"The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But who gets excited by a mere penny? It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. What you see is what you get." ~Anne Dillard
A few of the small and wonderful things which bring untold joy into my life. It's the small things in life which truly mean the most. Simple abundance . . . it's the best.
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We ended up having a very eventful weekend. As you know Eileen has been struggling with things health-wise. Her flow hasn't stopped since April when I had her to the ER for hemorrhaging. It started getting heavier again on Friday, but she didn't want me to do anything. She likes her carers to do it all. I get that. It's their job and she is afraid she will be dropped from the program if they aren't allowed to do it. So I had messaged one of the girls to see if she could get the Dr. to renew her prescription for the tablets they gave her back in April. The response was that she wasn't working that day. Fair enough. Eileen and Tim had a meeting at their apartment to sort out some things and I thought she would mention it to the person who was dealing with that. Wrong. She did not.
On Saturday morning I took her to the drugstore to get some things she needed to help with that. I spoke to the pharmacist but she couldn't do anything about it and said for Eileen to take some Naproxin for the pain.
There is no emergency room facilities at our hospital here in Town at the weekend. Only Monday to Friday between 7:30 and 12:30. Otherwise you have to go all the way to Kentville which is quite a trek. Then when you get there you could sit for 8 to 10 hours waiting to be seen.
Late yesterday afternoon she was again hemorrhaging so I ended up calling an ambulance. She couldn't sit up as whenever she did, or even laughed, everything gushed. She bled all over the bathroom floor, etc. So I called an ambulance. I thought at the very least she could be laying down and would be seen to quicker. It did take 45 minutes to come, but that's okay. It came.
One of the EMT's was our cousin. So the comfort factor kicked in because it was someone familiar to her. She went off to the hospital and Cindy and I followed in the car. The ER was packed with people. We waited for a while before they had her into a bed and being cared for. Thankfully they did not keep her in, but we did get the wanted prescription, and they dosed her there as well. We were home by about 10:30 last night. She took a shower and went to bed. This morning I will go and fill the prescription, buy a new carpet for the bathroom, etc.
She has a visit with the CSS workers this morning, but I suggested to her that they have it here at home. They can discuss her list of things she needs to get and make some plans about getting them. I will go get her prescription while the visit is happening.
I am so grateful that I did not go to church yesterday and that I was able to keep a close watch on her. I am grateful that she has enough faith in me to be honest with me and tell me what's going on medically. I am grateful that her cousin was driving the ambulance as that put her at ease. I am grateful for a sister who came over to help me clean her and things up and who drove with me to the ER and back again. All of these tender mercies in one day. God is good.
Also the gynecology department should be in touch with me over the next few days. Another bonus!
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Yesterday was a day for ambulances on the street. Earlier in the day I had seen my next door neighbor Sheila walking her dog down the road in front of the house. I said to Eileen, there goes Sheila walking Bailey. I was in the middle of getting supper so went in the kitchen to see to that. When I came back out, Sheila was laying in the driveway across the road. The lady who lives there was with her as well as the gentleman that lives a few houses down. An ambulance was called. Sheila had stopped to talk to Jeanette and lost her balance and fallen.
She went off and I was talking to Carol who drove behind the ambulance to the hospital this morning. Sheila has a broken wrist and hip and will be having surgery sometime over the next few days. Cindy and Dan had expressed an interest in caring for Bailey while Sheila is laid up. When we got home from the hospital last night he was in the window looking out. He is used to having someone with him all the time. I don't think it's good for him to be alone all the time. It could be weeks and weeks. Anyways, Carol is going to talk to Sheila's nephew and see what he thinks.
So that's my exciting weekend. Not quite the quiet weekend we had planned. Hopefully today will be a much quieter day.
Eileen and I started to watch the Twilight series together at the weekend. We only got a portion of the first movie watched before all of the drama kicked in. We will continue with it today. I told her that I have also not seen any of the Harry Potter films or the Hobbit, so maybe we will have a chance to watch those together as well at some point. It will be good to have someone to watch them with.
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I wish that I could do more for my sister. She is always doing things for other people. I am grateful for her help, but I really wish that I could do something special for her. I have my thinking cap on. She is a blessing to so many others, it would be nice if I could bless her in some way.
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I got my cereal cupboard sorted out. I had cereal in there from four years ago. I got it all emptied out and put into the compost. I had boxes of cereal that I had gotten for when the grandsons came over that never got touched. All Bran that I had bought to make muffins with, but how often do I make bran muffins. Not often at all, that's how often. Most of the time the only cereal I eat is Multi-grain Cheerios, or my homemade granola. Or oatmeal.
So from now on that is all I am going to keep in the house. It just makes sense.
Anyways, getting a cupboard cleared out was a good thing. Onwards and upwards, if I tackle things like this one bite at a time, eventually the elephant will get eaten.
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Bonus - when I saw that Sheila had fallen I went out to see if I could do anything to help and I got to meet a new neighbor. She seemed very nice.
I don't have much else to relate this morning so I will end this now. I hope you all had great weekends. I will try to get to your comments today!
A thought to carry with you . . .
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to speak to you.
~Emily Dickenson
A short one today, but so true.
In The English Kitchen today . . . Crispy Potato Nachos. Another older post brought deliciously up to date. These are fabulously tasty, and such a simple make.
I hope you have a wonderful Monday. Be safe, be happy, don't forget!
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