Today is always a bit uncertain in the way that it is recognized as a holiday in some places but not others. Brady had last Friday off, and last week, I asked Brady if he would consider taking off the Monday. He totally happily asked for the day off, in anticipation of a four day weekend.
So as has been discussed, we spent Thursday trying to sort out Brady’s infection, antibiotics, home care, supplies, etc. It was a positively exhausting day, but it was also nice to spend it together.
We spent the weekend trying to take things easy in an effort to let Bradys body heal. We started to see some improvement slowly, most notably yesterday. Those side-by-sides are great! Even without showing the wounds themselves, it is clear that the redness and swelling are WAY down, and infection is settling down. Thank goodness! I don’t have to give all the gory details on here, but there is more work now to heal up what was done. So home care came this afternoon, and will come and see Brady every day for the next while until the bulk of the healing is done. Which will be challenging to manage so often, but is also a huge gift to us, because he needs it, and we don’t have to fight for it.
So Brady accidentally bought himself a five day weekend, Thursday through Monday, and we spent it focused on wound care and IV treatments, desperately trying to catch him up 😅 Now that Bradys current wound care is being managed and there is a plan in place, we can start trying to find ways to ease the issues coming up alongside radiation! That guy lives in such consistent discomfort these days, it is unbelievable. It takes a good amount to ruffle Brady’s feathers, but he is TIRED of this bizarre, challenging stretch of sickness and struggle.
Thank you for those of you who keeping showing up 💜 Who keep feeding us. Who give us double dessert! Who keep checking in on us. Who give us space to do what we can without asking more from us. Who offer to help us get places, maintain our house, renovate, watch our kids, and make exceptions to bring us ease where they can. We could not be managing the way we are without your help and care.
Time to wrap the day up. I cant stop biting my fingers and my feet are cold. Its time.
Goodnight all 💜