Entries Categorized as 'The Old Lady'

A Voice from the Past

November 19th, 2009

It has been a little over two years since the Old Lady died and a long time since I’ve posted here. Looking back over the past two years I can’t say that a lot has happened in my life. The only major thing I can think of that has changed is that we purchased a [...]

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She Expired

September 14th, 2007

I’m in total shock. I knew it would happen one day of course, but she was doing so well considering all the health issues she had suffered through for the last year or so. My husband was at the nursing home 5 hours ago and his mother was fine then. Her spirits were better and [...]

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Worse than a snit

September 12th, 2007

What’s worse than being in a snit? Being livid. I found out this morning that the MIL would not be going home but would be going to a rehab facility instead. Of course, I already knew this but she is in denial and so is my husband so I just went along them when they [...]

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Surgery update

September 12th, 2007

The Old Lady’s surgery went well yesterday. Instead of vertebroplasty (super glue in the spine) she had a similar procedure called kyphoplasty (super glue in a balloon in the spine). The only newsworthy thing that happened was the Old Lady’s threat to call her attorney and sue the hospital if they didn’t let her out [...]

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Another Night in the Emergency Room

September 9th, 2007

So I guess I should probably write something. Some people say you have to blog every day to have a “successful blog”. To those people I say “kiss my ass”. Success is in the eye of the beholder. I’ll blog once a year if I want to and you can hit your back button if [...]

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Update on the Old Lady

July 30th, 2007

Against the wishes of everyone my mother-in-law decided to leave the nursing home and came home this past Saturday. She will be under the care of a home health agency and will also have someone visit her daily to check on her and help her with her daily activities. I’ve offered to stay with her [...]

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