Unhappy birthday, some progress, one more appointment

Sadly, Mama did not have a very happy birthday Saturday. She and Victoria decided not to travel to Brittany’s. That was the start of the disappointments. Not traveling to see the twins probably turned out for the best. Victoria was hurting very badly. Somewhere over the past few days she hurt her back and has not gotten any relief from the pain. Mama was hurting pretty badly also. And the twins were sick. It did not seem like a good time to travel. Mama was not feeling good emotionally either. It was a tough weekend for her. She was really discouraged by the fact that she still cannot bend her left leg. This was not what either of us expected at the outset of this surgery. Especially now, after going into the hospital and having the leg fully bent while Mama was under anesthesia. I guess it hit her pretty hard on Saturday. She is not one who handles discouragement well and it seemed to gang up on her this weekend.

We planned a shopping excursion for the afternoon, but it got postponed by the need to meet Wayne to get a couple bales of hay for the cows. They were totally out of edible vegetation on the farm. I went to Soul Winning Saturday morning and got home from that a little after 12 pm. Pastor led one young man the Lord and we got to visit one of our senior members who is recovering from open heart surgery in the hospital here in Decatur. Wayne was not going to be available until around 3 pm. So, we further delayed our outing while I worked on a few small projects in the shop. When Wayne called to tell me that he was headed to the field where we could load up the hay, I left to meet him. He was about an hour ahead of what he thought he could do earlier that day. I had the hay unloaded and the trailer disconnected by 3:20. I went in the house to let Mama know we were good to go – and she was asleep in bed. So much for that. I had rushed around trying to get things done to make sure Mama and I still had time to go out and the only place I got to go was to the shop. Her total funk lasted through the night Saturday and a little into Sunday morning. By Sunday evening she was back on track; willing to go through the trial and make whatever daily progress she could get.

That was a good thing. Today at the physical therapist – who is allowing her to come without charge this week – was able to get her leg bent to 94 degrees. That is the best she has ever done. She was encouraged. So am I. What we have to do now is reinforce those improvements at home every evening. To celebrate, and to celebrate our birthdays, we met for lunch at Sweetie Pie’s on the Square in Decatur. It was a good lunch and we got to hand out tracts to six guys seated at the table next to us.

Tomorrow, Mama has an appointment scheduled with the doctor. She made a special trip to the doctor’s office to see if she could get the appointment. She needs to unload on someone and I believe the doctor has broad enough shoulders to handle the complaint. Hopefully, he can give her some insight into the timeframe to full recovery. How long has it taken some patients to recover? Is there any chance that she will not get to full mobility? Is there more she can do to hurry the process? She will not ask but she wonders if he did something wrong. She has asked me to be there for the appointment, in case she gets too emotional. I am not worried about her.

But I will be there to listen and potentially interpret.