Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Update On My Sister


I have written before about my sister. She had a stroke several years ago and has been bed-ridden ever since. Her left side is paralyzed.

For Christmas I gave her two drink mugs with cute sayings. Two because the one I sent last year was broken. She told me she uses one for coffee and the other for tea,

I also sent a book of word puzzles with colorful pens, a couple of coloring books with crayons, and a bag filled with candy and cheap little toys. (She said her great-grandson had a lot of fun playing with the fake peanut can that has the "snakes" shoot out of it when opened.) There were some nice chocolates from the candy store of our youth.

I hope they keep her amused as well as give her something to do.

When she called me a couple of days ago she was wheezing and trying to catch her breath. She said she has a cold and is coughing. It takes her a while to breathe normally after a coughing spell. A lot of the problem is that she cannot sit up. Inactivity causes the lungs to fill.

Other than that she has been feeling well. Her son and her husband still spend a bit of every day with her.

Before Christmas her daughter visited her. My niece's adoptive mother was with her to help wrangle my sister's three great-grandchildren.

My niece has visited a couple of times before but this is the first time the children have seen their great-grandmother. They had a good time getting to know each other.

All in all my sister had a good Christmas. 

 

20 comments:

  1. I'm so happy to hear she was able to meet these great grandchildren!

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  2. So good she met up with so many of the family. Cheers Diane

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  3. Thoughtful gifts from a sweet sister!👍

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    1. Since her body does not respond I try to keep her mind active.

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  4. Getting to meet a great grandchild is a wonderful gift.

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  5. She's lucky to have such a close family. When I see my grandchildren it raises my spirits.

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    1. Being a grandparent is a special thing. Grandchildren want nothing more than to love you and have you love them back.

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  6. Thanks for the update on your sister, Emma. The small gifts you sent seem to have provided enjoyment and entertainment and that is always a good outcome. Also so nice that family visited over the holiday...precious memories for sure.

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  7. Sweet nieces and gr=granddaughter would absolutely lift her up. Simple mementos and kindness go a long way.

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    1. It really is amazing how much a small gesture can make a person's outlook so much better.

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  8. Dear Emma, she will have enjoyed the company and the gifts.

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    1. She enjoyed the gifts but I know she enjoyed her visitors more.

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  9. I'm sorry she is suffering so. Bad things happen to all of us sooner or later, but there's so little help for them sometimes.

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    1. Thank you. She was such an active person. Now she is stuck in a bed.

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  10. Gifts you chose for her are great dear Emma! very thoughtful indeed!

    love and care between sisters is so precious ,i am happy for her that she has you as loving sister
    this is sweet that her hubby and son take care of her as much as possible

    seeing grandchildren specially on Christmas must be wonderful gift for her

    hope she gets better with every passing day ,amen!

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    1. I keep hoping for improvement but the more time that goes by the less I think it will happen. At least she can talk now. In the beginning she could not even do that.

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