Lisa is doing pretty good. It is hard to believe that it will be a year this May that Lisa had her surgeries. For the most part, her brain surgery was a success. She has had no seizures since then. She is quite proud of that.
That is all she ever wanted. That is all we wanted.
We never thought that all of this would come with it. But, it is what it is and we can't go back. So much has happened since then. But the thing that I learned most is that Lisa needs us, her sisters. She always did...we just didn't know it.
I went to eat lunch with her the other day, in her apt. I told her that I was sorry I was not there a few days in a row and she looked at me and said in her typical Lisa way..."I don't HAVE to see you everyday Karla!" Ha! I asked her if she was over that and she said, "yes" LOL! There was a time, when I saw her everyday, helped her, and cared for her daily needs...but she's over that, and yep...so am I.
Joe and I went to see her yesterday, Joe was being ornery and unplugged her lift chair. She called Karen and told her that I broke it. I had no idea Joe unplugged it until we were long gone and Joe heard me repeat it. I called Lisa to tell her that it is just unplugged and that she needs to go ask someone nicely to plug it back in for her....before I got the words out CLICK! She hung up on me! So, this is all normal again...Life is normal, Lisa is herself again and Joe is still doing things that she doesn't appreciate.
It's all good!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Something funny
Lisa called me the other day to complain that she did not like the carpet that is in her apt. It was one that I had given her, a really nice, thick, dark designed rug that I had in my living room for several years.
Well....it has a "sample" super sticky sticker on the end of it and I tried, really tried to get it off, but, hey, it really didn't bother me. I just put a foot stool or something over it. It has been in Lisa's apt since Oct. She JUST noticed it and HATES it. She wants a new carpet and thinks that this one is...and I quote, "Nasty". I told her that of course she can get a new one, when she gets enough $$$ for one. She wants one NOW and wants to go get one. LOL! Karen told me she called her to tell her and Karen directed her call to me, since it was my rug in the first place.
She went to the Dr on Thursday and had some blood work done. She is pre-menopausal we think, which could explain her mood swings. She is getting used to working with different ladies in her apt. She told one that she was lazy, because she was not going to do for Lisa what Lisa can do for herself...Karen and I talked to her about getting better and that this lady is helping her...she didn't like that.
Karen and I told the lady that that was perfect and that is exactly how we would deal with her. Lisa can really hurt a person's feelings. She is a bit overbearing sometimes, even with us, but we know her, and we love her and we just know; if that makes sense.
Lisa is still going to therapy, is progressing ever so slowly, which is her nature. But there IS improvement and there IS progress. Yay! She got weighed also, when we asked her if she wanted to know her weight, she sighed and didn't answer. We asked her again and let her know that if she didn't want to know, we wouldn't tell her. She sighed and said she wanted to know. We told her and she said, "I need to get that down" we told her that she can do it if she puts her mind to it. Poor Lisa. She is the biggest that she has ever been, but she also is not able to get up and walk unattended like she used to. She will get there though. It might take months or even years, but I think she will.
We just hope that those working with her will be pushy and not be pushed by Lisa.
Well....it has a "sample" super sticky sticker on the end of it and I tried, really tried to get it off, but, hey, it really didn't bother me. I just put a foot stool or something over it. It has been in Lisa's apt since Oct. She JUST noticed it and HATES it. She wants a new carpet and thinks that this one is...and I quote, "Nasty". I told her that of course she can get a new one, when she gets enough $$$ for one. She wants one NOW and wants to go get one. LOL! Karen told me she called her to tell her and Karen directed her call to me, since it was my rug in the first place.
She went to the Dr on Thursday and had some blood work done. She is pre-menopausal we think, which could explain her mood swings. She is getting used to working with different ladies in her apt. She told one that she was lazy, because she was not going to do for Lisa what Lisa can do for herself...Karen and I talked to her about getting better and that this lady is helping her...she didn't like that.
Karen and I told the lady that that was perfect and that is exactly how we would deal with her. Lisa can really hurt a person's feelings. She is a bit overbearing sometimes, even with us, but we know her, and we love her and we just know; if that makes sense.
Lisa is still going to therapy, is progressing ever so slowly, which is her nature. But there IS improvement and there IS progress. Yay! She got weighed also, when we asked her if she wanted to know her weight, she sighed and didn't answer. We asked her again and let her know that if she didn't want to know, we wouldn't tell her. She sighed and said she wanted to know. We told her and she said, "I need to get that down" we told her that she can do it if she puts her mind to it. Poor Lisa. She is the biggest that she has ever been, but she also is not able to get up and walk unattended like she used to. She will get there though. It might take months or even years, but I think she will.
We just hope that those working with her will be pushy and not be pushed by Lisa.
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