by Susan | Apr 25, 2018 | Caregiving, EGC, Horses
I don’t remember a time when horses weren’t a part of my life. Not because I lived on a farm or my parents were interested in horses. But because my grandpa had horses at his farm. He is responsible for every horse that has come into my life up to this point. Even 28...
by Susan | Apr 18, 2018 | Caregiving, EGC, Medical
I consider myself spiritual. I’ve been working on my spirituality for almost 8 years now. A while back a friend commented that I must sometimes ask why me. That got me thinking about a lot of things. I’ve seen an inspirational quote about success asking, “why not me”....
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...
