Busy Week... Relaxing Weekend!

This has been an extremely busy / stressful week. Last Friday when mom and I were in TN visting Jason grandpa fell and hurt his back (he broke two more vertebres in his back). They got him to the hospital on Friday night, but the surgeon was not able to perform the surgery until Monday, which got pushed to Tuesday, which got pushed to Wednesday. By the time Tuesday came grandpa was so full of pain medication that he had begun hallucinating! Needless to say, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were very stressful days. After work I went directly to the hospital and sat with mom and Aunt Karen keeping grandpa company. It was so hard to listen to grandpa talk nonsense and hallucinate about cobwebs and other people that he could see in the room. I will say, however, we tried to make light of the situation and some of the stories that he told were pretty funny. We couldn't help but laugh!

Friday we got him moved to Smithville's skilled nursing facility where he will undergo rehabilitation to walk again (he's been bed ridden now for over a week). Mike and I visited him twice yesterday, but both times he was asleep and after watching him not sleep a wink for 3 days and nights I didn't have the heart to wake him up.

We just got back from Smithville today and finally grandpa looks like his old self. His eyes look much better now, and aside from being in a bit of pain still... he is alert and fiesty! I was really worried about him there for a few days. Now I know he's on the road to recovery and will hopefully be back home within a week or so.

Since Mike and I have not spent a weekend together since three weeks ago (he was in AZ then I was in TN) we decided that this weekend would be all about us! We have had the best time being together and hanging out at home... we even caught up on our LOST episodes. It is getting good! We can't wait until next week! We also spent a good portion of the weekend cuddling with Gussie. He is such a cute little boy!