what a week...

Sunday - call from mom-in-law saying she needed to go to the hospital. Admitted with blood sugars of 1130. Broken leg that she didn't even know about.

Monday - Spent the day in the hospital. Trying to stabilize the sugars. Had to set her leg twice. Poor thing.

Tuesday - Waited all day for surgery to add a plate and pins to her leg. I ended up being the "phone girl" in the surgical waiting room because the volunteers left at 5pm. We were there until 8:30pm.

Wednesday - Mom-in-law, came out of surgery good. Had a good morning until they gave her some pain medicine. Confusion started to creep in.

Thursday - Oof..bad day! Mom-in-law was very confused. For a while she thought she was in the post office. She refused to eat and to ignore you would just sing to herself. Heartbreaking.

Friday - I had an interpreting gig all day which was wonderful. My little hands are tired though. Jerry said Mom-in-law was doing TONS better today and was no longer confused just sore. Good news. The nurse said it was probably ICU Psychosis. Hopefully that's all it is.

All the prayers and thoughts have been appreciated. This weekend will be more hospital visits and stuff like that.

Upcoming Monday is my last official day at ILRC. Good people doing great work. I'm excited to start my life as a contract interpreter. Exciting and scary!

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  1. L*I*S*A6:37 AM, July 19, 2008

    Glad that mom-in-law is doing better. I hope she continues to do well.

    Great going on the interpreting gig, too! Practice makes perfect. :)

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