by Susan | Mar 7, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical
The nurses couldn’t believe that I’d had surgery only the day before when he was admitted. Admittedly I didn’t ever have much pain. Or maybe I just don’t feel it. Normally I like to be at the hospital when the doctors make rounds, but I knew this surgeon usually did...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical
The surgeon contacted the social worker to see what they could do to get us back to Lawrence safely. Our son went to work at 4:00 pm and we didn’t know what time we’d be done at the main hospital. Mike drove us from the surgical hospital to the main hospital where he...
by Susan | Feb 14, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical
​ For the last four holiday seasons, I’ve felt grateful for my family because of Mike’s health. This season was a little different because of mine. Don’t worry I’ll get through this, it may not be as easy as we thought but I’ll survive. I was very worried about Mike...
by Susan | Feb 7, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical
The lumpectomy and sentinel biopsy was a breeze. I hardly had any pain. I did sleep a lot when we got home. And I got to John’s band concert on the next Tuesday, sans camera, but I was there. I would have had to go to great lengths to get his picture anyway. He was...
