She Loves Life

Hello are you wondering where we have been? It's been a busy June and I just cant believe that July 4th is just 1 week away. We have had baseball games and camps so by the time we get home and get the kids to bed it's past time for me to be in bed. Sorry about that.

It was Parker's 2nd Birthday Friday, I had a busy day, went to get Parker's 1st haircut that Grandpa has been asking for and he finally got one, of course it was not short enough for him but it was hard cut off all his curls. Then I went to Lisa's apartment to get her some sweatpants, so for some reason I looked in her refrigerator and was amazed at how much Dt. Pepsi was in the frig. I counted them 1 by 1 and I counted 91 bottles of 1 lt bottles of Dt. Pepsi.

I was cracking up myself as I sent the picture to a couple of people, I told them that it made me sad going into her apt. my friend Kathleen e-mailed and said for me not to be sad that she isn't! She loves life and as long as she has us in her life she is happy. So I thank her for that little reality check.

Then I went to see her after leaving her place to hang out with her, I told her that I wouldn't be able to help her at dinner time because Dalton had a game and it was Parker's b-day she said that would be fine tell him Happy Birthday. Lisa has the best attitude that most people in her situation would not have (I think) she truly is an inspiration and makes me stronger everyday.

Saturday I went in the morning, when I came in she was sleeping and Parker was being a little loud and that still didn't wake her, OT came in and said they were in earlier and she was to tired to work with so they let her sleep a little longer. I said it's time to get up it's 11:30 lets get to the shower, so we wheeled her down to the shower, Lisa is getting easier to transfer so that is making it a much easier process. When we her sisters are there she will do anything for us it seems like, we have a way of getting her going, sometimes the nurses and therapist just give in to her and let her be. We push Lisa cause we know she can do it. Like going to the bathroom has been a challenge, she is taking a long time just to pee and poop, sometimes it takes 15 min. to 1/2 hour to finally go and most time she does sometimes she doesn't, so it's back to 1 step at a time.

After her shower it was lunch time she is eating good it just takes a little long to get food on her fork and to her mouth, I noticed it's hard for her to see where the food on her plate is so that's why we like being there to make sure she's getting all the food she can eat. Then I took her to the bathroom and she went 1 and 2 how exciting it only took 15 min. yea for Lisa. Then I went to work and asked Dad if he could be there for Lisa at dinner time.

Dad and Delo went up, Delo helped her and said she ate very well, Dad called me from her room and said that Lisa was at Parkview Inn she was on her 2nd beer and Dad was not done with his first, I heard Lisa in the background saying DAD..... Dolores said that Lisa leaned forward in her chair holding her cell phone, made sure she could see Dad and threw her phone at him. She said it was so funny cause she really had to aim and make sure she could see him and got him a good one. I can see her laughing and hitting Dad. If you don't know Dad loves to get Lisa going and will do anything to get her going just to get a good laugh, so the old Lisa is coming back.

Lisa has been very happy the past couple of Days, it's so nice to see her happy makes me smile just thinking about it. Lisa is on her way like I said earlier, one step at a time.