Getting Ready

My foot is feeling much better as long as I don't bear weight on the broken joint/bone and I keep it wrapped and in my ortho boot.

I am frantically getting the house ready for Thanksgiving but am unable to do the thorough cleaning that I normally do. Ah well. Today I steam clean the carpets, wash down the refrigerator, and dust. I hate dusting.

I bought a 24# turkey and got it thawed overnight. My 'small' gathering has blossomed into a medium-large gathering with 16 people coming. Which is good. I like big Thanksgiving day gatherings.

My niece got out of the hospital on Sunday after a round of chemo. She's not feeling the best and her lungs are filling with fluid again. The preventative measure they did didn't stop the refilling. Sigh. They did an x-ray and found that the large tumor next to her heart has grown 'significantly'. She is in a lot of pain with the fluid in her lungs and feels like crap due to the chemo. The family gathering on Saturday is still on unless Jo is too sick to attend and enjoy it. It is sounding like she won't make it six months. My heart breaks for her, her twin sister, her brother, and her mom and dad.

My friend was due to get out of the hospital on Saturday after her first round of chemo. I haven't heard from her and I haven't called (bad me) but I've been so busy. I will make time and call her this evening and see how she's feeling. Her mom was driven down from Eau Claire by a friend and they will get to spend the holiday together.

After Thanksgiving I will have a week to get the house ready for Christmas, the tree up and whatever decorating I want to do. I also hope to wrap the gifts that I already have on hand. Most of my shopping will be done on line this year. But then, I usually do most of my shopping on line. But in other years I get to go out and walk the stores and malls just to pick up odds and ends and to enjoy the season. Not this year. Ah well.

My surgery to repair this foot (again) is scheduled for Friday December 3rd. Time is not definite yet as it could be moved up to morning if the plastic surgeon who has that time blocked off doesn't have a procedure to do. But right now it is scheduled for 2:00.

I am not happy about having to do this again. I had sworn I wasn't going to do another surgery on this foot.

But the decision was taken out of my hands.