It's been a long year this weekend
Ok, so let me first say that I am really, really tired. This weekend was hard. Jake and the kids took a mini cruise excursion, and they had a grand old time. Nick was my caregiver, so we stayed behind. And wouldn't you know that I lost a huge amount of my motor skills and independence while they were gone? Yep. Exciting, right? I hate being dependent on other people. Even being a stay at home mom chaffs. But it is what it is. We work with what we've got. "Bloom where you're planted", you know? Well, I definitely have to do that. I just wish it wasn't so damned painful and humiliating! I already lost my ability to get into bed by myself, from about the time that I got the hospital bed. At first, I only needed help lifting my legs onto the bed. But now, I need that first, followed by manual arranging of my limbs to get them in a position that is comfy and doesn't cut off circulation. Just an inch to the right or left, and I lose all sensation outside of a...