Monday, December 5, 2011

Hello everyone.  Here we are at evening time again.
Chris started out the day with a shower and shave - all by himself.  Home Care called about coming out today and he told them he didn't think they needed to come since he had already cleaned up himself. :-)  Carlos came to visit today and Chris said it was another great visit with a great friend.  After a quick nap and lunch, it was time for a visit with our primary care physician who said the incision site looks good following the staple removal and decreased one of his blood pressure meds since he continues to have a lower blood pressure since coming home from the hospital.  This evening, Karen and her son Christian - one of Jonathan's friends from Sacred Heart Academy came by with a pot of yummy chicken soup and a delicious mixed berry pie.  Dinner was very enjoyable.  Following an evening of t.v mixed with a few phone calls including the two Jim H.'s that we are lucky to call our friends, a nice visit with Ryan and his buddy Alex, Chris has gone off to bed.  He is concerned about things that he is confused about and is worried that he is, has or will miss important dates related to our kids and that things he needs to know about will slip by.  He is also very worried that he will not be able to return to work and I think that bothers him a great deal.  He loves his work so much and he really loves all the people he works with.  He is not ready to quit and is certainly not accepting of being forced into quitting because of an illness.

Tomorrow is the scheduled golf day.  I hope he gets to play but the weather man isn't being very cooperative.  It sounds like it may be quite cold and windy tomorrow.  Tee time is set for 10:45 though and I guess we will wait and see.  Chris, Dad and Jim are planning to play, Greg has to skip it this time since he is swamped at work but Ryan hopes to be able to join them once he is done with class in the morning.  Dad was having some back pain today too so hopefully it won't keep him from playing either.  Hopefully he will wake up tomorrow with no back pain at all and will have a great game.  Let's pray for good weather, good health and a successful golf outing tomorrow!!

I'm sure you have seen the comment from James in Texas who is suffering from the same cancer.  He asked me about CaringBridge which is not something I had heard of.  Lois has graciously looked it up for me and sent me the link to take a look at.  Thank you Lois!  I may switch the blog over to that site.  If I do, I will be sure to let everyone know.

I told Chris I would write up a little summary of his day for him to read the following morning in an attempt to help with some of his confusion.  He also said that the medical supplies we had in the bedroom from when he was discharged was also making him confused so I have removed those items from the bedroom and hope that will help him.  I need to get in there and do a bunch of cleaning up but just don't have the time right now.  Eventually.....

So, I'm off now to take a shower, write up the summary, handle a couple of other small items and go to bed.

With much love,
CJSRJ