My husband had a heart procedure done three weeks ago, and family members have come from far and wide to visit. Daughter #1 drove up from Florida to be here for the procedure and left this morning. Son and his wife flew in from 3,000 miles away and stayed a week, leaving yesterday. Daughter #2,…
Tag: Health
Stroke
It’s amazing how the brain can heal after a stroke. Many of my blog followers may remember my posts last February after my husband suffered what the doctors said was a major stroke in his brain’s left occipital lobe. The process of healing was very fast in some regards. He regained some of the strength…
Into the valley and back again: My medical emergency
Although I didn’t get to the brink of death, I walked through the valley of the shadow of death and back out again during the past week. It was a frightening medical emergency, but thank God, I am now on the mend. A week ago today, I began feeling dizzy, weak, and nauseous. Nonetheless I went to…
On Being Gone and Coming Back
There have been no posts on my blog for the past two weeks, two weeks that have gone by in a blur. On Monday, April 28, my mother informed the doctor that she wanted to stop her chemo treatments. The doctor admitted that the chemo plus her failing kidneys were poisoning her. He gave her nine to…
Unexpected in common hours 