Edee

Stroke Caregiver - female
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  • Birthday 03/08/1952

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    I enjoy hiking, gardening, cooking, reading, softball and birdwatching.

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    Edith
  • State
    Wa

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  1. Happy Anniversary Edee!

  2. Happy Anniversary Edee!

  3. This is my first attempt at blogging...I have to admit I have no idea what I am doing but decided I would give it a try! My birthday was 2 days ago. It has been over one year since mom's stroke and I have been caring for her at home for 11 months now. I feel like I have aged 10 years over the past 12 months. My birthday started out awesome. Mom swallowed her meds for me so I didn't have to crush them and she even ate her breakfast...so far so good! I got the usual phone calls from out of town family members and opened the birthday cards and gifts that I had received in the mail and had a wonderful hour long talk with my best friend in Georgia while mom napped. My son, Andrew, came over after he got off work and gave me my presents (a new video card and cable so now my computer is hooked up to my TV, which I am loving), he also rented "Becoming Jane" for us to watch later in the evening after we went out to dinner. Since mom has had a history of fainting spells when sitting upright in her wheelchair I was hesitant to take her out of the house for dinner. However, she hasn't had an "episode" since December and I have had her up in her chair for dinner at home at least 3 times a week with no problem. We were going to take mom with us to Ruby Tuesday for my birthday dinner but that restaurant was really busy and there would have been a long wait (which turned out to be a blessing). We ended up going to Round Table Pizza instead. Mom really enjoyed being there and when I brought her a plate from the salad bar she said,