That's What Jenni Said

As I posted previously my father died on March 5, 2011. He was 82 years old and he passed exactly six months before his 83rd birthday. This is the story of his death. On a Wednesday in late February my father alarmed the staff at Manassas Adult Daycare (run by the Manassas Baptist Church) when he suddenly appeared non-responsive to their questions. He was rushed to the ER but presented responsive by the time the doctors saw him. They considered releasing him but opted for the conservative approach of admitting him for testing. Inside I was secretly relieved- a hospital admission would lead to a direct transfer to a nursing home upon discharge for rehab and then Daddy could get the professional caregiving support he needed. Each day at home had been getting progressively more difficult. Dad complained more, demanded more and slipped in health a little more as we moved through winter. I was wounded so many times by his careless and biting remarks. He had one behavior that particula...

The past two weeks have seen me in "catch-up" mode as I work feverishly to get back to a place where I'm caught up in most everything. I'm making slow but steady progress and part of that is catching up on my past due blog entries.     Here's the January recap:     -Dined at Inn at Little Washington This was the first restaurant my friends and I tackled on the Zagat Top 20 DC restaurants. It's a goal of ours to make our way through the entire list over the next 3 years. Perhaps under ordinary circumstances I would have been delighted with the Inn but after returning from Paris where I dined at Le Cinq, the Inn was *very* disappointing. More on par with any standard DC restaurant yet the same price per course as Le Cinq. Shameful really.     -Caught Pneumonia, went to the hospital then spent 2 weeks in bed (lost 15 pounds) I've blogged about that previously already…     -Got better, went to Quebec, Canada for the Winter Carnival I went with my friend Penny ...

So you may have noticed that last week I never finished blogging about Paris over on travbuddy.com and if you've sent me emails or called me you've gotten no response. In my defense: pneumonia. double pneumonia even. I'm way too tired to type this out all over again so im just going to copy and paste my IM conversation with my coworker today. ---------------------------------------------- maria: how are you feeling? me: hi maria. i am able to get out of bed so that is good. today i am trying 30+ minute stints sitting up maria: wow. do you have good drugs? or is it viral pneumonia? me: its been so wierd. ive never been so sick ever. so basically maria: pneumonia will slam you. me: i felt like i had bronchitis last week so i went to my dr who said yeah looks like it and thew some amoxicillian my way and cough suppres and inhaler and told me to rest for like 3 days at home but fri i felt like a truck hit me. i couldnt breathe i couldnt stand up really and my fever w...