Moving without Lisa

Apparently I forgotten about the blog. Sorry.

Lisa is continuing to get better. She is really back to normal; however, she is tired. She is zapped! Poor thing.

Karen and I took her to her shunt dr on Tuesday. He took out her stitches and staples in her tummy. She feels much better now that those staples are out. She cried a bit though...she feels helpless I think. But, the good news is that she does not cry at the drop of a pin as she did before her shunt replacement. Yay!

It has been bitter-sweet lately. Joe and I have spent the last day and will continue today to clean out her apt. It is really hard to go through and box things up and realize that this is her very life, one that she will never get to live again. Sure she will adjust to the way she is now, it is just hard for me personally to go through her things and move them. I called her and asked her if she wanted anything thrown away. She answered with..."I want to keep all my old stuff and keep my Diet Pepsi!" I of course told her I would....Joe was cleaning out her kitchen cabinets and low and behold...more 1 liter Diet Pepsi's....24 more to be exact, hiding below the shelf. Mind you, that is in addition to the 90+ that are being kept cold in the fridge:) We laughed. She is so funny.

For the record...every card that was ever sent to her for any occasion...from the past 12 years, she has them haphazardly in a couple of drawers. Joe wanted to pitch them...I told him "no way" those mean something to her, they mean something to me too I guess.

We are moving Lisa downstairs to a wheelchair accessible apt. We are hoping that this will work. If it doesn't we have options, but not here in Bloomington. We must try this first.

It has been a hard couple of days for me and for Karen too. We have our moments, alone in the apt. when we think about how life used to be for Lisa. But, it is what it is and there has to be a reason for it...we just need to keep faith that this is for the best.

I will do better at keeping you all updated. I forget that others do care about how she is doing. Out of sight out of mind I guess. Thank you for your continued prayers. I absolutely do not know how anyone goes through life without faith in the One and Only Lord! I know that Lisa, would not be here if she did not have people throughout her entire life praying...In His Grace- Karla