Re: I hope this isn't an omen...

From: Phyllis (phyllisnilsson_at_buckeye-express.com)
Date: 01/02/05 

Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 08:57:10 -0500

Sometimes we just have to look at it that way to survive. Last year was
a really bad year for my husband (seizure, stroke, dialysis graft
stopped working, catheter in the jugular vein to his heart, potassium
level 8.4, his 95-year-old mother died, broken leg with plate and
screws, screws started coming out with terrible pain, another surgery on
that leg, still cannot walk and is chairbound). Through it all he only
had one hour of feeling sorry for himself. He is quite a man.

Me? I had a 12-hour meltdown. Why? Because for the first time in
three years I had an afternoon without any responsibilities; no work to
be transcribed, husband at dialysis, not scheduled to visit stepfather
to give him his medicine, no errands to run, pharmacies to go to, or
groceries to buy. I wanted to spend the afternoon at our downtown
library in the genealogy department, something I've been wanting for
three years, and with my own health and age, it isn't something that can
be put off forever if I want to get more done for my children and
grandchildren.

My husband told me he would be only getting a two-hour treatment instead
of 4 and a half. That meant I couldn't go. He didn't get home on time
and I was getting worried when the unit called and said he would be
getting the full treatment and would be home at his regular time! I
missed the only afternoon of freedom in three years and only God knows
when another will present itself. Now having a meltdown over than, when
my husband has gone through all he's gone through, is just plain pathetic.

Jeannie Wilson wrote:
> "that which doesn't kill me will only make me stronger",

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