Feeling much better

Yesterday was still a bit rough; Mom just didn't feel well. Today, however, she woke up feeling more energetic and did water aerobics. Of course this meant a nap afterwards. :) She has been able to keep food down much better today and eat a little more at a time as well. Mom and dad were planning on going to Arizona this next week but decided to stay home since their health has been a little undependable. Dad started working Saturday mornings in the Draper temple a couple of weeks ago. He has to be there in the wee hours of the morning. It does exhaust him, but he loves it. Mom hopes to be able to start working in the temple again as well.

No pain for now

Mom is feeling a lot better. She had blood drawn and an EKG. Everything looks good. She did have a little blood in her urine which is indicative of kidney stones. The ultra sound techs were a little backed up today at the hospital so they let mom come home and she'll go back tomorrow for that. She is in no pain and although she is exhausted, she's feeling pretty good. Hopefully the worst is over on this one.

A little glitch

Mom's been doing really well but is still working on getting her eating schedule regulated. Today however she started getting stomach cramps which progressively worsened until she was doubled over in pain. They were able to contact Dr. Ott's office and were instructed to come in right away. He examined her and said it could be a plethora of things but at this point it looks like she is passing a kidney stone.even though she just had a ct scan yesterday, he couldn't see if that's what it was because of the contrast dye they had to use. He sent her to the ER so she can be tested more quickly. Of course, since we've been here, the pain has subsided. She's just resting a bit while we wait for a doctor to come in and see her. At this point it doesn't look too serious. I'll update when we get more information.

No News is Good News

I appologize for the lack of updates on the blog. I have been feeling so much better. I feel as the ungrateful servant who forgot to go back and say thanks!

It feels so good to have our bedroom back again. We really did miss it when we were in the more convenient family room. Our home is almost back to normal again.

I so appreciate all of you who have faithfully followed my progress. It has been inspiring to me to know that you care. I especially appreciated those who have made comments. They have lifted my spirits tremendously. Thanks for all of your faith and prayers...I know the Lord has heard and answered your prayers in my behalf. I feel that my progress has been rapid and miraculous.

I went in for a CAT scan today. It is just to create a base whereby other scans can be judged. The Drs. will keep track of me for 5 years before they can say that I am cured. My expectation is that at the end of the 5 years, I will have a clean bill of health.

Arvel has started working in the Temple on Saturday AMs. I expect that I will be called shortly. I let the Bishop know that I was ready for a calling. I have my visiting teaching list now and it feels like I am a real person again.

Thanks again for your loving support of me. I love you!
Karen

Rearranging the house

The time has come for mom and dad to move back upstairs to their own room. In case you haven't read (or don't remember) the earlier posts, we moved mom and dad's bed onto the main floor and fashioned the family room into a temporary bedroom. This way mom wouldn't have to climb the stairs every day. Now that her strength is back, they decided now is the time to go back into their room upstairs. They got a little over zealous about it if you ask me, we actually caught the two of them carrying part of their mattress up stairs by themselves. We did get some help from some of the men in the ward yesterday. They picked up some dressers mom and dad had purchased, brought them to the house and carried them up the stairs for them. And, they took the exercise equipment from upstairs and put it back into the family room downstairs. So, now mom and dad are back in their own room and seem to love it. They especially love the fact that they can go out at night onto the small deck attached to their room and look over the whole valley.
There has been a little bit of a glitch during the process of moving. The main floor has been turned upside down, moving things here and there, finding things that need to be sorted through, generally just trying to make the family room a family room again. Mom and dad decided to skip their aerobics class this morning because they figured they would get enough exercise going up and down the stairs today. What they didn't take into account was the fact that the aerobic class ends after 50 or 60 minutes. The rearranging of a house can last all day long (and even take several days)! Mom totally over did today and by late afternoon was utterly exhausted. Although she started the day like the energizer bunny at 6:00 am (I told you they were excited), she realized she just couldn't keep going all day and into the night like she used to. She hasn't been able to keep much food down today either. Dad said even his legs are aching from all they did today, we can't even imaging what mom must be feeling like. Sometimes I wonder if I need to stay home from work to babysit these two. They can get into so much trouble when they're not supervised. :) So, it was off to bed early for her. Hopefully she'll use tomorrow to rest up because they have a big family reunion to attend on Saturday. They are really looking forward to spending time with mom's brothers and sisters and their families. Dad is even going to do a magic show!