The last few months DH has been complaining about his side hurting a lot. He had been to the doctor on at least 2 occasions and they only found liver cysts which are water filled and many people have them. Since they rarely ever cause any issues, they are ignored. Very, very early Tuesday morning I was awakened with complaints of severe pain. We went to urgent care and he had a CT scan with iodine. Again, they only found the cysts. But his abdomen was so extended, he was weak and couldn’t walk, and one cyst was as large as a large potato and crowding other items that belong in there. They had to put him in the hospital to do surgery. Did you know that hospital beds are becoming very VERY difficult to get? They spent 5 hours finding a hospital bed – while I got to have some fillings at the dentist. Finally after 7 that evening, we had him in the hospital. Then it was another long wait for the admitting doctor to show up (after midnight).
We are so blessed to have several children as they came to help while away the hours, as well as take their turn at night, so DH wasn’t left alone. This morning, the doctor came and talked to all of us about two procedures that he could do. One was surgery and the other was to aspirate all the fluid from this cyst and then monitor it to see if it stays empty, All of us thought that sounded like the best option. So this afternoon at 5, he was rolled away to be worked on. They removed 2.2 liters which is about what a large soda bottle contains. He was back in an hour and said that he felt better than he had in awhile. Now he needs to gain his strength back after all of this. Hopefully he will be coming home Saturday and life will return to normal or somewhat normal.
My aim is to get back to normal by the beginning of next week. And since I will be at the hospital most of tomorrow, there won’t be a post. Thanks so much for understanding why I have not been here.
And the new washer arrived. It has been test driven and is so quiet, one barely knows that it is running. Our last one could be heard throughout the house when spinning.
I tried to digitize this, but I’m at the very beginning and it was sunny outside and I can come up with as many excuses as a child as to why nothing happened. I got nowhere on this today and there are 7 days and a pot holder to do. I will learn, but you won’t see much in the way of results for awhile.
This little paper pieced bunny is ready to be placed with the 10 other little blocks that are not yet made. I did work just a few seams each day to accomplish this. If I had stayed with it, I think I would not have enjoyed it. As it was there were several seams that were put in place more than once. I am slowly getting the idea.
We spent much today shopping for essentials. That is if you call tractors and washing machines essentials. We looked at both and will take the next week to make decisions. The tractor salesman may have talked himself out of deal. He is coming over next week to look at the land, but really thought he knew someone who would do the work we need at an incredibly low price. But then sometimes that is too good to be true. We will wait and see.
What do I do when overwhelmed and understaffed? I make more and more detailed lists. At the top of the day, when I wasn’t sure which way to go, I started writing down all the things that were bothering me. I knew they couldn’t all be achieved today or even this week. On paper, they are not bogging my brain down. Having made these lists, I could then do a better job of prioritizing. And yes, more was added as the day went on. I mean who knew that
the washing machine wanted to die today? And who knew that when I went to REI to get a pair of gym pants, they would have nothing casual? Every pair they had were meant to show every wrinkle in the skin. So after an hour of driving to and from REI, I went to my list and added, “shop for pants and a washing machine” Costco is sending me pants to try and probably Sears will be delivering a washing machine (still deciding). Now that was so much easier and better than chasing all over the countryside, wasting time and gas. I do love some of these modern conveniences even though I believe that we should know how to be self-sufficient.
What did I achieve today?
Did you notice how many of these items only took a few minutes? What did you achieve today? I’ll bet it was a lot more than you gave yourself credit for. Make a list of everything you do in a day. It will surprise you, because normally one gets to the end of the day and can’t think of much that was accomplished. At least that’s what happens here. When I make a list, I can see that something is done which in turn makes me feel better.
The new bees arrived today. I hope they will be happy here. We will do our best to keep them comfortable. Maybe I can find a spot to put in a bee garden of flowers they especially like. We got them set up and then couldn’t find their water bottles so we called several stores. All were out of them, so we are improvising with chicken watering bottles. By the time, we had done what we could to make them happy, we had spent 3 hours. And that doesn’t count the hours, we go back out just to look and see that everything is good. Does anyone know if I have to fence around them so the sheep won’t knock them down?
