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Yesterday was a good day.
Worked out of town and then came back in time to go for gumbo with Jeff.
I ate a bowl of cabbage with a remulaude dressing to make a slaw.
The gumbo was fantastic and I told them so.
They are so friendly and we have been going there for years.
They built a new location free standing building right across from the gas station where they used to be. It has been fun seeing them get all of the finishing touches in place. They have been at the new location 3 weeks. It was warm outside high of 78 so not many people eating gumbo so it had cooked down to make it thicker.
It was delicious!!!!

I raked up some leaves in the after noon and put barrels in the front yard to be picked up on tuesday morning. They recycle yard waste, I think they mulch it.
Any way I am glad it doesn't just go to a land fill like they do in Indiana.

175.4 this morning...so happy to see the numbers go down, I have been yo yoing around 177-175 now for a week.

I went to the nail shop to get a nail fixed. They are so nice there. I always tip them really well because they are very hard working folks, husband and wife. It is a little shop.
Jeff had a gig with his big band group called the sky liners. He was gone for over 5 hours, and that is how long I was on the computer. But this time I did productive things.

I did some research for my friend karen about electrocuted and with the help of a forum friend was able to find a support group for survivors of electrical shock. So am anxious to give her some of the printouts of what I found out about after care. I think I will see her tomorrow.

After that I worked on my policy and procedure manual.
I had put together one from 15 years ago. so pulled that out of the filing cabinet. And redid the contents. I made it much more simple to read and follow what it is that I do.
It is about 20 pages long. I had to re word and type up 4 new pages of text combining several redundant pages making it easier to read. It took me forever to do this as there was not a spell check and my typing is some what slow and I make errors in spelling. So I had to constantly reread the pages to make sure they were all correct.
Printing them up took many tries getting them each to fit on a single page.With some rewording, I was able to do it, just finished up when jeff came home at midnight.

The reason I put this together was in fear.
Last week I saw a client for the first time and was horrified what I found. She had an ingrown toe nail that had been going on for quite some time. It was the worst one That I have ever seen. They did not prepare me for what their mothers big toe looked like. They told me that this had been going on for a month and hospice/nurse practioner sawit ans just said yep it is ingrown.
I just did what I always do, they had been soaking her feet in epson salts as I had instructed them to do before my visit.
They medicated her with some morphin and I went about cleaning her toe and getting rid of all of the dead debri, and cut the nail back as best as I could to discover it was all the way down to the bone.
I was horrified.
I would have sent her to the emergency room had she not been on hospice.
I was irritated that the hospice people did not do anything and called me into take care of the ingrown nail. I gave the family member instructions for wound care and applied a dressing.
That was all out of my scope of practice.

Later the hospice nurse called me and started questioning me about why I did not call them with my findings. I told them the family members had said that this had been going on a month, I was a bit defensive. She said that she had my phone number if they had any other questions. This made me very nervous. I hope they don't report me.
They were negligent.
Looking back at it I should not have done it but I always do what has to be done.
So in doing the procedure manual I feel confident that I have covered my tracks and wrote it in such a way that I followed my guide lines.
This was the only thing that I could do to cover my tracks and to deal with my anxiety.

Got up this morning and am onto my 3rd cup of coffee. The sun is shining and I don't think we have rain today so that is good. Cooler weather is coming again...it is now december!
Perhaps we can take the tree down out of the attic and decorate it. I have not done any shopping or planning for christmas presents for anyone yet.
Although the 3 daughters have come together to combine gifts for them.
Dad wanted a new pair of shoes, Jill bought them, They needed a new tv, gretchen bought that, we are paying for the cat boarding for February's annual trip to florida. They will be gone 3 weeks.

I told mom that I would be coming home to celebrate her 80th birthday, feb 3rd.
This is the coldest and snowyist month for them I will stay about 3-4 days and allow time after that in case I get snowed in from a snow storm.

I am not going to florida this year and don't plan on going ever again.That trip last year is not my idea of vacation. Even though it is a family thing, I believe I have the right to bow out of going. The first time that I joined them for that trip was a disaster. When we first got there I cried because I did not now what to do. and made a scene. It was awful. And then for the entire week I drank like a sailor...it was not pretty. I told my sisters that I did not want any thing to do with that time share, that they could have it.
Any way,
I am sorry this is so long.
Thank you for reading.
I better get going. Jeff is ready to go to brunch.
No bloody marys for me! Being Alcohol free suits me well.
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[mymorgy]

that sounds so scary. just incredible about your not drinking...so fantastic. one hour at a time.
fondly
bobby

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Thank you bobby. Have a great day!
((((HUGS))))
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[Dmom3005]

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You are honestly doing so great. I am so in awe of you.

Keep up the good work.

Donna

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Another great weekend!
Had brunch at the diner:
3 eggs scrambled with fresh spinach and a side of spinach and mustard greens and smoked sausage. It was delicious!
Jeff got the christmas trees down from the attic and set them up.
One is on the floor in the living room it is about 6 feet tall.
The other one is 3 ft tall and it is on our dining room table.
I put the other decorations up around the living room, including a one feet tall mini tree with IU decorations from indiana and red and white colors and ornaments. It is cute.
WE were invited to dinner at jeffs best friends house.
So we went there at 5;30 and we ate at 6.
He prepared a chicken dish with a red sauce with tomatoes and peppers and asparagus. It was very good. I did not eat the rice. He also fixed a cucumber salad and his daughter was there and she brought some now safe to eat romaine lettuce and some dressing that was very good.
They ate ice cream treats for dessert and I had a mini resses peanut butter cup. Drank sweetened tea and water while they drank gin and tonics.

Did not miss the alcohol at all, I knew that if I had one I would want more and more. sigh
Came home and ate 2 squares of dark chocolate which was very satisfying.
chewed gum to keep my mouth busy.
I ate just the right amount of food as to not be too full.
I need to watch portion sizes at sandras for lunches they always give me so much food. Tomorrow I will bring a little cooler with me.
I look forward to karens stories at lunch. Will bring the info that I printed off for her. Don't know how she will take it. Alot of it talks about needing therapy to work thru issues and about ptsd. I believe she suffers from this as well. Well I had better sign off as my back is starting to bother me.
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edited to add that I ate a large persimmon after dinner and it was delicious! and that it was 80 degrees as I listened to christmas music and then the ice cream man drove by. lol gotta love the south!

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I don't think I told you that our cat hattie had surgery today.
She had a tumor on the side of her back about the size of an egg. It got infected and we treated her for that the past week. Jeff is great at giving her meds. He got this thunder coat that wraps around her protects the incision and comforts her but she is having a hard time getting up and walking around freely. It is supposed to help with anxiety and we thought it would be easier on her instead of that cone collar they put on her. Jeff said she went crazy with it on her...so we opted for this.

I just hope the incision is ok.
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[Dmom3005]

I saw her picture with the jacket on. She sure looks content. You are
doing great taking care of her.

Donna

[mymorgy]

sending best healing wishes
bobby

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Thank you.
I am not convinced that it will work out.
time will tell
I have not seen her eat or drink with the coat on.
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jeff said he saw her eat and drink but did loosen up the coat a bit, and she promptly went under our bed.
sigh
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