Hunting Day
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It's 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Oliver, Mikey (son) and Caleb (grandson) went deer hunting (a favorite sport in southern WV). This is the first hunting trip with son since stroke. They hunted every week-end (rabbit hunting) prior to the stroke. I was excited for them both, but nervous at the same time. I planned to sleep this morning then go shopping for a little while maybe even get a pedicure, you know pamper myself a little. I haven't done that for almost a year now. I still work, but took vacation this week as my two caregivers both hunt, so I knew they wouldn't want to miss the first week of gun season. I love going to therapy with Oliver, it gives me a chance to talk to the therapist. He has been taking outpatient therapy since May and the therapist is already talking about discharge. I questioned him about it yesterday, he said the longest he has kept a stroke patient is a year. He said he couldn't risk losing his license. I understand that but then I thought license verses walking again. Oh well, I'm not going to let that get me down. I've always loved the holidays. My family is very large. I have 9 siblings and with their spouses and children, we have a total of 75 or more. Then you throw in the aunts and uncles, we have around a 100. My mom passed away last year and my dad has been gone 22 years now. My mom had dimentia for 5 years, got really bad last year and passed away in June. We (my siblings and I) took care of her in her home until she passed. What a blessing to be able to do that. But remember with the siblings, in-laws and grandchildren, it was possible. Gosh I miss her. That was another thing that made the stroke so hard for me. We (Oliver and I) could now do things as I wasn't burdened with the responsibility of mom (not really burdened but responsibility). We had a disney cruise scheduled with the kids and grandkids in May. Our first cruise. Every things was reserved including our flights. Of course we had to cancel. The cruise line reimbursed our money, however the airlines would only give a credit for a year. Try explaining to them it takes longer than a year to recover from a stroke. We have until January to use the tickets or lose them. Oliver and I won't be using ours, but hopefully the kids and grandkids can use theirs to go somewhere. We will have Thanksgiving dinner at house with our kids, but we won't have our family get together as I just can't handle it this year and neither can Oliver. I have one sister that lives in Indiana that is coming in today. The rest of us all live here in southern WV. Some visit every now and then, but for the most part don't see too many of them. You all know how it is, when your down, everyone seems to disappear. But then again, everyone works and have busy lives, so I do understand. If I called any one of them, they would be here in a second. Well, I need to get moving if I get anything done while Oliver is gone today.
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