Without a doubt last week was really hard ....



Mr T had his finger amputated again last Monday.  His pain was so intense that even after continually being pumped with morphine he was in agony.  On the tuesday they got a pain specialist in  and put him on  "rescue" meds as he was just about ready to shut down.  It was awful.

Thanks to Jackie who came around for a visit and I was able to talk to her and she could explain the meds he was on. 

I finally brought him home on Sunday and last night was the first night that he slept right through the night without waking up for pain relief.  Let's hope that this time there's no going backwards only forwards.

My eating has been crap. I'm not eating properly or regularly and can go over 24 hrs without eating.  I'm incredibly run down and it's showing and starting to take it's toll.  Apart from the huge amount of fatigue I'm feeling and lack of energy, I've been itchy all over and scratching,  and I've got a couple of cold sores developing.  I haven't had them for years.  All this is stress related and bad eating.

Last week I took off work not only to watch Lucas but also I had to go down and look after the workshop as Mr T was stressing out about it.  Not only the paper work but also working on the floor as we have a couple of big jobs underway at the moment.  So after a full days work on Saturday and a couple of visits to the hospital in between when I got home all I wanted to do was climb into bed and sleep.  Which I did badly.

Since Mr T came home on Sunday I've been trying to bring things back under control.  

Sunday night we had roast pork, kumara, pumpkin broccoli and asparagus.   Monday, chicken and salad, and last night home made burgers - me without the bun.  Tonight we're having pork stir fry.  Nice and easy.

When I did my chicken in the crockpot I layered the bottom with sliced onions and mushrooms, add chook, spray olive oil and then add whatever seasonings you like on top.  I use Italian Herbs.  If you like, once cooked you can drain the excess fluid off and thicken the onions and mushrooms into a nice creamy sauce to pour over the chicken.

Hoping to pop down for a visit with Sophia tonight.  She's nearly put a pound on already.  I'm just not getting to spend as much time with my grandbabies as I wanted too.

But I'm loving the special moments.  That's my baby with his niece and nephew.....  seems like only yesterday he was that tiny.


Ciao