July 4th weekend

Friday was a girls day with my mom. We had lunch and Cherries and did some shopping at the mall. It was the first time in a long time that we have been able to do something like that together. Mom was a little disappointed about not having her surgery. She had worked herself up and prepared herself for it. Everyone had planned for it. I had taken off work the day she was to have surgery and dad had take off the next week so he could help her recover. I told mom that maybe God had another plan. Maybe there was a reason why she wasn't going to have her surgery.

I love little day trips and road trips with Jonathan. It is good to spend time together and talk. We always end up singing out of tune to songs on the radio and always end up laughing at each other about something.

Saturday, Jonathan and I took a little day trip to Boone. It was so nice to get away for a couple of hours. We left about 3:30 pm and arrived at Dan'l Boone Inn for dinner. We arrived just in time too. We got in line and it was only a 30 minute wait before we sat down. We had been by there before and seen the line wrapped around the building. Needless to say, the food was awesome! If you have never been, you definitely need to go. After eating WAY too much, we ended up at the Tanger outlets in Blowing Rock. Normally, Jonathan HATES shopping...especially if you are just walking around and not going for anything in particular. He is one of those get in and get out shoppers. We did go in almost every store that was there and he was a real trooper. I was disappointed in the Gap outlet. Normally, I can rack up...not this time. We did, however, rack up at the IZOD store. We ended up with some really good deals on the cool fit shorts and shirts. They normally don't have that good of a sale but the whole store was at least 80% off. It was just a nice day overall. The weather was awesome. The temperature in Boone was 80 degrees compared to the 95 degrees we had at home. It wasn't busy either, a plus. After our little day trip, we were already planning the next trip on the way home for next summer. We just might stay somewhere and take in a few more of the sights in the area.

On the way home from the trip, my mom called and told me that my grandma was admitted into the hospital again. Granny has been in the hospital every holiday, except Easter, since Thanksgiving. The other times were due to a urinary tract infection and it made her crazy. This time, my aunt said that when granny got up, she went to put on her shoes and was putting them on the wrong feet, lifted one up and was trying to drink from it, and licked her sock. She was really out of it. With her previous infections, she would become very confused and aggressive. She would fight my mom, aunts, and uncles, cuss and argue. Now let me just tell you now. My grandma is 91, doesn't cuss, and hasn't weighed over 110 lbs. all her life. Today, both doctors agreed that she had a stroke and another urinary tract infection. She only weighs about 70 lbs now and won't eat. They are giving her IV fluids and have had to put a catheter in her. They have given the family some options for her care. One of them being surgery, which she may or may not come out of. They also talked about just keeping her comfortable and let what happens, happen. There was also mention of a nursing home. I am a little confused really about the options. My mom stayed with her last night and was a little tired and confusing when she was telling me all of this information on about 3 or 4 hours of sleep. I really don't know what the best option would be. I just know that granny is tired and is ready to go. Last weekend she told my mom that it would be her last weekend staying at the campground with her. Mom didn't think too much about it at first because it was going to be here last weekened for a while if mom had her surgery. NO ONE told granny that she wouldn't be able to stay with mom on the weekends or her surgery. Maybe she was trying to tell mom something. In the ER last night, granny told my aunt that she was dying. When she asked granny who told her that, granny just said that it wasn't the doctors and wouldn't say who. After talking to mom, she seems to think that granny and I were both right.

I am leaving it in God's hands. He has a plan for all of us.

~C~