Jan 05 2004
Country Mile
It was 33 fun-filled degrees when I woke up this morning. Yikes!
I can tell my brother & sister are hardy frontier types, whereas I am and will always be a city girl. They’re way more used to the cold than I am.
Mom was released from the hospital on Friday, and we?re taking care of her at my sister’s house. She’s bedridden, but we have a hospital bed and the oxygen machine in the living room. I’m sleeping on the couch just a couple of feet away, so Mom can wake me up at night when she needs anything (Nurse Suzy – scary!). After I get her what she needs, I check the fire and throw another log on if needed – the house is heated by wood stove – to make sure she stays warm (Frontier Suzy – even scarier!).
The home help person is coming this afternoon to give Mom a sponge bath. Apparently, they have some magical way to wash your hair while you’re in bed, which should be interesting to see. Also the hospice person is coming by to see how we’re doing and what we need. There’s a lot of support in the little community up here.
I had to laugh when my sister was giving the hospice lady directions to her house. You know you’re in the country when your directions include things like “You’ll pass the 5.25 mile marker, and turn left at the white mailbox. You’ll pass a garden with a cow skull on the gate and then a water tower. Turn left at the water tower. If you pass a house on the right, you’ve gone too far.”