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I wanted a place to post all those little victories and good news. Mini celebrations and such.


I will start. My mother is always fighting UTI's and each one takes a little more out of her, mentally and strength wise. After not speaking to any of us caregivers for days and becoming so weak that moving her is like moving a 170 pound sack of potatoes....


Last night, Mom initiated conversation (it was gibberish but she tried), she used her legs a little when I was lifting her to move her and the best part was when I was moving her to the toilet she misunderstood my instructions about where to put her hands and ended up grabbing me in a big bear hug. I jokingly thank her for the awesome hug (just about the very first hug she has given me in my life) but needed her to grab the grab bar. Well, we both ended up in a huge long belly laugh. Her interaction, good mood and her strength lasted until she went to bed.


Maybe her latest antibiotic had finally worked, maybe it was a fluke but I am celebrating anyway.

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Celebraing here too!
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Now what can I celebrate?
There's a new snow fall so I needn't go out.
The Dr told me not to lift more than 15 lbs for a week.
So I can't put wood in the stove.
Hubby could't plug in his new electric car as we had a power cut.
No problem I found yards of extension cord plugged into my kettle outlet which the generator supplies.
The generator started up automatically so I did not have to go out in the blizzard to reset it.
The cat was out of water so hubby refilled her dish.
Didn't notice that the litter box needed cleaning.
The dishwasher has gone into the witness protection program.
The fridge / freezer did not qualify.
It's Saturday and I don't have to work. Actually I have not had to work for the last ten years of Saturdays but I still get PTSD when someone cherefull in half a dress tells me it is the week end.
Can't think of anything else to celebrate.Maybe I'll just have a glass of sherry to celebrate IF there is any left!
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My celebration is that I finally mailed in my DNA to Ancestery . com.   It's only been sitting on my desk since this past Christmas.   Hopefully I will get my results by the end of the month or next month.... and to see if I am really the nationalities that my parents claimed.

Another celebration... I found on Ancestry my Mom's mother's real first name.   I am doing the family tree, which is turning into a huge red wood tree, and I had a feeling my grandmother's name was a nick name.   Lo and behold and doing tons of digging, I found her real first name :)   So now I think I have also found the names of her parents, where before I couldn't.
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My good brother came out all on his own last Tuesday with no prompting from me. Then, he showed up again today with his family for a visit. It was a good visit with Mom until she started drifting off to sleep. He even said he might try to come again next week!! Mom had been feeling so abandoned by her boys.
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Thanks for starting this thread mom2mom. Glad to hear your brother's visit has cheered your mom. Its always nice to be surrounded by family.

Freqflyer - I've always wanted to do the same thing and get my DNA sent to Ancestry.com. You'll have to let us know what you find out.
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My blood sugar numbers are better than they have been in a year!
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My youngest brother, who lives 5 hour drive from mom's NH just texted me that he had a really good 3 hour visit with her and that she talked and was "bright-eyed".

I asked him to come up this weekend because I am sorta kinda spent due to middle child's late pregnancy problems. Needed the weekend to recover from work. Amazingly, I asked, and he said yes!!
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my mom smiled :)
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I'm celebrating the fact that I'm starting to feel like my old self again after 3 months of being stuck in bed due to shoulder/neck pain and an arm that keeps going numb, plus the added "fun" of the upper respiratory virus AND the stomach virus that went around here. Pretty sure at some point I was in pneumonia territory and may still be hovering in that territory, but no fever, just the cough and gunk in the chest. I'm just glad to have normal tummy function again and be coughing somewhat less and able to move around a bit more!

Neck issue still has me working from bed, but I am able to get up and around and do things from time to time now, and not be in constant pain, and I *do* have a pinpoint now on what's actually going on, and a plan to see a specialist to get it dealt with. Whether it's just injections or something like surgery, at least it will be done with soon.
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Celebrating our tight knit community here, appreciating all of you!
Was that too sappy?
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I'm going to bed before midnight tonight
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I have to second that Sendhelp. I definitely think we should celebrate what a great group we have on this forum. The kind and supportive posts have been a wonderful lifeline.
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Celebrating the first day with a new caregiver having gone well. Mom likes her, I like her and she has the stamp of approval of my lead caregiver. AND, she got Mom to eat something!!
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I have lost 10 pounds over the last month! I'm feeling better too!
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Good for you Sunny. I was going to say something. It really shows :-)
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THANK YOU! I had to do something, because my underwear was getting too tight! I refuse to purchase larger underwear. I hope I keep going. I have about 40 more to go. Then, I'll have a major celebration!
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Sunny, congrats!!

I lost almost 7lbs in about 4 days while we had the stomach bug here - not the way I like to lose weight. Problem is, it all came back immediately as soon as I started eating again, and I didn't overeat - I think my body was in starvation mode and just grabbed and held onto anything I put in, since I hadn't eaten much for a few days.
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I have almost got the taxes done.
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Yay! Loving the reminders to be doing my taxes! Because of hubs job, there will be h3ll to pay in terms of paperwork, but am looking forward to it.
I've got this!
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The Hoyer Lift is coming today!!!
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Congrats to everyone for their celebrations and small victories!! :-)
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Well, I lied. Trying to be more positive, and trying to convince myself,
I said "I am looking forward to doing the paperwork for taxes." I am not. Actually I have already hidden the paperwork from myself, dreading it.
So, hopefully, I will be posting soon my celebratory "did my taxes".
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Send, good for you on working towards that goal! I know how difficult self-employed taxes are. I used to do it but have learned to bite the bullet and hire a good tax man to do our taxes and Mom's. I have all the figures ready for ours and an appt. to meet with him. This is a deadline to get Mom's figures correct. Next week it will be done.
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Doing the Happy Dance!!!

Disney has a new offering called Highway in the Sky Dine Around which is a progressive dinner taking place at hotels ont he monorail stops. My friend/mother's main caregiver and I would have loved to go but it sold out in a matter of hours. Well, they released new dates this morning and I managed to snag two reservations for May 27! Yaay us.

The only rub is that we fly non-rev (stand-by) and I didn't realize that I had book memorial Day weekend. Everyone please cross your fingers that we get to go.
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Mom2mom, that trip sounds AWESOME! Fingers crossed it's a go.
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m2m, I hope you get to go! That sounds lovely.
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Grandmom not on isolation...
Grandmom stealing my food (..doesn't like the rehab food, can't say I blame her - I usually bring food with me so we can at least dinner together at night.) - last night was the first night she took the initiative to take my food...
Since off of isolation, she can finally leave her room -- granted she's a fall risk anyways.. doesn't seem to want to mingle with the other residents (..likely due to her being very hard of hearing) --- but, I asked if she wanted to walk around and without missing a beat, gran got her sneakers on quick and said let's go. She walks great by herself (.but uses a walker at home) - cause there are things she can hold onto... I'll never forget walking by the nurses station ~ she got lots of smiles/staff was ecstatic to see her out of her room...
I reached out to a lawyer via email asking for help (defending me against false APS accusations; threatening behavior by relatives; etc) - Promptly got a return email stating that he is willing to take my case. He'll be coming out to rehab to speak with Gran and I tomorrow (assuming the snow accumulations aren't that bad).

Only negative -- I hope that uncle's girlfriend backs off permanently once she realizes I'm lawyered up. I don't want the monster dragging this out..
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FINALLY, after many conversations with my Narcissistic FIL, and him clearly understanding that soon he will be going to Assisted living, he has begun THANKING my husband for the dinner meal, and even giving COMPLIMENTS TOO!

WOW, It only took 13 years of him living with us, and me getting on his case about being appreciative for all the many things his Son does for him each and every day!

I am trying hard not to think that he believes that by doing so, it might lead us to a change of heart, and continue onward in the status quo of him living here, but a little bit too late, as we are quite fed up with his shenanigans, and lack of kindness, and feeling the the whole world revolves around him! 

We are steadfast in our intent to continue on with selling our home, buying a Condo, and to begin LIVING OUR OWN LIVES FOR ONCE, after raising our 4 kids to successful adulthood! 

Not gonna work Bud, But appreciate that you are finally realizing how good you've had it here all these years!
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Sunny, I gained 5 of the 10#'so you lost, but CONGRATULATIONS GIRL, that's an incredible achievement!
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Anonymous245940, Sorry to hear that about the pounds. But, I know how easy that can be. The weight I'm losing now is weight that I gained after my last weight loss. ( When my LO got dementia, it put a lot of stress on me. I was the DPOA, HCPOA and only person who did anything. I had no help. I was so stressed that I would sit awake all night, staring into space just wondering WHAT in the world was going to happen. It was truly an horrific experience. I couldn't eat either and lost about 30 pounds. BUT, after I got her placed and cared for, the weight crept back. So, here I am. lol

Oh, I lost a few more pounds, too! This time, I'm doing it right with nutritious food and good sleep. I plan on this being my permanent way to live. So far, so good.  I'm super happy about that. 
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