new bleeding.

We, and Marilyn and Gerry, enjoyed ourselves at the Kane County Cougars game on Monday night. Chris and Sami had joined a reading club sponsored by the Cougars, and they were each rewarded tickets to the game, along with T shirts and the opportunity to march all around the field before the start of the game. The Cougars won, and it was a beautiful evening in spite of being quite cool (cold?). We spent some of our time watching a pair of hawks who appear to have a nest way up in the lighting structures in the outfield.

Pop has the garden tilled and most of the seeds are planted. It's still a bit cool to put in the pepper and tomato plants, but we'll probably do that by the weekend.

All for now. What's going on in your little corners of the world?

Love, Mom