Trying…

It has been one heck of a bad week, I must say.  Forgive my short disappearing act, I’ve been somewhat down with all that’s been going on.  Today, hubby and I went out of town for his step-grandmother’s funeral.  She was 96 years old, she died of old age.  She’d been in nursing/hospice for a year now, her health gradually deteriorating all the while.  Her passing was no surprise not anyone.  Sad, yes, but not a surprise.  She was a lovelly lady, very charming and friendly.  Going out of town was a tiring experience, I have to say.  Hubby and I were up at 3:30am so we could be ready to leave at 6am, so we could get there in time to be there to ride with the immediate family in the limosine.  I’ve never seen this done until today, I didn’t even realize you could buy that as part of the package.  Apparently you can.  The limo was a caddy, a beautiful car, very comfortable.  It would have been lovely had I not ridden on the seat facing backward and gotten sick… not once, not twice, but three times riding backward.  I get terrible vertigo, which doesn’t help anything.  Luckily, I’d not eaten yet at that point, lucky for everyone involved.  As I write this, I’m still feeling vaugely nauseous.

We got back into town about 3:30 this afternoon and I can say with all honesty, I was never so glad to be home.  I’m quite sleepy, so when this entry is done, it’s off to nappy town for me, at least for a few hours.  I hope this post makes sense.  All of hubby’s family was there, save for his uncle, who had had surgery for a torn retna that didn’t fix the problem, so he was at the doc today.  His step-siblings (the only siblings he had) were there, though their spouses were not, and it was all quite nice.  Hubby and I left to come home before lunch.

Also, my grandmother is very sick.  She was found to have overian cancer that spread, she had surgery, she went home, she got very sick and had to go back.  Yesterday, she had surgery again to fix the absess infection that was making her terribly sick.  Her white blood cells are too high, her potassium is too low, and she’s going to be in the hospital another week, at least.  She’ll also be starting chemo soon.  We’ve been told that even at her age (74 years old, I believe) and in her current state of health, she has an 80% chance to respond favorably to the chemotherapy.  80% is very good odds with cancer.  My mom told me yesterday that my grandmother’s cancer is stage 3.  Apparently, if it had gone any longer, if she had reached stage 4, they wouldn’t have been able to do anything for her.  We’re all so glad that they caught it in time to help.

My parents are going to be in TX from Friday to Monday, but TX is so big, and Plainview is so far from us, especially with the current gas prices, that we’re not going to be able to go see them.  I just hope they have a safe trip here and back and that my grandmother starts doing better very soon.  It’s been a very trying time for my family.

On that note, now that we’re all caught up, I’m going to go take a nap.  I’m exhausted and not used to waking up at 3:30am.  Hell, I’m usually going to sleep at 3:30 or 4am!  I hope everyone is doing a bit better than I have been.