On a cheerier note

Happy Birthday! to our dear friend in Phoenix! We've been overwhelmed with the latest disaster, but we've been thinking of you!

Lovely snow, dammit

The thick heavy snow looks beautiful coming down. I just wish we didn't have to be moving from home to the hotel, in the middle of it, with a bunch of possessions, and the dog, in two cars. The forecast is for nearly a foot of this stuff, over the next day or so.

Back to hotel

It appears we'll be out of the house for a week, because of this new fiasco. K booked a room for the three of us at Residence Inn, until a week from Saturday. And, just in time for this latest Spring snowstorm that's bearing down upon us. Heavy sigh.

Yet another disaster

Unbelievable. We have a water leak in our bathroom. I just got two socks full of water, as I walked between the shower and toilet area. Turned off the main water supply. Soaked up a bunch with a towel. Peeled back the carpet. Started a space heater blowing on it. Called the insurance company. Talked to the "mitigation specialists," who will be out here in the morning.

Foot wounds

The podiatrist told K yesterday, that the three large wounds on her left foot are superficial. That's really good news, considering how strongly I was impacted when I first saw them. It's difficult for me to know how her back is doing, other than to say she still calls out in pain, when she simply changes position in bed.

Keep eating!

The good news, is that K has gotten lots of sleep the last several days. Unfortunately, it's because she is stuck in bed and can hardly move, because of the intense back pain that resulted from her fall on Wednesday and the four broken vertebrae. So she missed her Friday dialysis, and has been very dopey during the days, probably from the toxin buildup. To add to the fun, today she's wrestling with a double dose of her long term (24 hour) insulin from last night. Gotta keep eating, to keep her BG from going dangerously low. Her regular morning caregiver is in the hospital, so I had to brief the temporary replacement this morning as best I could, before I left for work.

Broken

So, I suppose it was the right thing, to go to ER. She has multiple spinal fractures, of the Transverse Process, in her T12, L1, L2, L3. Right where the bruise is. Apparently she fell backwards into her bedside table. Surprisingly, they said those particular breaks are not serious, and sent her home, with instructions to continue to take her pain meds.

She's so sleep deprived from staying up all night every night. She's just a zombie. She has lots of falls where she doesn't break something. Then once in awhile, she'll fall into something hard at the wrong angle, and this happens.

K bruised and...?

Oh great. It turns out K fell off the bed this morning, and has a big bruise on her back, that winds around her side toward the front, and severe pain, to show for it now. She just called me from DaVita, where Lorene dropped her off 45 minutes ago. They are refusing her dialysis, until she goes to ER and gets evaluated, so I'll be driving her over to Littleton Adventist Hospital. And yes, my tire is too low to drive. Shoot. I'm waiting for the handy electric tire pump to re-pressurize it now...

Leaky tire

And now I'm wondering if the car will let me wait a day, to have the tire repaired. It loses ten PSI overnight. Not sure what it'll be, when I get out there after work today. I'd really rather not change tires with a sore back. And Costco won't make an appointment until tomorrow. Heavy sigh. At least I've got the handy electric tire pump with me.

Tweaked

K didn't sleep again last night. I found her sitting on the floor by her side of the bed when I woke up. She asked for help getting to bed. Finally! I was ecstatic to help. The angle was awkward, I know I should've known better, but the bottom line is, she got to bed, and I've got a tweaked back today.

Flooded out

We've been living at the local Residence Inn for the past few days, due to a water damage problem on Thursday. When the laundry room sink overflowed, and the water kept running for some time, it soaked the Marmoleum laundry room floor and the hardwood floor in the hallway. It found its way into the heating ducts, and rained down in three basement rooms, soaking everything from tools to cardboard storage boxes to live electronics. It killed the modem that provided our phone and Internet service, and made an electrical outlet on the wall of the furnace room go dead. The house has been unlivable from the noise of a dozen fans and heaters all around, running all day and night, to pull moisture out of the floors and walls, and our possessions. It sounded like we were living inside a jet engine. The dog had a haunted look on her face, and was afraid to leave the bedroom just to walk past all those loud screaming fans in the hallway. So I was carrying her in and out, while carefully stepping over the 2 inch air hoses running everywhere. We finally came to our senses, and moved out to a hotel. After we moved to the Residence Inn on Saturday, it was so nice to be able to sit by the nice warm fireplace, while munching on snacks and quietly watching TV. The fans were removed yesterday, so we're moving back home today. Yay. Although it may be the short-lived calm in the eye of the storm. We'll probably have to leave again, when they refinish the hardwood floor.

Moving home

Moving back home today. Yay. Although it may be the short-lived calm in the eye of the storm. We'll probably have to leave again, when they refinish the hardwood floor.

Moved to hotel

We've come to our senses, and booked a room at Residence Inn for the next two nights. Mandy gets to come play too! Can't believe they're charging $100 extra for our well-behaved little sweetie to stay with us.