Day 7

Today they have decided to make sure that she is full of medication, so that she rests comfortably. She is being given morphine through injection now because she was having trouble taking it in her mouth due to alertness and spitting up. She also no longer had a viable IV port and they are not giving her a new one. The medicine has been working well, but she does perk up here and there and does seem to hear us when we talk.

Laura, Marsha (aunt) and I are just sitting with her. It is very hard to look at her now, as her appearance is much different. Marsha did share some stories with her about going to be with her mom and dad and getting to catch some big fish. Marsha would talk to my grandma about getting to be with Al (grandpa) again on Palisades (that was the name of our island in Canada) and today added my mom to the story. She had them fishing, which my mom seemed to enjoy hearing about. My mom also perked up and even gave a big head shake up and down, when Marsha told her to say hi to grandma and grandpa for us. Ugh...ok, depressing, but I guess that is where the time is taking us. Let me add one more thing to the depressing pot, Laura is in bed sleeping with her :-(

Ok...ok...maybe now would be a time to share something funny or a memory. So, let me think. Since I was talking about the island above, let's reminisce about that. The island was truly the most amazing place to be. It was in Kenora, Canada, which is in Ontario. It was a place of complete seclusion. We would have to wake up super early in the morning to drive from St. Paul to Kenora, because we would have to be there before dark. If we didn't make it by dark, we would not be able to do the 20min boat ride out there. Anyway, at like 4 in the morning, you would hear in the most annoying voice you could even imagine, this song...Way up in the sky, the little birds fly.....and on and on. The one part that was the worst was, "Good morning, good morning the little bird sang." It would be this shriek and boy were you awake! Anyway, once at the island we fished, played cards, swam in the absolutely freezing waters of Lake of the Woods, and just enjoyed times with grandma and the family. Good times and laughs were had by all!

Other news, it looks like we may be moving into the Charter House tomorrow. At first we weren't sure we should go to the Charter House, but now as we don't think it will be long, we are going to go there. My aunt Mary happened to run into a doctor that was friends with my aunt Marsha and was able to give us much more realistic answers, so that helped us decide on the Charter House.

Also, it looks like Matt is coming with Chase. I can't really explain how it felt to hear the news, but boy am I happy!