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1gardengram wrote:
doss--I'm sorry that what I said about my family might have been confusing. They have been concerned because I have been so depressed. They could see me getting worse emotionally and as the pain increased and I took more and more medications, they worried more and more. I could not hold a conversation without crying or being confused about something. I was sleeping for hours and hours just to escape the pain after my allowed one hour in the garden. They were watching me carefully and had called my primary care doctor to relay their concerns. I was tired of crying all the time, too, so we changed my pain medications around and it has made a big difference. I am glad that they were there to watch over me. But, as you said, dealing with family on top of severe illness is just more than a person should have to do. I'm glad it wasn't that kind of problem.

All during this time I've been in/out of my own messes, I've had one son-in-law in the hospital three times with severe liver disease and pneumonia, a granddaughter in the hospital with what was finally diagnosed as viral meningitis and she is taking a very long time to feel better, a daughter in the hospital with a heart rate twice as fast as what is normal for her, and so sick that I've never seen her that sick ever and she is 45. They have never come back with a definitive diagnosis for her yet. My other daughter had a terrible fall and broke her leg just below the knee and tore up all the tendons and ligaments all the way to her ankle and then dislocated the ankle. She has been with steel screws holding her together and those are coming out this next week. Her husband is the one that's been so sick, so they've had a very hard time. I've gotten to the point that I was afraid to answer the phone there for a while.

But God is good and He has a plan for all of this, although I wish I could see five minutes ahead to know what is coming next.

No, pain is not for sissies and neither is growing old. It's very hard work.

I really like what your doctor said about you sitting in the canoe. What a precious way to say he's going to take care of you!!

Of course you need a gnome!! Remember I volunteered first!

Have I shown you my great-granddaughter yet? She is my fourth great-grand, but she lives here, so I get to spend precious time with her. She was born two months early, but has blossomed and is now caught up with where she should be for her seven months. I won't bore you with hundreds of photos, but I think this is the absolutely funniest bath picture I have ever seen. The faucet is not actually directly over her head, but the way she is looking up makes it look that way. Her name is Grace.

Have a good and peaceful rest.

Diane