Wednesday, December 7, 2016

From VERY COLD Loveland, CO

As I am writing this, it is 7 degrees! Brrrrrrr! It is supposed to get down to -7 degrees tonight.

Yesterday afternoon it started to snow. I looked out the window so that I could see how much it was snowing, when I started to leave the window for some reason I pitched forward. I don't know why but I hit the floor harder than ever before. My head hit the bathroom floor and my left hip is very sore and bruised. I laid on the floor for several minutes. I asked Bill to bring me a pillow and blanket and I could sleep there. He wouldn't do it. It took Bill two times to help me up. Finally he was successful. (Side note from Michelle: Dad has been scolded for not getting Meredith or myself to come and help. We were in the basement at the time playing with the dogs and did not hear the commotion upstairs.) Meredith came to visit with me, I got in bed and it did not take me to long to go to sleep. I slept in one position all night long.

This morning I was able to use my walker a little bit but it was painful. I stayed in bed most of the day and slept part of the time. When I got up for dinner I was feeling a little bit better. I am not looking forward to the night trying to sleep, but I will give it the ol' college try.

Today is an important day for the Dane family and a lot of other families. It is Pearl Harbor Day. Ten years ago today Brent had brain surgery at Walter Reed Hospital. They gave him a year and a half to live, but Brent is good at beating the odds. Congratulations Brent! We love you!!!!!

We had snow most of the night. We got a couple of inches. Just enough to make it look pretty. This is our first snowfall and it is late for this area.

December 5, 2016

I fell tonight.  I think it is the fall I've ever taken.  I'll send details tomorow.

I'm sore and tired now.
 

Monday, December 5, 2016

From COLD Loveland, CO

Bill and I went to Arby's for lunch, they always have a great special of when the Broncos have made 2 touchdowns in the last game. Their roast beef sandwich is $1. After that Bill and I spent 1 1/2 hours looking for the neurologist that had been recommended to us. We never did find him, his office has moved. Bill looked in the phone book and could not find him, so we will have to continue the search tomorrow. We were both very frustrated. I went on the my therapy at 2:30, we got home and rested until dinner was ready. Matthew was the only "chick in the hen house". After we ate, we sat and told told stories, Matthew was in a particularly jolly mood, he sat at the table and laughed at our stories. It was a nice way to finish a frustrating day. 

Weather wise: The temperature dropped 21 degrees between 1pm - 3pm. The wind gusts were 50mph from north.  Matthew laughed at the image of me blowing away to Kansas with the wind. 

Michelle and I are cheering that we are getting snow tomorrow, of course Bill is grumbling!

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Today was kind of a busy upside down day for me. I woke up not knowing what day it was. I thought it was Tuesday. Bill reminded me that the Broncos were playing today, I got back on track.

At 10:30 Michelle and I went to Meredith's. Michelle and Meredith were making Christmas cookies, I was the chief sampler. We were watching the Broncos game against the Jaguars. I don't remember much of the 2nd quarter, half time and the 3rd quarter. My body chose to take a nap. When I woke up it was 1/2 way thru the 3rd quarter. The Broncos won 20 -10. We were glad to see the Broncos win. They needed this win, it has not been their best year. After I woke up, Meredith fixed us a girl luncheon. We had 2 kinds of dip, cheese, bread and Brent we did not want you to be left out... we had tomatoes. 

When the game was over, Meredith got out her Christmas ornaments. She showed me each of them as she put them on the tree. I had made about 3/4th of them. It was a walk down Christmas memory lane when I saw the ones that I had made. When Michelle got to a certain spot on baking, we loaded the car and headed home. It was a wonderful day!.

December 3, 2016

Today was another rough day for me.  The pleasant thing was Dwaine coming over to play our newly tuned piano.  He has so much talent.

I could barely keep my head up at dinner, so I went to bed early.  Maybe tomorrow will be better.

December 2 - Loveland, CO

Today wasn't a good day. I had trouble with balance and I was very, very shaky. I had meant to go to the neurologist to make an appointment but did not feel like it.

Michelle came in and announced that it was snowing "very tiny flakes". We cheered and Bill boo'd. In no time they got bigger and was blowing around.

Meredith came to bring dinner and it had already quit snowing.. boo...hiss! She brought minestroni soup. It was a good choice for a cold day.

I am all snuggled up with my blanket and heating pad.... so good night!

December 1 - Loveland, CO

I cannot believe that December is already here! This morning I went to the physical therapist and told him about my bad day yesterday. He worked on some different things with me. When we got back home we went to the motor home to look for a few things. It was so COLD that I could only stay a few minutes. I forgot one of the most important things: a fudge recipe from Sally. After lunch I took a nap most of the afternoon. We have leftover Carne en su Jugo soup tonight. It was wonderful on this cold 30 degrees night. Bill and I don't mind leftovers as long as it is a hot bowl of soup. The weatherman kept saying that we would have snow tomorrow, but now it looks like it will just be cold. Bill is happy, I am sad.