Life has calmed down some around here. I use the word "some" very very very loosely.

Mom had her first antibiotic treatment at the PICC center yesterday and did wonderfully. They slowed the drip down of the medication that they think made her so violently ill the other day and she didn't take two of her blood pressure medications until AFTER the treatment. She sounded SO much better and talking to her last night, she said that she felt a million times better than on Wednesday when she was taken to the ER.

On Wednesday, we found out that my husband's grandfather was also in the hospital with some problems. Caleb talked to his mom Wednesday night but wasn't able to call them last night (sheer exhaustion took over and no, it's not an excuse for not calling. We should have called but didn't. We stink sometimes like that.) and hasn't had a chance yet to talk to his parents today.

On Wednesday, we also found out that my uncle has cancer in his spinal vertebrae, on his ribcage and in his kidneys. According to my dad, who was getting the information from my aunt (who is my mom's sister), they don't know where the cancer originated from, but they do know that he as a lot of the cancer in his bones. My uncle is my mom's oldest brother, my aunt is mom's older sister and then my mom has a brother that is younger than her.
Evidently, my aunt and my dad have known about this for awhile but didn't tell mom until Wednesday, while she was in the ER. Maybe not the smartest move ever, but whatever.
I talked to my sister and she said that my aunt had gone to visit my Uncle and he seems to be doing okay. She treated him with homemade peanut butter cookies (where you make the cross-hatch pattern on the top with forks dipped in sugar) and he loved them - they are his favorite kind of cookie! And she told him that she would treat him to chocolate milk and doughnuts, something that we would always look forward to having when we go visit him and my aunt. That, and watching old Westerns on TV while we ate :) I haven't talked to my aunt, my uncle's wife, yet but I think I may talk to her this weekend.

I think that's all the medical stuff for now. We had a roofer come out and give us an estimate and we're waiting on two more. Caleb and I have a plan of cleaning out the fridge, doing laundry, doing grocery shopping, and changing all four breaks on my car this weekend...oh joy! But it will be nice not to have a car that grinds every.single.time.you brake.