More of the Knee Surgery Saga

Well, this last week has been trying. :)

Knee Surgery Update

Rob is feeling much better today. The amount that he can move around now as compared to the day of the surgery is amazing. He's doing, I think, as well as expected, but not as well as he expected. He thought he was going to just bounce right back, I think. On the contrary, he has missed school all week, we didn't go to church today, and he's still not as mobile, or out of pain (since you can be in pain, you should be able to be out of pain, too). We've invited a family over this week for dessert and games, more for my sanity than anything, and it should be just about all we can handle. We've had a lot of support from people, but it's still been a little overwhelming for me. I feel like a single mom with Rob just watching me do stuff. :) But every day it gets better and I'd rather have this problem than lots of others we could have. ... There's a trip we're supposed to take on Saturday that involves a one way 3 hour drive. I can't imagine we're actually going to make it. Unless Rob is miraculously better by then. I might just go without him, because he'll be well enough to take care of himself, but I'll have to take the kids with me. And me, alone, with 2 kids for 3 hours? I'm not sure I'm excited about that, either. :) We'll have to see.

Elijah is Sick

On Friday Elijah wasn't doing so well. He started the day with a fever of 99.5 and the last time we checked it before I went to an Urgent Care place at 7:30pm, it was 103. Sheesh. The double ear infections that he had 10 days before hadn't gone away. So we're on round 2 of antibiotics. Elijah is doing better. There's no fever and he's not as fussy, but I can tell he's not back to feeling well yet. He's mostly not fussy, but he's not happy either. And it takes a lot for him not to be happy. So tomorrow I'll be calling his doctor to set up a follow-up visit to make sure we get this taken care of. I'm afraid we're looking at never-ending ear infections and tubes in the ears or something like that. ... From the way Elijah's been acting today, I have a nagging feeling the 2nd round of antibiotics won't work either. I'll keep you all up on how that goes.

Getting a Raise

And we're still really excited about getting a raise. That's been a shining moment for this week. :) I'm holding up okay, but probably only because when it's time for bed I'm so tired that I sleep like a baby. I think that's been God's gift to me this last week. I'm remembering that there are just times in life where you don't think about much other than just getting through. My dishes are perpetually not done, the house is usually a mess, I haven't done any of the "fun" things I normally do to keep myself sane, and just today I finally got together enough to make dinner. :) ... If Rob and I had known how hard the surgery and circumstances would be, we would have done it differently. But, can't change it now, and we're making it. And for now, that's good enough.

We love you all.

Tamra