So far, so good

I'm feeling a bit better. Saw the therapist today, told her about my Do Not Disturb sign and my visiting hours. She especially liked the visiting hours. I mentioned something about the time frame for all of this, and she said it's OK with her if I stay "insulated" like this until she gets back from vacation! I didn't realize she was going on vacation. Today was her last day of work pre-vacay. She'll be back in a week and a half. I don't know that I'll need that long, but it's nice to know she approves.

The visiting hours are going well. Sproing is the one who mostly needs Mama. We do lots of snuggling and back scratching during visiting hours. Sometimes he needs a Mama back-scratch fix mid day. But it's a quick verification, and he's on to bigger and badder things.

He and Diva have actually been very well behaved these last two days. Light took them to a movie yesterday morning. Today she took them to the park for a picnic. They have both spent a lot of time in the back yard swimming in the wading pool I got the other day.

As for me, I'm hanging on. I went to Wal-Mart after my visit with the therapist. I may have overdone it a bit, but not too bad. I was tired and uncomfortable (restless? nervous? cranky?) when I got home. I rested, blogged, read the newspaper, chatted with a friend. I feel better. As far as I know I don't need to go anywhere tomorrow. I'm going to try to just stay at home and chill.

My Mama sent this to me via email. She says this is the next hobby she's going to try. Hmm. I don't predict much success for the old gal. (Don't tell her I called her old. She's ONLY 71!)



Wouldn't you just love to have an outfit like that? Either one. Both are fabulous.

Diz goes to another doctor

I saw my family doc today. He and I have had this professional relationship for nigh onto 13 years. We know how to communicate with each other.
I told him about the dizzy spells, he asked pertinent questions. He's reducing my dose of the blood pressure meds by half and I will go back for a recheck in a month. We'll see how this goes.

Today was my last day of work until after Christmas. I am extremely tired and hope to catch up on some rest in the next day or two. In two days Christmas will be way too close for me to get any rest. Then after Christmas I'll rest. I hope.

Update on Superman's heart

Things are looking up. As I mentioned in the previous post, his heart rate was still irregular when I checked it at 4:30 this morning. But when he woke up around 7:00 it was very regular. He's had a regular heart rate all day! Light took him to the hospital this morning for an echocardiogram. The hospital sent the results to our family doc this afternoon, and he called Superman this evening. The echo was normal. And all the blood tests and x-rays he had last night were normal. There is no physical evidence of anything wrong with his heart. Yippeeeee! *sigh of relief* And Superman reports he's felt fine all day.
Our doc told him to rest, and if he feels OK he can go to work on Monday. I told the silly husband today that he CAN NOT take the truck and collect fire wood from the deadfall in the woods around here, as he was planning to do this weekend. He really wants to. That rest thing is going to be the challenge for him. He feels fine now. There is a lot he wants to do that honestly needs to be done. But he'd better not do too much or else he'll have to answer to ME! Grrrrrrr. (do I sound scary enough?)