Well, howdy there internet cafe dwellers lining up for some of Mrs. Willie's artwork
It's Troy again.
I'll keep this one
short(ish) nope, it went long...
Worked on painting Roman sandals and shields and helmets yesterday.
Above is with fancy footwear, but sans shield, and the helmets aren't metallic yet.
Two years ago, we moved back to Indiana because our mothers were both advanced in years, and dealing with medical issues. We settled in the "big city" of Ft. Wayne, about in the middle of the moms. An hour West to mine, and 45 min South to wife's mother.
Welp...
Wife spent yesterday in the ER with her mother. MIL is diabetic with a pump. Even with the pump, it's really easy for her to get lopsided on her insulin. She's even got one of the implanted meters. She gets off with her insulin enough that wife and her sis take turns calling every evening to check on MIL. They'll call the nearby relatives (MIL's nephew) to run over and help (give her a glucose tab or drink, sit with her to make sure she's back to normal).
She's not been right since May, and dealing with tremors to the point where she thought her implanted defib was was going nuts (it was not). They're finally piecing together that she might have had breakthrough Covid back in May. She had not-quite cold symptoms then but didn't get tested. She's been mentally foggy, off and on, and has some balance issues, as well as tremors, weakness on one side.
Sounds like it might be mini-strokes too, but they're not finding current evidence of any (No MRIs due to defib in her chest, only CT scans). She's seeing a neurologist, and he put her on a new med that would let them know if it's a misfire in the brain somewhere (I forget the term for what they suspect)
Well, the new med really complicates things. She was tired and wobbly on Christmas day. Enough so all the grandkids lined up in the kitchen for a group photo with her. (Hmmm... I was on photo duty, imagine that). People are realizing we might be in the twighlight year with her.
Wife's sis (my SIL) is an LPN. My wife is a medical lab tech. Between them, they can figure out most things medical. They deemed it unsafe for MIL to take the full dose of the med that was supposed to eliminate tremors (IF it was what the neurologist suspected). Being the holiday weekend, they told her to drop to half dose of that one, and they'd call the Dr first thing on Monday for clarification.
Nope... she took full dose (because that's what the Dr said to do-she's stubborn that way). Was groggy, tipsy, and ended up with the niece and nephew over after she tottered into a wall. That knocked her insulin meter sensor loose. So, low blood sugar, mental fogginess, and already unsteady and weak.
So, a trip to the hospital yesterday. She knew she needed to go, and called the daughters. Unfortunately, she lives 45 min south of us, very rural area. The local hospital is little better than a
stabilize them and send them home or off to the big city. So, a trip up to the hosp right down from us (in the big city).
Indiana is maxing out on ICU rooms, and fullish on normal rooms (thanks to the unvaxed getting covid). But, she got admitted. Her insulin clinic for the pump, her cardiologist, and her new neurologist all practice near this Big hospital. So, she's where she needs to be.
Wife will check in on her later this morning, and IF she's released today, will go spend a few days with her. This is one of the few times I wish we had a second vehicle. Fortunately, MIL is happy to let wife drive her snazzy Buick (MIL's pride and joy). So, I'll drive them down to the family homestead, and return when wife says MIL is stable again.
OH, and our upcoming cruise at the end of Jan is with the SIL nurse. With both medical daughters out at sea for a week, there is no-one to check on MIL, or troubleshoot if there are issues. I'm giving them about a week before one of them volunteers to sit the cruise out.
This is going to be a fun first month of 2022...
Oh, and I have a popcorn hull stuck between two of my front teeth. Gonna take the sonic toothbrush to get this one out.