Well
February is over for another year and what a month it was and not in
a good way, mum was in hospital again this time with a number of
serious infections, in her bowels, bladder and blood, she also had
another issue with delirium again on the day she went back into
hospital.
She
had to have antibiotics via a drip she was in hospital from the
Monday to the following Wednesday so just over a week. She is home
now and doing much better, on the day she was admitted she wasn't
good she had delirium again, I called in that morning after dropping
Leo off at school to get a form to hand into the RTA and Sandra met
me in the driveway and told me mum wasn't good but the district nurse
was on the way but she thought mum may have to go to hospital again.
Well
I walk in to see her and she says hi Jo, I said do you know why I am
here mum she said she did then she told me her urine was on the
cupboard and I had to take it to the office at Dawson's school. Yeah
that cracked me up and when I said I didn't think Dawson's school
wanted her urine she also laughed. When the nurse was talking to her
she asked mum something and mum's reply was I don't know where the
cow went but it should come back it needs milking.
The
nurse turned up tested mums urine said she had an infection and
arranged for an ambulance to take her to hospital it was at the
hospital they discovered she had infections not only in the bladder
but also the blood and bowel. They also told mum she was lucky they
caught the infections when they did as they could have killed her,
they were that serious.
Now
I know this may sound strange to some but one night when mum was
really sick she felt someone rubbing her head and telling her softly
that she was going to be ok, she wasn't going to die and when mum
opened her eyes it was her mum and her dad was sitting in the chair
near the bed, it made mum feel more relaxed and less stressed and
worried. Do I believe nan was there next to mum, yes I do.
Mum
has seen a specialist about her knees and hips and has been told that
she needs to have a hip replacement asap and she should hear from the
surgeon by the middle of March and if she doesn't she is to ring the
hospital and find out what is happening. He said her hip needs to be
done first then she will need her knees done.
Between
the 9-12th February while we had 40 plus temps Tim and I
went to Port Macquarie in the caravan and I can tell you I didn't
cope well as we still do not have air conditioning in the van and I
don't know if we are going to get it as it would cost around $2,000
and we can't afford that.
I
did on our last day there get into the swimming pool and it was
lovely hadn't been in a pool in years and have to say I did enjoy it.
I even said I might look into buy a swim suit for next summer.
Kathy
is having issues with Sydney-May's father he is causing Kathy a lot
of stress lately. Before her and Michael started to make plans to
move interstate they had a chat with Chad and he was fine with them
moving had no problem at all. However, now of course he has a problem
the problem arose when Michael moved I think that was when he
realised it was going to happen.
Kathy
has tried to talk to him and said she would like them to go to
mediation through the family law court to sort things out but he is
just avoiding her and doesn't want to discuss it, in short he is
being an asshole. In my opinion it is more his mum then him but not
being prepared to discuss it isn't helping.
Since
Sydney-May was born he has only seen her because Kathy pushed for it,
it was Kathy who agreed and arranged with Chad's mother to go over to
her place each Wednesday night for the first twelve months. It was
Kathy who suggested to Chad that he have Sydney over night when she
was about 18 months old and when she started school it was Kathy who
suggested he pick Sydney-May up from school and have her each
weekend. Kathy has said they could make arrangements to bring
Sydney-May down to stay with her dad every few weeks for the weekend
if that was what he wanted but he just said no I don't want you to
move to Queensland.
We
now have Leo three nights a week Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights
while Jessica is at Tafe, her Tafe course doesn't get out till around
9pm then she has to get here from Belmont and by then it would easily
be 9.30pm by that time Leo is already in bed asleep, so Tim and I
decided to have him those nights but not Friday nights except for the
last Friday night of the month when Tim agreed to have him as well so
she could have a break, now one took my girls so I could have a
break.
Now
I know some people would say that Jessica is a single mother and they
have it hard doing the raising on their own but I feel yes Jessica is
single there is no man in her life but she is not raising Leo along
she has
me
and her dad and we help out a lot.
Even
Natasha who is also single isn't raising Blain alone his father has
him every weekend and she knows if it is needed I will take Blain to
school and of an afternoon he often walks back to my house and then
goes to his friends place till his mum gets here to get him.
Recently
my niece Kirsty and her husband Jacob came to Newie for a visit with
their daughter Kelsi they stayed mostly with Kelli or Heather, they
went for a visit to see nanna and pop which made them happy they
don't get to see them very often since they live in Queensland. I
cannot remember the last time I saw any of them.
