Sunday, January 14, 2007

Day 7 in Houston 1-14-07

Yesterday we had company. My cousin Debbie (Darcy’s sister), her Mom (my Aunt Gretchen) and Debbie’s husband Eric came to see our lovely home. Then we all drove up to the restaurant where Darcy had been working and had a wonderful breakfast. We met a few of the people who worked with her. Then we all went over to Darcy’s house, we met her cats, and visited while Gretchen did a few things. Then they all headed back to Houston and we checked out a couple of RV parks nearer Darcy’s town for when she is discharged. It was really warm and humid when we had gotten home and weirdly we had to run the air conditioner.

Larry went over to check out the status of the laundry room so I could put a load in and some ladies vicious Dachshund bit him (and the dog died….just kidding). The lady didn’t have her dog leashed and the dog was barking at Larry and he just walked on past it and the next thing he felt was a sharp sting in his calf through his jeans. She had a current tag for it and he is current on his tetanus so he’ll be fine.

Debbie and Eric had a good visit with Darcy. Gretchen took a day off from the hospital for the first time. She really needed to take a break and with Debbie there it was a little bit easier for her to do. As we discover that Darcy can still do the things that we all take for granted we are able to stay optimistic about her recovery from the brain trauma. She was able to read out loud to her sister a letter that her daughter had sent. The doctor had taken an x-ray of her pelvis, but as of yesterday her status hadn’t changed in regards to getting up and walking yet.

Today we took a day of rest. Gretchen had her family with her so she didn’t need us cluttering up the place. We needed to have a down day, can’t remember the last time with the holidays, visiting the kids and traveling. Lots of T.V., crocheting and for Larry scanning photos. It was cloudy, humid and rainy. We were about 20 degrees cooler today, but we were in the 50’s, so warmer than a lot of people we know.

This last picture is of one of my African Violets.

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