Monday..

Well we got home last nite around 10pm..i got the girls to bed and then jon settled for the nite and i got to bed around midnite..
This morning my Aunt Vera Todd, one of my moms 9 other siblings (7 girls/3 boys) who use to live in the Orange Stake and now lives in Las Vegas with her husband Deon had her life change today. Aunt Vera woke around 7am today and noticed that Deon didnt look right, she felt him and realized he had passed away. She called the paramedics right then and they came and told her that he'd been passed away for some time and it must have happend thru the nite. Its moments like these that you realize how quickly anyones life can change forever. The family is grateful to have the Gospel and to know that families are forever and one day we will all be together again.
Today i did my usual routine with jon from 930-1230pm..then my mom came around 130pm and i had a "chore list" ready for her- the girls had to clean their bathroom together, adn wipe down the stairs and load and unload the dishwasher and clean out and clean the fridge- my mom said they did great! we had to talk to them STERNLY before we left about them using potty words when were gone..she said they didnt use any potty words while we were gone - so success at something!!
then at 2pm we headed to the doctors..we met with the orthopedic doctor and he had jon move his arm..and since jon was able to move it to a certain degree he didnt feel like anything was totally wrong with his shoulder because he coudl do this certain thing- so that was nice to hear! he said keep working it in therapy and see me in 5 weeks to see if its any better..he said it might be because his deltoids are all tightened up and so that might be the issue..so we'll keep trying to work it at therapy..
we went to a new regular doctor..she is going to do lab/blood work to check on his electrolytes, were going to up his BP medication to see if it changes for him for the better..i realized it was only at .1mg..so were good..we got our new prescription for Dilaudid and some more lyrica we now needed..AHH its hard to keep up with all the meds to make sure i dont run out!!
anyway - it was a good session and we got home around 430 STARVED because the only thing we had all day was one bowl of granola cereal at 930am..
tonite we had our FHE- THANKS AMIE!!! and then had brownies- THANKS KRISTEN and off to bed they went..then at 9pm i started up my running again i havent gone for 2 weeks because i was JUST so tired and my body physically wasnt able to do it..it was a good run and im glad once agian to still be doing it!
im excited because tomorrow amanda the caregiver comes- YA!!! im hoping by wednesday she'll be able to completely do jons care by herself..cross your fingers! we REALLLLLLLLY like amanda!!!
well its near 1130pm now..ive been actually getting better sleep then i have before..i now just have to sleep in my own bed instead of the couch, do a little reading to focus my mind onto something else and turn the fan on- so far its been MUCH better then the past forever weeks..
my back has been getting more sore as the weeks go on..im still very nervous about it..ive been calling russell santos (almost everynite) to come transfer jon into bed for me at nite..im SO thankful he's around the corner and can just pop in and pop out and do that for me..im scared that one day i'll be out and no one will have been trained or have experience to transfer him for me! yikes!! this is again why im thankful that amanda can help do the transfers..it will be easier on her to just do them twice..vs me doing it 4 times a day or 6-8 times if we go somewhere in the truck! im sooooo grateful for all the help i get-were so blessed to have such wonderful people around us!!
tomorrow i THINK katie and seth (NOW MARRIED!!!) will be here to help..jon REALLY has to focus on his report thing..he actually was able to do so for a couple of hours tonite while the girls were down and while i went running and then just came home and did some of my emailing..tomorrow nite im hoping i can escape for a bit and go to r/s enrichment nite at sis. southwicks.. we'll have to see how the day goes