This week has not been a good one. But, there has been good mixed in with the bad. Bill had his check-up with his regular dr. and he got a very good report. His white count is still high and she now believes that is due to the steroids. He comes off of them this week so there should be some improvement when he gets labs done next week.
He's been more active still, walking through the house more and doing more for himself. He's not getting as winded as he was moving around and the dr. said he's moving air quite well now. He was also able to stand without my help, and we did not use the wheelchair. So, some improvement. He's still doing a lot of coughing, but our weather has been unsettled for a few days so that could have something to do with it. We getting a little thunder storm right now, after several moved through the night.
My blood pressure has been staying steady in the normal range for the most part. I've been surprised that since it has been a stressful week that it hasn't been off the charts, but it hasn't. (For some reason this morning, my eyes are closing while I'm typing this. I know I didn't get enough sleep last night between the storms and the gunshots but I should be able to function better by now with the infusion of coffee!)
On Monday my ex-husband was killed in a freak mowing accident. Emily has been devastated as she freely admits that she's a daddy's girls, but she has stepped up to the task of planning everything that goes with dealing with death. Ryan still hasn't actually let his feelings out and that will probably happen this week-end. We've all been in shock of course. Brianna and Kayden, as the oldest grandchildren have both taken it hard, especially hard. Bri told me that just a couple of weeks ago he had asked her if she wanted his stamp and coin collections. I think her answer was just "sure". He even assured her that he wasn't planning on dying any time soon, so she feels some guilt over that. But I told her to take them and proudly display them and if anyone asked about them just tell them they were her grandpa's and he wanted her to have them. Kayden just regrets that they weren't able to spend a lot of time together since Ryan and Mistie's divorce and it's mostly due to Ryan not taking his visitation week-ends with them. But, I told Kayden that he was so proud of him because he was his first grandson and that he was busing with pride when he was born, and to keep that in his heart.
He didn't want a funeral and he has been cremated. There's going to be a celebration of life, that was supposed to be a gathering to laugh and tell stories and memories, but it's now turning more into the type of service he didn't want. But, it's not my place to say anything. I did write his obituary since that had been my job at the newspaper many years ago, but that's about it. The service is going to be in his hometown in Illinois, and Bill has decided that we need to go. He's had a hard time with it, as they were friends. It's a 5-6 hour drive which isn't too bad, not has hard as a drive to Florida would have been when he was so sick a couple of months ago.
So, we're leaving in the morning, the service is Sunday afternoon, and we'll come home Monday. Most of the family is leaving today. This will be a first from Brianna as she and McKenna are going to go by themselves in her car. Of course they will be travelling with Bryan and Emily, but first major road trip for her to drive. And since it is a dreary, wet, rainy day, please pray for travelling grace for them and the rest of the family. We're bringing Kayden and Kiyann with us, at least until the first pit stop where we'll meet up with Ryan and Amanda and then Kayden is going to ride the rest of the way with them. Kiyann says she's staying with grandma, which is fine, too. We're all staying in the same hotel so it doesn't matter where the luggage ends up, I mean which car! So, also pray for travelling grace for us, and peace and comfort for all the family on Sunday. He had 3 brothers and 2 sisters and there had been some bad blood, and I'm hoping that differences can be set aside for at least a few hours.
Another thundershower is moving through and I'd better move on to the next item on my list. Hopefully next week's update will be better!
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