It's been a long time since my last post, but there hasn't been anything that I've really wanted to write about recently. I finally have a day off where I don't have to go anywhere. I just got back from a REALLY cold walk.It's windy, cloudy and about 30 degrees here. Spring needs to get here FAST.
Gram had a touch of the flu last week, but it wasn't the really bad strain that people have been getting. Unfortunately, I did have to take her to the ER last Friday. While her flu wasn't as bad as it could have been, it did keep her from being able to eat or drink much. Friday morning her blood sugar dropped and her flu kept her from eating or drinking anything that would raise it. Then we had a problem with her emergency insulin shot. So I bundled her up and we were off to the hospital. Out of the three possible choices for ER's, she decided to go to the one that is currently under construction. (Yes, I should know better than to let her make decisions when her blood sugar is low!) The registration lady didn't know how to spell "multiple complaints" on Gram's paperwork and the nurse put the blood pressure cuff on too tight around Gram's arm. I was a bit ticked off! Thankfully we were taken to the preliminary exam room right away, and eventually to a private room. Gram was hooked up to an IV so she could finally get much-needed fluids. The doctor wanted to check her blood and ordered x-rays on her stomach. We were there for about 5 hrs before the doctor let her go home. All of her tests had come back clear and her blood sugar stabilized. We went to the drug store to get her prescriptions filled, then came home and I made her soup. I told her she had to be in bed by 10:00. Did she listen? Of course not. I think we were up until midnight. But she's better now and things have gone back to normal.
The weather has kept me from church twice this month. First we got an ice and snowstorm. It took days for my car to be completely free of ice. Two Sundays later, we got another ice storm but it wasn't as bad. I've learned to pick my paddles with Gram, but when she says we're not going to church because of the weather, I just get back in bed and don't argue. And I should be grateful that the weather is as good as it has been. It's about as mild here as last winter was. I've only had to shovel once so far. Our Lent begins much later than normal so I hope most of the bad weather is over by the time extra services begin. But if gas prices continue to rise I won't be going very far.
I signed up for 3 online classes through Coursera: financial planning, organic chemistry, and physiology. The finance class is going well, but I had to drop chemistry. I haven't had any chemistry since high school and with Gram being sick last week, I had already fallen behind. The software we had to use for quizzes and homework was super complicated. It's disappointing because I was REALLY looking forward to it. My physiology class starts later this month. This will be a good test to see if I could actually handle nursing school.
Until next time,
~Staci~
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