Yesterday was kind of crazy.
Night before last Marcy asked me to keep her sling under her even though she hadn’t felt like getting out of bed Saturday for Darcy’s party. She knew the Encores and More blessing closet was yesterday – the day the owners of the sale let us come in and pick up things that didn’t sell before they donate them to charities. I didn’t think she would be up for that, either.
Yesterday Marcy slept through Kelvin’s visit to bring groceries at 12:30p and didn’t wake when I gave her medicines. Then at 1p, she woke and asked me what time the blessing closet was. I told her we had to be there at 2 – if we wanted to go, we needed to leave now. She raised her eyebrows meaning “Let’s go.”
I rushed around like crazy and got her in her chair. We (Marcy, Cricket, and I) rolled through the Encores door exactly at 2p and it was perfect timing. We found 4 items that we had wanted to buy but we thought were too expensive – we got them for free! Better than that, Marcy was so excited and bright-eyed that she wanted to go to a movie. I used my phone to check movie times and there was one we wanted to see scheduled to start just after the time we could arrive there.
But when we were parked at the theater, Marcy had lost her bright eyes. She said she was tired and in a lot of pain. I told her we could go home if she wanted. This way, too, we could be home before dark and I could wheel her around to the back of the house and she could see the basement. She liked that idea.
She still felt up to going to the basement when we got home and she loved it. I couldn’t get her inside – the transition is too severe for the wheelchair – but she could see most of it from the door and smiled really, really big. I promised her I will build 2 small ramps before she gets out again and she can see it all next time.
We made it back inside in time for me to get Marcy back in bed before I started cooking supper. Marcy asked for 4 Oxycodones yesterday about 5p – before getting back in bed and 6 with her bedtime medicines last night.
Darcy went to church with her friend Jo yesterday morning and Matt went to ClearView church. Darcy had planned for weeks to go to the movies with Matt yesterday so she could get pictures of them together in the photo booth. Matt was agreeable and kind for her birthday – they went to see “Dear John” and went in the photo booth. Oddly enough, their movie started 10 minutes different from the one we were going to see – we were probably in the parking lot at the same time but didn’t see each other.
We all had supper together then Matt went to Michael’s, then Matt and Michael came to our house and played video games in the basement until 2a. (Marcy didn’t go to sleep until 3a anyway – and 3:45a the prior night.)
Today’s Bearing: Matthew 17: 14-21; Application: Prayer and fasting.
Daily Prayer for Marcy: God’s continued healing manifestation. Total relief from pain and discomfort.
Lots of openings in our Dinner Calendar. Please pick a night and email to volunteer to bring dinner.
F:4-2, Optimental:3, I:0, Y:6, B:6, O:10, P:1, T:1 Key