TERRY
I do not have anything new about Terry. Yesterday afternoon I talked to her and she sounded like the Terry I know. Even mentioned her bike and was wondering where it was. Well for now there is a wheelchair in the garage for her use but that will soon (I hope) not be needed. I was not in her life way back when she served in the Minnesota senate but I know from sharings that she was a whirlwind of activity and got things done SO it shall be that way with her health I think. It will be too late in the day to see her when I get back this afternoon so I will have to wait until Friday. There is that conference call Thursday but a phone call is not the same as an in person visit.
I really do not have anything to do this morning. I am going to call the doctor's office that Terry would like to be her doctor but I do see on her website that she is not making new appointments. I do not know if that is due to what is happening today in the world or if it means she is not accepting new patients. I will find out this morning.
I will drive over to the tennis courts and have one last visit and also I will take some garbage and drop it off in one of the big bins. For us we need to set our bins out on Friday morning but of course I can't do that here.
I do not now what is in store for me over these next weeks and months but something tells me I had better be on my toes and ready for anything. My hope is Terry will be out of the wheelchair and walking on her own in kind of a short time BUT that of course is not known. Yesterday she said she was able to stand on a scale. They have a scale built into the bed and when she told me her weight I just could not believe it as the bed scale showed she had really not lost any weight. BUT standing on a scale showed the real Terry and she has lost too much weight.
I had kind of a scare when I left the house Sunday morning to head to Naples. As I shut the front door, with that the house was locked, I just had this feeling something was not right. When I get into the car I always check to see if I have things and my wallet was nowhere in the car. No problem as there is a house key outside in St. Paul BUT for some reason it was NOT there. Finally I dug in the driver side pockets in the car and THERE was a house key. I unlocked the back door and sure enough there was my wallet on the dining room table. I had put things on the table but then it is important to check everything, right! I think I learned my lesson when we left Mary/Johns one time and got a call 40 miles down the road that my wallet was still at their place! Well when I get home I need to find that key and put it outside in its place again.
I missed a call from the case worker yesterday. She left a message that we should talk about what needs to happen after Terry is discharged next Thursday. I will call her back today. I did think about that feeding tube that is in her stomach and I am not sure what will be done with that. I thought they said once a feeding tube like that goes in usually it stays for several weeks. I do not have my notes here but I think it has only been in for a couple of weeks. By the time she is discharged I think it will only be about 3 weeks which probably means she will come home with it. Not sure what will happen but maybe will find out today if I can connect with the case manager.
That is about all for now. I am half finished with my FP. I have my boarding pass on the phone and yes my wallet is by my suitcase. I will get picked up at 12:15 so there is time to kill as now it is just about 7:30. I think sitting in the car for 24 hours on Sunday and Monday was not all that good for my lower back. When I get up I feel like I am about 10 years older than I really am. Does that mean I feel like I am 50? Sometimes I tend to forget how old I am but that is NOT the case today!
I will end up with this picture of me in the summer of 1966. No, I would not want to go back to those days but they were very good days. I post it because as one has hours and hours to think (like sitting in the car for 24 hours!!) the mind goes many places. I thought about the good times I had on my Sprint. I thought about the good times brother Dave had on more than one motorcycle. AND of course I thought about many many other things too. One has to be careful as memories from way back can also bring a flood of "what ifs" but for me over the last several days that was not the case. It was more of a case of God has blessed me with much and I need to be conscious of that ALL the time. Yes, one can be bitter, disappointed, sad and the list goes on but really, for me, I am thankful for who I am, where I am today and and where I have been in the past. That does not dismiss the fact that in my life I have also experienced missteps and mistakes but then if one can not say that perhaps one is not human!
No there are a few dishes to wash, some things to pick up and then make SURE I have what I need to bring back to St. Paul. I think I will leave the house kind of like it is now as Terry and I will return in less than 2 weeks.
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