Back to the hospital

My Mom wasn't feeling well over the weekend and we ended back at the hospital. After two days of tests and stuffola Mom is back to feeling better. She was a little down, not that I blame her. It isn't fun to be sick and especially so after recovering so well from her knee replacement surgery.

Holiday countdown
Six more days till summer holidays! Yipee! We look forward to seeing my sister from BC and just hanging out.

Tim's bagel
I bought a bagel from Tim’s this morning. I thought it was odd that there was no plastic around the bagel. What did they use to pick up the bagel? I ate it anyway.

Market and Lily

I greatly dislike this intersection. Apparently the stop sign is really hard for car drivers to see. Drivers seem to think they can freely enter into traffic at will. No stopping going on here. Except maybe for the cars that don't have a stop sign and have to allow for the cars who do!

While I have only seen one accident here (and it was between a car and the stop sign) I am always in fear I will get hit. This is my Friday vent.

No more hospital visits…

cause Mom is back home! She has around six more weeks of exercises, therapy and needles before her knee will be hopefully like new.

It is so nice to have her at home.

Warning-some bragging about N to follow
N had his very first U of M track and field meet yesterday. N was competing in three events-800 metres, 60 metres and the 100 metres relay.

The first event was the 800 metres and N finished third, winning a bronze medal. This was the first time in his school's 45 years history, that a student medaled in the 800 metres. That's our boy.

He also earned a 4th place finish in the 60 metres and a bronze medal in the 100m relay.

Of course ya know I will be posting some photos. I just need to get them off my camera.

Mom passes the stair test

I give my Mom an A+. She was able to do three stairs, twice today. My guess is she is going home tomorrow.

Her roommates say they will miss her. She inspires them to do their exercises.

My Mom inspires me to be a better person.

It just keeps getting better

My Mom is one amazing lady. Everyday she gets stronger and defies her age! Mom was up walking yesterday and even did a little loop around the hallway. We will have her doing a polka soon - just as long as she doesn’t sing.

Her nurses have been so good. They are caring and seem to have their patient’s interest at heart. Mom’s room mates are nice ladies – except for the one (and there always is one) who constanly needs to see the head nurse. They have a contest as to who will have the first “movement”. My money is on my Mom. She’s been eating allbran and drinking prune juice.

Ants and butterflies
Where are they coming from? There are a ton of ants in our front yard and scary butterflies everywhere. Transcona doesn’t really have any canker worms. Are we getting ants and butterflies instead?

Super Mom

Our Mom is amazing. She is 83 years old and was up walking this morning-less than 24 hours after having her knee replaced. I am in awe!

They are going to take the morphine away today as well. She says she doesn't need it. The morphine machine is a neat set-up. It deliveries the drug on demand. The machine is even under lock and key so ya can't mess with the morphine.

Mom says she is in less pain now then she was before her surgery.

It makes me sad and angry that she suffered for so long.

Let's hope for a quick recovery!

My Mom

After waiting two-and-a-half years (with most of this time spent trying to convince the Wpg. medical community to do the surgery) my Mom is finally having her left knee replaced today.

Yipee!

My crazy Mom wanted to take a cab to the hospital. She didn't want to inconvience us. Yup she would have had no problem, lugging her suitcase, walker and trying to find admitting at 6:30 a.m. this morning.

I'm fully expecting her to call me in five or six days to say she took the bus home from the hospital. Moms!

(N and Grandma)

Surgery update
Unfortunately Mom's surgery was delayed and she went into the operating room around the lunch hour. We won't be able to see her until late tonite. Darn those emergencies!

Puppy is three
Three years ago today our puppy Eddy was born on a farm in St. Malo. Birthday cake, treats and gifts at 8 tonite.

Puppy is so excited. He tried to snag some of his gifts last night. I had to close the bedroom door! He's worse than a kid or Al.

(Photo of Ed on the first day with the Ks)


(Ed's Mom)

Bye Bye Bob Barker
Happy retirement to Bob Barker. His final "Come on down" will be heard on June 15. Congrats to Bob. Not that I know him or anything...

Sidenote
When N was a toddler he used to watch The Price is Right with his Dad every morning. N's Grampa would usually visit when they were watching this show. N thought his Grampa looked like Bob Barker and took to calling Grampa "Parker" for the longest time.

(Nik and "Parker". N was around 3-years old.)

It’s not a good idea

It's not a good idea when you have a worm on your shoulder to scream (more like a squeak-at least it was for me yesterday) and flick it at a co-worker's workstation. Coworkers just don't seem to like this. Another lesson learned.

Things I have seen on my way to work this week:
(and it is only Tuesday)
1. A man wearing silver polyester sweat pants and a pink t-shirt (where would he work?)
2. Man shaving in his car
3. A man peeing in the parking-lot tunnel (nothing new)