Chapter 22 - Some Normality
Almost a week since I posted anything, partly because she had a touch of 'flu after having her injection. Then I caught it. This is either the 4th or 5th year in a row that we have come down with 'flu after injections, the GP says that's coincidence. Maybe, perhaps hanging around doctor's surgeries for extended periods because they run behind schedule is also a health hazard. A cousin who was to call today changed her mind after hearing me snuffle over the phone.
Fortunately, she has been sleeping comfortably, maybe up once during the night, does not need assistance from me, is usually able to get in & out of bed. She has not required help to dry after a shower or with dressing. Quite a difference from preceding weeks. Last Friday evening she was able to sit through an embroidery "roadshow" at our local friendly sewing centre. We spent outlandish amounts of money.
On Sunday I was too dead for us to attend church. Today she did not go to KYB. In expectation of the cousin's visit today she made a chocolate cake; at the kitchen bench she quickly bent into a position where her body was almost horizontal, as if she has been planting rice seedlings in S.E. Asian paddy field for most of her life. I had to place one hand on her bum, the other on her chest and push until her body was vertical. Needed to do this several times. "That's better" she said each time. "Does it hurt?" I asked. "Not really". I imagine it would hurt should she stay like that for too long. Since the cousin had no need of it, we each had a large slice of chocolate cake for afternoon tea. It is 98% fat free she said.
Fortunately, she has been sleeping comfortably, maybe up once during the night, does not need assistance from me, is usually able to get in & out of bed. She has not required help to dry after a shower or with dressing. Quite a difference from preceding weeks. Last Friday evening she was able to sit through an embroidery "roadshow" at our local friendly sewing centre. We spent outlandish amounts of money.
On Sunday I was too dead for us to attend church. Today she did not go to KYB. In expectation of the cousin's visit today she made a chocolate cake; at the kitchen bench she quickly bent into a position where her body was almost horizontal, as if she has been planting rice seedlings in S.E. Asian paddy field for most of her life. I had to place one hand on her bum, the other on her chest and push until her body was vertical. Needed to do this several times. "That's better" she said each time. "Does it hurt?" I asked. "Not really". I imagine it would hurt should she stay like that for too long. Since the cousin had no need of it, we each had a large slice of chocolate cake for afternoon tea. It is 98% fat free she said.
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