Update on mom: she continues to heal. The surgeon is very pleased with the bloodflow to her feet now (is probably better than she's had in a long time he thinks.) They will have her up and sitting tomorrow. There's no other room for her to be in at the full hospital, so she might be discharged straight from ICU I am pushing for rehab for her. The medicine the surgeon wants her to add is coumadin. With her falling issues though, that means she needs someone 24/7 with her so she doesn't fall. Family needs time to get that arranged anyway.

My self care included leaving the hospital when I became fatigued, and cutting short a phone call from my sister when she began to second guess my decisions. That's twice in 2 weeks that I haven't allowed her to rant on me. (Must be driving her nutty! lol)

Another self care item is that I did NOT rearrange my schedule to accomodate any one else's. I will still go to physical therapy tomorrow (very much needed as I come out of this pain flare) and pain and stress management session (like I need to tell you why with all this family stuff going on? ) You see, just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that family and life is any different from everyone else's. Take care folks!