Yesterday was bad but today, well, let's just say I had to take drugs.

Yesterday Katrina had to start getting her legs wrapped
again. Not since the UNA boots have we had to deal with this.
I was up early because sis was having a procedure, bladder sling at the surgery center. Sassi had to be taken to the groomer and then Katrina had to go to the wound clinic.
I had someone coming to cut the back out of a new cabinet I bought for a big TV a friend had given Neil.

I went to the surgery center to see sis before surgery.
I had had a bad feeling about this and had urged sis not to do it. Never had this feeling before.

I dropped Sassi off with the groomer and then hurried home to fix breakfast for Neil and Katrina.
I then get a call saying that the doctor had perforated the bladder and sis was being taken across to the hospital because there might emergency surgery to repair bladder.
Neil and I went to check on sis.

Those of you that have been here so long know a lot of
Katrina's health history and it isn't easy nor is any of it good. We went through the wound care, leg wrapping thing for the better part of a year so this isn't our first Rodeo
if you know what I mean.

We tried to explain some of the things that didn't work
before and it didn't fly with them. We got this " we've been doing this for years and we know what we're doing."
Well, Katrina has had health problems since she was born so
she knows her body better than anyone with the exception of myself. The doctor asked what surgeries she had had and when she started telling him, she lost him after the first 5.
We then had to explain each one and go into depth why the surgery was done.
Lord luv a duck, I was exhausted when it was over and was very glad Neil wasn't there. The appointment took 3 hours
and by the time I got home and got supper taken care of, picking up Sassi, I just wanted to go to bed but still had to beat the closing time at Kmart to buy those long bath runners so I could make a path from Katrina's bedroom to her bathroom
so she could navigate without falling. Her legs are weeping fluids and it runs off by the buckets onto the floors,
which are hardwood. Since she has to walk with crutches she slips on wet floors.

Sis, spent hours waiting to be taken down for tests to find out if she had to have surgery and ended up having to wait
til today because the doctor had left the hospital for the day.

This morning I got up early for the utility company to relocate my computer connection.
Sis was taken down to have tests, the gutter people came
and repaired the gutter.

Katrina couldn't wear any of her shoes, I made a hasty trip to shoe stores and brought home a few possibilities for her.

While I was out I got a frantic call from my other sis
and she said our sis was taken straight from the tests to the operating room. The surgery would be 3 hours.
I'm afraid at that point I lost it. By the time I got home, I was in tears, had called my grandson to come to stay with Neil.

I took Katrina back to the wound clinic to get her legs wrapped again, and this time the nurse actually listened
and tried a new way to wrap. I had taken a calming medication by then and had stopped crying.

When I got home, I had found out that sis had made it through the surgery. The sling had to be removed, the bladder and tubes repaired and the surgeon is keeping her til next tuesday and will be sending her home with a cath.

My grandson had put the big TV in the new cabinet in the living room and had connected my computer back up. (Every cloud has a silver lining)

Katrina treated us to supper and in a few minutes, I'll go to the hospital and check on sis.

I'm just plain worn out!

((((((((((Jan))))))))))

(((((((((((Jan))))))))))))

love
Sheila
xxoo

More (((((((((hugs)))))))), Jan--for you and all of your family.

Oh, Jan, my heart hurts for you and your family...you are such a strong lady but are really having a hard row to hoe..will keep you in my thoughts. Bless your grandson's heart! josh

Jan, I'm exhausted just reading all the trauma in your life. Hope everything improves.

((((((((((Jan))))))))))
What can I say?! You are in my thoughts and I say a special prayer for you when I light my morning candle.
It comes in bunches, doesn't it?