Went to the hospital about 8:30am..signed in & wheeled back to the room.
Seen 5 or 6 people,Maureen see her each time..growing accoustomed to seeing her.I will miss her when its done. Dr. Barohn, very nice...always seems to be looking out for anything that will help your quality of life.Speech therapist Karen, She being a fellow brethren in the faith..appreciate the encouragement.Always love knowing there are brothers & sisters in Christ working together.Each one of the ladies were very nice.Social worker , Physical therapist..I think thats it.Oh my sweet lady that takes my blood each time I go, she is the BEST at taking blood.Another fellow believer! Some of it was sobering, talking about whats up the road ahead..don't care for any of that, getting a wheel chair end of life stuff...not gonna happen.Gary is so patient waits on me . So glad he with me in this. Know one knows how hard it is on him, not even me. I love you so much babe. High light of the day..speech therapist wanted to see my tongue...started laughing ..couldn't stop.I know they all no its part of disease but it gets to be contagious if you laugh..they all started to laugh..cool Well blog more later..gotta thiink of some funny stuff.
Really greatful for all the wonderful people that work in this hospital.KUMC Kansas University Medical Center..great people
Extended hospital stays can really take their toll on you. Here are some things that helped me get through:
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2. If you're being treated like a "case", don't be afraid to remind them you're still here and even if only in limited capacity, you can still make decisions about what YOU want.
3. Prayer (you seem to have that covered, you're such a warrior!)
4. Family, weather here nor there doesn't matter, the pain goes away when their on your mind.
5. Friends - who else will laugh with you (or even at you)
6. Find good local eateries, map them out for Gary. Hospital food - BLAH!
7. Ceiling tiles (if I couldn't sleep I would count them and forget how many so I could do it again the next day...back and forth, up and down...10 in row 2, 8 in row 3, hmm the room is square...how'd they do that?)
8. Eat the good food, you need your strength and you have an excuse to eat good food!
9. Laugh every day (this one's important, so it get's 2 entries)
10. Winston Churchill - "Never, never, never, NEVER give up!"
We love you, keep fighting!
Thanks for your comment. You seem to know hospitals well.Are you okay? Can I pray for you? I just want this site to be more then just a reading blog.I like to pray & help if I can...
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