Home away from home..

This week has been one of the busiest weeks I've had all year. Every night this week I'm at school for one reason or another. I live far enough from school that it doesn't make sense to go home in between meetings and the like, so ....I stay here. On the upside, I have been able to get ahead in some of my work, so that's good. The school year is half over, if you can believe that! Evaluation time...students, myself, how things are going, etc., and what changes should be made for second semester. I've really had a challenging time this year with my boys, but they have taught me a lot too. I really look forward to the second half of the year and any surprises it may bring :)

No break here

The weekend. Usually busy, but a little time to relax and chill from the work week. Especially after all that happened on my Christmas break, I was looking forward to some of that. It didn't happen.

My poor mom. Rarely does she have problems, but when she does...watch out.

Saturday morning she woke me up to tell me that she was having more attacks, and that they weren't going away. She had me call 911. While she was in the ER she had 2 more, the second being really bad and they hooked her up to the EKG while she was having it and it showed Heart Attack. Up to the Cath lab to have an angiogram (sp??) and it showed blockage in her heart. They put in a stent (also sp?) and took care of it. Well, we hope. We'll see. She's on more medications than she's ever been on and I hope they do their job.

Well, because of my dad being home in bed, she really wanted to get home yesterday. She should have probably stayed on more night, but she knows how to take it easy. I hope anyway...she's hard to keep down sometimes. About 2 hours after she came home yesterday, my dad told her to call 911 for him! He hasn't really been well all weekend and last night he had some really, really bad breathing and his heart rate was high (he has COPD). They came, but they didn't take him to the hospital and eventually it all came down. I think mostly he was panicked about how long it was taking for the breathing to get under control...it hasn't been that bad in a very long time.

Well, things settled down...dad went to sleep and then mom and i went to bed about an hour or so later. What a weekend.

Thank you

I just can't say it enough. So many prayers went up for my mom and my family, I think we stopped up God's phone lines for a couple days! *L* I am so grateful for our family and friends for their care and support, it's been wonderful. We couldn't have gotten through these last couple of weeks without them. People have brought us food (thanks Single mom!), prayers, hugs, phone calls, it's been wonderful. Mom is getting better and better every day! It's hard to believe what shape she was in just a couple weeks ago. I pray that she continues to get better.

Stubborn vs. Stubborn

Well, mom is home and doing much better. So good in fact, dad can't handle it. She's ready to be doing stuff and out, and dad is fighting her tooth and nail for it. She's going to see the doctor this week, so I am hoping that doctor clears her for driving and stuff because she's ready to get the heck outta Dodge after this week. and because I live here right now...I'm getting all of it. I am a daughter aware that it's my job to help out when I can, but my mom believes that if it doesn't have to be my job, it's not going to be my job. She has a hard time letting me help out and it's to the point where she's paranoid and rebelling because she's feeling held back. I hate worrying about this and I hate being a part of their fighting. Grrr. Praying for all of us.