Taking A Moment

I'm finding that nothing happens without me being intentional - especially writing. Too many days I've not made it to this blog so today I'm taking the time to reflect on where we've been the past couple of weeks. We've been:

-to Oregon to visit Bekah and catch Aaron in a Linfield game (just me, not the folks!)

-to see Dr. Lee and get a great report on both Mom and Dad's blood counts (and then to get assignments for six more medical procedures..."1 appointment always leads to 3 more!")

-to Safeway's pharmacy for tetanus and shingles shots (where Dad picked up two candy bars because "the sign said they were free" - but the fine print said buy 2 get 2 FREE)

-to the ER because Mom was started to see writing in her food and became extremely agitated and I suspected a bladder infection...I was right

-to the dermatologist where Dad got the growth on his face taken care of..along with several other pre-cancerous skin lesions

-to radiology for Dad to have a bone density scan (although we first went to the place where Mom had hers - in the breast center and they politely told me they don't take men!)

And tomorrow, I'm happy to say, we'll be going to North Shore Adult Care so that Mom and Dad can spend the day in their wonderful facility and I can have a day off. Everyone has been telling me to take care of myself and this is a big step in the right direction. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some guilt about taking them there but I'm not going to make it for the long run if I don't do this. I have a mammogram scheduled for the afternoon...for which I am overdue. In filling out the paperwork for North Shore, I had to count all the dr's appointments I've taken them to in the past year....34! (and that doesn't include the ER visits or the ones that Mark took Dad to :0). So I thought I'd better get a mammogram and physical for myself. And a day off once a week to remember that I am not God and they will survive without me. I know that it may be a battle to get Mom up, dressed and fed by 9:30 so I'm asking for prayers that it will go as smoothly as possible. She is not very reasonable when she has a bladder infection so this could be tricky.

So that is the news from our household as we finish up week 25...but who's counting?