A short update and an “ask” this morning:
Aunt Annie ended up spending a month in the hospital in February, and was ultimately diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.
She came back home on February 27th, and, since then, we’ve been working very hard to claw back some of her mobility and adjust to a slew of new medications necessary to treat her UC. I’ve taken over the medication distribution as she’s up to 18 prescriptions, and we’re doing our best to get by as her mobility is limited–she’s supposed to use a walker to head to the restroom and back, and that’s about it.
We’ve worked with physical therapy and occupational therapy to increase her endurance, and, in general, my caregiving job has been completely engrossing over the past two months.
I barely have moments to breathe, and while I’m able to Tweet during playoff games, that’s about as much as I get in terms of free time as I prepare meals, I’m on call to escort her to the restroom, and I take on the daily tasks involved with caring for her, sometimes at the expense of my own mental and physical health. That’s just part of the job, however, and I’d much rather be doing it myself to help keep her at home.
The “state of the blog” remains on hiatus as we hope for a more stable situation for the aunt’s health, but I fully plan on returning to work as soon as I am able.
In the interim, things are rough financially as plain old bills have caught up to us, and we’ve got yet another GoFundMe going to try and make ends meet.
That’s where the blog is at and where I am at. I’m trying to keep up with Red Wings news, but it’s hard when I have so very little free time, and things are just tough all over right now.