Week Two - Blew

The week started off with a bad start. We celebrated last Sunday night as Mom took her last steroid pill. She really doesn't like the side effects and was just plain happy to be off one of her meds. However, by Tuesday morning Mom became really sick. She had thrown up in the middle of the night a couple of times and had her "broom stick" headache. She says the pain is so bad that it feels like a broom stick is going threw her eye. We immediately got on the phone. The docter told us that Mom's brain was not happy to be off the steroid and was yet AGAIN swollen. They put her back on the steroid and within 12 hours she started feeling better. She will now stay on a low dose of the steroid for the remainder of her treatment.

Katie came home on Thursday from her honeymoon. Mom was so happy to have her home so she could hear all the stories and see pictures from the vacation. They spent the day together on Thursday despite Katie's extreme jet lag from being up for 24 hours. Oh .... and Katie took Mom to the Physical Therapist. Mom is doing well ... but not as good as we would like her to be doing. She just made the cut off for needing a walking device. None the less she is now on a PT schedule that will hopefully help her gain or maintain her strength.

Friday comes around and GG and Mom decide to go grocery shopping. I get a call from a distressed, bruised and embarrassed Mom. She fell in the parking lot of the grocery store. GG and another woman had to help her up. Her shoe got caught on the cart and down she went. She is okay ... had her checked by the doctor and everything. She had a couple of scraps and bruises. It maybe for an interesting afternoon. ;)

Mom went to Chase's football game on Saturday and did really well out in the hot sun. I will upload pictures this week to show them off. Wish us better luck in week three!