WHAT A WEEK!

Brian left for Cincinnati during the night Friday/Saturday.  He had to be at work at 6:00 Saturday evening.  He arrived home safe and sound.

Saturday Jana and I went to Mass at St. Patrick’s and I had an extremely bad dizzy spell.  I ended up sitting through the Mass.  It happened while I was standing and reading the prayers.  Not real sure at this point what happened.  Jana drove home.  We stopped at Papa John’s and picked up a pizza and chocolate cookie.  Sure did taste good.  I hadn’t had that since last year when Jana was here.  Sunday was not the best of days.  I did my therapy.  We watched the race (started here at the house and finished at Kevin’s).  We went to Kevin’s for supper.  Renea fixed an awesome meal. 

Monday was therapy day.  The first thing on the agenda was telling Elizabeth what happened in church on Saturday night.  She said it sounded more like vertigo than the VOR problem.  She did a test of my ears and eyes and said, yes, the crystals were all over the place.  It was vertigo.  She gave me a treatment to settle the crystals.  I did not do any therapy at all.  I was told to stay upright and not move my head any more than necessary for 24 hours.  I was also to sleep sitting up.  I was not to use the computer or read.  I am so glad Jana was here.  She was an enormous help.  I was miserable.  Elizabeth also told me not to do any of my home therapy until she saw me again on Thursday.  We did watch DWTS.  I was not surprised at who was eliminated.

Tuesday I woke up and had the best day I had in a long time.  Tuesday afternoon I went to the eye doctor for my annual checkup.  Jana went with me so she could drive me home.  The cataracts had not changed so no surgery. Next stop was Barnes and Nobels since they are just down the road from the eye doctor’s office.  We had a late lunch at TGIF.  From there we headed home.   No lunch since neither of us was hungry because we had such a late lunch.

Wednesday we were up before the sun came up.  I was scheduled for an 8:00 a.m. echo of my heart.  Jana and I decided to not eat breakfast, but to go to Ihop after the echo.  We stopped at Walgreen’s and picked up my prescription.  Then went to Ihop for breakfast.  After breakfast we went to Phenix City Walmart for several items.  Then it was up Hwy 280 to Opelika Tigerstown.  First stop was Petco for dog food.  Next stop was Kroger.  Last stop was for gas at Kroger.  We finally headed home. After lunch it was nap time.  A well deserved nap.  We were tired. 

Thursday it was back to therapy.  I was still feeling better than I had in a long time.  Elizabeth checked my ears and said the crystals were still moving around a little so she gave me another treatment.  Again there was no therapy, and she told me not to do any home therapy until she sees me next Monday.  When we arrived home I put a couple pieces of chicken in the crockpot and we had that with applesauce for supper.  It tasted good.

Friday we didn’t have to go anywhere!  Yea!  It felt good not to get up and rush around to leave.  So, I put a chuck roast in the crockpot.  Later I added potatoes and carrots. The meal was delicious and we have enough left over for another meal.  I did a few odds and ends during the day, but it was basically a lazy kind of day.

UPDATE ON PENNY AND MATTIE!  They are getting along fine.  Every morning after they greet each other they chase each other around the house.  The Penny gets up on the bookcase and Mattie looks up at her and barks.  Penny just looks at her like what’s wrong with you J  At times they lay next to each other in the sun.  We have to watch Mattie because she will eat Penny’s food.  However, Penny plays in Mattie’s water.  She sticks her paw in the water, splashes it around and then licks her paw.  She has made several messes.  She has even offered Mattie her wet paw to lick.  The other night I was sitting in the recliner and Penny came over to get on my lap.  However she wasn’t fast enough and Mattie jumped on my lap and looked at Penny like Ha Ha I beat you.  They are so funny.  We do put up a gate to keep Mattie in the living room when we leave, but we are sure Penny joins her.  It has been a fun and interesting week.  We are just glad the girls get along.