Surgery postponed

12:10p (Decided to post the time, when I remember, because I can't figure out how to correct it on the blog settings. Guess they don't know where Raleigh, NC is located!)

Unfortunately Mike's surgery had to be postponed due to his congestion. I'm bummed about it, but as I read in a devotion lately, I have to remember to say "Jesus I trust You." no matter what circumstance or issue pops up. The surgery has been rescheduled for February 12, four weeks away.  I'll just have to keep a close watch on the area and if it starts to look red or swollen, take him to the wound care clinic.

God is blessing us with a calm day today for which I am MOST GRATEFUL; yesterday was a storm!  This morning Mike wanted to take out the trash all by himself, so I let him. (The trash receptacles are on the other side of the apartment complex.)  After he came back from doing that, he wanted to take out the recycle which is in the same area.  He did both seemingly just fine.  Whether they were put in the right place or not, I don't know, but he was quite pleased with himself and I praised him highly.  After that, he sat and read a couple of magazines for a while, highlighting different things he thought I needed to read.  Then he wanted to go for a walk around the neighborhood and "get in touch with nature". LOL!  This was huge also, because the last few times I've tried to get him to walk around this area, it has been a real struggle and he would get so agitated and upset.  Saturday we tried, but we had to get back.  I asked if he was afraid of something and he said "ghosts". ????   He and Galen had started a puzzle on Friday and it was driving him crazy Saturday morning, wanting to work on it. I covered it with a trash bag at breakfast so that he could eat, but afterwards we worked on it for almost 2 hours. That's when I decided we needed a break and could go for a walk.  When we got back to the apartment after our attempted walk, he started right back into "help me with the puzzle". I told him Carol was coming later and would help him, so asked him to find something to read or play a game on his iPad. I needed to work on mail, bills, e-mails, etc. so I turned on some music, locked myself in the office/spare room to do that and he paced and repeated. Then started saying "I'll go on a hunger strike, if you don't help me!"  "You don't believe me!"  "I'll go on a long trip!" "I'll pack up the house!" "I've packed your diamonds!" (hard to do since the only one I have is on my finger!)  I would come out of the room every now and then and at one point, he had the suitcase out and had all my jackets and jewelry in it, plus his Bible and the contents of a small basket that sits on the hutch.  I had to laugh.

Carol arrived as we were finishing lunch, and she and Mike worked on the puzzle for a couple more hours. At some point, he did get up and started unpacking the suitcase and let Carol help him. I was able to go through a lot of papers and some e-mails and then we finished the puzzle together and headed out to see the new NCSU library.  It's huge and has lots of interesting seating and natural light.  Not that many visible books, but there is a bookbot that will go and get books for you. Mike was rather antsy there - as we were leaving, he said "I don't want to live here!" he thought I was checking it out to see if it was some place he could live. Oh my!  Carol treated us to Taco Bell on the way home and then Mike was ready for a shower and bed.

A recurring conversation that I don't think I've shared is this:  Mike says: "you're my husband." Me: "No, I'm your wife." Mike "I'm your wife." Me "You would say 'I'm your husband.'" Mike "I'm your husband."  Me: "Right!"  then it usually starts all over again.  Last week we went around a couple of times and then he said "We're married!"  haha!!  That's the best way to say it!

Well, after a good walk around the neighborhood this morning, he has sat and played Fruit Ninja's on his iPad until now.  How nice. :-)  Think I better make him a doctor's appointment, he is so congested.  Have a great day everybody.