Bad News From My BFF....

I've told you about my bff, Carol, that lives in California.  She got some sad news today about a good friend.  He was a doctor that actually taught at Stanford.  It seems he became seriously ill but decided against surgeries, etc. and any type of further care.  He had wanted to go home and have hospice care but the pain got to him.  He asked for morphine and went peacefully to his rest.  It really hit Carol and her husband hard.  

She has been having a lot of problems with moving around even though she is mostly confined to a wheelchair.  She's been suffering from shortness of breath and her cardiologist has called for two tests that she isn't looking forward to taking.  Say a little prayer for her.  She has had a lot of problems with her heart and she is the dearest person.  I worry about her and how she pushes herself to help out her son.

The Beast and I are okay right now.  He has found an answer with this one ointment given to him by his aunt for his knee.  It seems it has taken away the majority of the pain he was suffering.  He was sure he was going to have to have a knee replacement.  It's the leg that takes most of the weight when he walks.  His other leg has never fully recovered from the paralysis he experienced from his strokes.  He lost the use of his left side entirely then.  You would hardly know it from how active he has been since he regained most of his movement and control.  There is a man in his church that recently had a stroke and he has given the man hope for his recovery.  The man is 82 years old and I guess he needs as much hope as he can muster.  He, too, had a left side stroke but not as severe as the Beast's was.

Remembering that time makes me feel very lucky, even with all that has happened to me.  I feel like I am falling apart a piece at a time....LOL.  I just have to get a bit more endurance.  I DID feel good about being able to make the stairs at sister Cee's last week.  The first time I went up them, I had to stop and also had to use my cane.  This time I didn't even have my cane and I made it up the stairs without stopping.  That was a real treat for me to know I was getting better and could manage more without tiring.  

I've also noticed it when the Beast and I make our lunches and dinners together.  I don't have to rest like I was doing a couple weeks ago.  It gives me much hope for a full recovery from all I have gone through this past year and a half.  In fact, the past two and a half years if I go back to the arterial bypass I went through then.

It's been really nice weather during the day even though we've had showers on occasion and it's been overcast most of the time.  The temperatures have been in the low 80's with a nice breeze.  Most of the time, the Beast just opens the inside doors and lets the air in from the screen doors.  He usually gets uncomfortable when it hits 80 but the breezes have kept things comfy.  Our nights have been down in the mid-60's, which isn't bad.

Time to get this posted.  Love you all.  Enjoy your Hump Day.  Have a little fun.  ***Hugs***