Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2009. Mattie was in the hospital recovering from lung surgery. Literally Mattie had an incision in his chest which was bandaged up, and he needed oxygen to help his lungs recover. Do you see the little R2D2 Star Wars character in front of Mattie? Mattie's lung surgeon gave this to him post surgery. I want you to know that to this day, this surgeon still contributes yearly to Mattie Miracle! This is the kind of quality man he is, not only a competent surgeon, but devoted to his patients and families. The world needs more people like Dr. Chahine.
Quote of the day: I gave you my heart, I just didn’t expect to get it back in pieces. ~ Unknown
My dad had physical therapy this morning. Both of his therapists see the decline in my dad's energy level and stamina that I am reporting. It takes a lot to get him moving, but as I remind my dad, this is important for his health and independence. My dad has two therapists. One who primarily works with him, and the other who worked with my mom for almost a year in the outpatient clinic of the hospital. I happen to love this particular therapist. She reminds me of me when I was in my late twenties. In any case, unlike the primary therapist, this therapist understands the multitude of things that I juggle in any given day and really tries to help and be supportive. This goes a long way for me, because there is NO ONE in my daily life that is physically there for me. Therefore, when I experience this attention, I take notice.
I have to admit that I was extremely tired today. So much so that after we got back from a visit to the frozen yogurt store, I headed to the couch. I never sit still by day, but today I had no choice. I could feel that I was shutting down physically and emotionally. I am living under constant stress and heartache, that some days I do not know how I function. I literally rested on the couch for an hour.
When I got up, I made dinner and started right back up again. But I it is a very difficult existence, not just the non-stop caregiving, but to be abandoned by the one person that I thought I could trust the most in this world, and had trusted since I was 19 years old. Just devastated.
- Why bad things happen to good people
- All you're feeling right now
- Exactly the right words to say
- My cousin Maureen.
- Chocolate covered pretzels!
- The use of my arms and legs. As I was driving home today with my parents, we noticed a man on the side walk. He was in a wheel chair and missing a leg. He was moving himself down the sidewalk with one leg, in the terrible heat. My heart went out for him and literally I wondered to myself..... where is this man's family? As I absorbed this man's situation, I reflected on being grateful for being able to use both of my arms and legs.
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