Sleepin' In

[DeannaScraps]

I'm letting Mary sleep in this morning.

Her day at school was good yesterday. She was very tired, but jabbered on and on about what went on. That's always a good sign. That's my Mary.

After dinner we went for a stroll and a roll through the neighborhood. One big advantage to having the wheelchair for Mary right now is that she can get out of the house. We went down to the park in the neighborhood to see the fountain and then circled back home where Mary was greeted by a neighborhood cat that she loves to pet! He's very friendly.

Those smiles ended shortly after returning home, though.

The doctor told us to soak her feet in warm salt water. Mary was terribly frightened by this because we couldn't tell her if it would hurt or not. She gathered her courage, finally, and put her left foot in the water first, the foot that has only one spot from surgery. She found it actually felt good once she relaxed and got her right foot in there. After some initial stinging it was soothing and we actually had to make her take her feet out so they good dry good so Bill could bandage them up.

This is where it got bad.

I don't know if it was because, after soaking, her feet were exposed to the air or what, but her feet hurt. The thought of Dad putting the cream on the wounds and putting the bandages on reduced her to tears. She was miserable. She cried so hard. And I cried right along with her.

I didn't take terribly long for her to settle down afterward, but my heart broke anyway.

I just want this all to be overwith.

[redlah61]

Sep. 4, 2008 at 10:03 AM

Hang -in there, looks and sounds like Mary's a very strong young lady and I know God is with you through this and will help her to remain strong as she deals with this.  Love, Hugs and Kisses all around.

Your friend Cindy