Mom walks Murphy each morning before she leaves. Since he is an older dog its like having a puppy again ☺ She walks him at night when she gets home and usually one or two times during the night. She says she doesn't dare roll over because he sleeps on the floor next to the couch and he will think its time for a walk. Sally Buckley has been driving in and walking and feeding him throughout the day. Sometimes my cousin Jim spends time with him and Mom and Dad's neighbor, Cindy takes care of him. Cindy is also caring for her 33 year old daughter Beth, who lives with them. Beth endures frequent seizures throughout the day. Both of Cindy's daughters are cancer survivors. Murphy has lots of people loving on him but he still likes his Mom and Dad best!
Although we are really not sure how much Dad is able to focus with his eyes he will track his eyes with our voice and face. On Saturday morning, Febuary 14, when my cousin Roger and friend Ed said goodbye to Dad, they held his hand and Dad grinned ear to ear as if contented that they stayed with him. Sally B was visiting with granddaughter Deanna today so its Cindy at the helm with Murphy. Ken Haverstick called Mom to check in for their gang in Florida. Today Dad had a CT Scan, he shook and shivered through 4 hours of dialysis, and endured another ultra sound. Mom's friend Sally Shurlow came down and spent 5 hours with her. The PA(Physician's Assistant) told Mom everything looks good, other than the source of infection... He said Dad will continue to receive Ativan. Mom held up a paper tablet near Dad's face and he held a pencil and slowly drew a small flower and wrote H B. Dad always gives Mom a rose on Valentine's Day and signs all his notes with H B, which stands for Honey Bear! A small stroke forward.
I arrived at 9pm to relieve Mom. She called when she got home to tell me Cindy got the prize. Murphy slipped & fell in his business and Cindy cleaned him up with paper toweling :P She is such a trooper! Mom washed him spiffy clean with sudsy water when she got home.
February 15: I left just before Mom arrived so I could head out to church. I related very well to Pastor Craig's message this morning. The verses from Galatians 2:17-21 and Philippians 1:19-24 were pivotal for our current walk. After the contemporary service I am a 2nd/3rd grade Sunday School leader with 3 other small group leaders and 2 large group leaders. We are discussing 'prayer' and how to talk to God and how to listen for God's answer.
Dave and Courtney went home after church service. When Kelsey and I got home from Sunday School, Dave was in sweat pants and sweat shirt under the down blanket in bed. Not good! He is now getting what the rest of us had...yuck!
Dad's temp was up most of the day. They still are trying to pinpoint the source for the raised white blood count. He was relaxed for most of the day. Mom took a brief break and went to Menard's. When I arrived at 9:15pm, she showed me that people really do buy snacks there. She had replenished our bag of munchies with chocolaty confections :D Murphy was so excited when Mom brought the Menard's bag in. He thought he was getting burgies! Mom felt bad because the McDonald's in Belding was already closed and she couldn't buy her boy a cheeseburger :(
...serve one another in love...love your neighbor as yourself Galatians 5:13,14
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