Rainy Day, Mom's Shot, and A Quiet Saturday 12/11-13/2008

Thursday was a rainy day so we didn't do to much all day. We went to the store to pick a few things up that we needed and then spent the rest of the day king of vegging out. Oh I did forget Mom took a fall in the morning when she got up out of bed. She tripped someway coming out of the bedroom and fell in the hallway and skinned her nose up and got a couple of bruises on her arm and side. She thinks it was the percoset and the other nerve medicine that she is taking as one of the side effects is making you dizzy. I told her when she gets up she has to sit on the bed for a few minutes to get her bearings from now on. During the night we had a bad rainstorm and very heavy winds that was blowing sand from the beach in our windows and under the door so I had a cleanup to do in the morning.
Friday after I cleaned up the sand I went for a walk at Heritage Shores Nature Park and then came back and got ready to take Mom to get her shot. We got to the doctor's about 2:15 and filled out all the paper work and then waited till 4:00 until he took Mom in. I waited in the car and about 5:00 they wheeled Mom out in a wheelchair to get into the car. I drove up to the door and the nurse proceded to open the door, before I had a chance to get out and try and help Mom into the car and it didn't work as Mom fell flat on the ground as she didn't have any feeling in either leg from the shots. Well I got her up and into the car someway and off we went for home, wondering how we were going to get her into the house when we got there. On the way home she told me that the doctor told her that her spine area and the discs that were bulging were quite inflamed so he had to give her double the dose of steroid and cortizone. Well we did manage as she wrapped her arms around my neck and I pulled her up and she back up the stairs into a chair I had brought out that had wheels on it and I rolled her into the house and got her on the couch. Meanwhile before we had left I noticed all the sand that the heavy winds, the night before, had left on the RV and I had started to wash it off with the hose but didn't get done so I went out and finished that just as it was getting dark. After I got that done I went out and started the RV and went down to fill it with gas.......YIPEEEEEE only $98.00 to fill it up for 62 gallons.......quite a difference from the last time when we paid $250.00 for 60 gallons. Strange thing happened in the afternoon when we drove to the doctor's we noticed gas was down to $1.50.9 a gallon at most stations along RT 17 and when we came back gas had jumped to anywhere from $1.62.9 to $1.65.9 so that is why we decided to fill up the RV as when we came back through Cherry Grove the stations there were still only $1.53.9 and sure enough when we went out Saturday morning it had jumped to $1.62.9 at those stations. Strange and we wondered why. Mom was getting some of the feeling back in her legs when I got home so she went in and changed and we ate dinner and watched TV.
Saturday when Mom got up she said she felt a lot better as far as the pain was concerned so I took her out to Ed's house so she could do the wash and help Ed and Myra decorate Ed's Christmas tree. She didn't do much decorating as she just sat and "supervised". I just dropped her off at Ed's and came back to the house as I had to finish washing the sand off the RV as I missed some spots in the dark last night and I had a few more decorations to put up around the house. Mom did do the wash and Ed brought her home about 4:00 and we had dinner and watched TV for awhile. Well thats about all for now so we will say until next time we love and miss you all. Mom & Dad


Picture List:1-Mom's nose after she fell on Thursday morning, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8-Dark skies and high surf on Friday and Saturday morning.