Jenn has been trying to come one day a week and is usually the one there for appointments. Yesterday was the MRI appointment. This had been rescheduled from last month due to Tina recovering from pneumonia.
While Jenn was out tearing a part the wheel chair…actually she was loading it in the car and discovered that certain parts come off…a neighbour popped over with some banana bread. The kindness of so many people really has been overwhelming.
Jenn took care of some laundry before they left for Kingston. They are trying to keep the house work and laundry caught up so that mom won’t have to do much on her days that she spends with Tina. Mom has been getting very run down and her vertigo has slowed her up a lot.
Jenn took Tina to Kingston and they made an important stop at The Wilton Cheese Factory to pick up curd. You need to be from that area to understand how it’s hard to drive by and not stop.
Tina had a little anxiety this time about her MRI and took a half of a lorazepam to calm the nerves. I certainly get the need for that. The time that I had one I closed my eyes the whole time and prayed and counted the minutes until it was done.
Jenn found a wheelchair parking spot, got the wheelchair out of the car and got Tina in the chair. Then they looked at the closest sidewalk and realized that it wasn’t accessible. They needed to walk a ways to get to the sidewalk. Tina said that she has been really noticing all these little things that no one would notice unless they are in her condition.
Jenn had a friend meet her at Costco to help with Tina’s shopping trip. It’s pretty hard to push a wheel chair and a grocery cart at the same time. They got what they needed and then made a stop at Tim Horton’s for lunch. Tina said that she did really well through the day and then when she got home she felt that overwhelming tiredness hit her.
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A while ago Tina helped look after an elderly man before he passed away. His daughter, Donna delivered pizza, a Caesar salad and garlic bread to Tina this week. She was returning the favour.
“Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion.
Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return,
just know in your heart it will be returned.”
- Steve Maraboli
And now for the view of yesterday morning…😂
Tina got tired of holding the tablet so that we could see her and let it slide down so that she could see us but all we could see was her ceiling and a few of the nice cards given to her from so many people. Carol is usually showing us her puppies playing or the cat sprawling but at this moment it was her ceiling as well. I decided I should show them my ceiling too. Sometimes if you can’t beat them, you join them.
We are STEELE Standing and sometimes we are staring at ceilings. 🤪
And today we are STEELE Standing with the Leafs! 🍁
Even if you aren’t a Leaf fan, we appreciate you STEELE standing with us….but just don’t tell us your a Habs fan! 🫠 🏌️♂️⛳️
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