Frank B Hunt jr

Today Stroke cousin was released from rehab and sent back to her sisters' house. They said they could not handle her. There are only 2 of them and they are not strong so they can't lift her out of bed so she can make it to the bathroom. It takes 4 rehab staff to do it. It is hard to get 4 staff people together on one patient. PT says that stroke cousin is capable of getting up from bed...they worked on that in PT...but she does not want to. Oh boy. She was due to be released at 1 pm.


At 11 AM I get a call from lead sister. She is driving. They think my Aunt had a small stroke. Cancer cousin is in the ambulance with my Aunt. In the ambulance my aunt seemed fine. She was talking and could move her hands and feet. She knew all her kids names and even that the oldest son had died in January. They are keeping the aunt at the hospital and will run tests on her

Dad wanted to go over to the cousins tomorrow. I planned on making salad, potato salad and pulled pork. I told the cousins to text and tell me what is going on and if they want to be alone I will keep Dad home. No word and it is almost 11PM. I would have liked to make plans for the morning. Looks like I will garden and see what happens. The pulled pork freezes well.

Yesterday was another wash out. I believe this makes 15 rainy Saturday in a row. Sigh. I went to a nursery look for plants and was disappointed. It was a high end nursery, but things were not stocked as well as the place I go up by Ipswich. Dad and I poked around then I too him out to lunch. Once home I tackled the desk and got rid of a large trash bag full of papers.

Today started out gray, but I did get out in the yard before going to the cousins. I potted up some plants for the patio. Had a stupid garden trick.... while dumping out old soil from a pot from last year I hit it so the front of me was covered in dirt. Well, it wasn't just dirt. The pot was loaded with tiny tiny brown ants. I had a bra full of tiny biting ants.... ow ow ow ow . Glad I am not allergic. Glad I dont live in fire ant territory.

Visited the cousins. I have not seen them in a month. when we got there lead cousin was going to see stroke cousin at the rehab. Stroke cousin's carotid artery surgery went okay, but it has set her back months in her rehab situation and the sisters cannot lift her any longer or move her. Mentally they still can't deal with stroke cousin complaining that the dinner room turned recovery room is too small and that she should have g=her Mother's bedroom and the mother be put in a nursing home. I get it. I would not deal with that either.

It was good to see stroke cousin. She is slower moving. I have a feeling something got botched in the surgery but the docs are saying it's normal. 3 of my Dad's sisters had the surgery and none had issues and were home the next day. Stroke cousin has lost the feeling in how lower lip and possibly control of it. The rehab was told to puree all her food as they didn't want any chewing. They puree'd fish and even a blue berry muffin...how f'ing disgusting is that.

When we came back we ate take out food. They watched base ball and I texted with a friend and listened to a pod cast with one headphone in my ear. No yell so it was a good visit.

Came home and did lawn care. Funny I find clipping the grass close to the white deck material very satisfying while I HATE mowing grass. The hand held clippers make me feel like I am shearing a sheep

Working from home, but not in the mood.

It's very cloudy and we had some rain showers. It's too cold to wear shorts... and after the 106 degrees Tuesday the cool air is delicious.