Turning the corner.
Thanks to everyone who dropped off cards, and tokens of love last night. I read them all to her, and she was just tickled. The cow jokes have not grown thin yet, so keep on mooing. When I asked Jane if she had anything to tell her adoring public, she said she felt that she had turned the corner. I asked her from where and she did not know.
Today she looks great. That pink is back in her cheeks and today’s nurse tells me she is doing great. Jennifer is our nurse and she is awesome. She has made Jane a hug me pillow, (no stuffed animals in the ICU) and given her what I have now deemed a luggie vacuum. (Like what the dentist uses I’m sure it has a proper name) Jennifer is also making her work on her breathing and walking her more. Jane has also gotten the 411 on all the other people, in the area; the nurse in the next room is trying to buy a house and we are waiting patiently with baited breath to see if he has it yet. I expect by the time the bed opens up on the cardiac care floor we will have a slew of new face book friends for Jane to play with.
Now there is something I need your help with, and that is words of encouragement for our dear friend. She will have to work very hard during this recovery and we need her to stay strong, and as off right now she gets very upset when she can’t manage to hit the breathing goal for the day. (We also all know what it is like when she does not win at bridge or canasta) So please send those words of encouragement, it takes a lot of metal determination to push your body after the trauma she has just faced and she needs all the support we can muster. I have already tried bribing her with Berger cookies but she is not ready for that yet.
As for the rest of them family we are great, Last night I was home with the animals, Henry and GG play many games together, and are looking forward to the on slot of people to come. Puck cannot be bothered to comment at this time. Caroline is staying until Wednesday night, and Russ has not left his mothers bedside today.
Well a group of us head home tonight (no more row houses for us) before we head back here Sun AM. If she gets her own room tonight (fingers crossed) one of the biological children will stay here. So that is what is up as of right now. Thanks again all.
P.
Update:
Jane Prugh’s new reason for living is that Doc Martin will be filming season 5.
Caroline and Russ are not her Biological Children, Kate and I am. (Due to our love of mysteries as opposed to her children)
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Thanks, Paige, for today's update. It sounds very encouraging and we are glad to know that Jane has turned the corner. You can tell us from where later when you get it figured out.
ReplyDeleteNow that Jane is part cow, I am sure we all have a new found respect and admiration for our bovine friends. With that in mind, I offer these words of wisdom:
ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE I LEARNED FROM A COW
If it's good, milk it for all it's worth.
Successful people are "moovers and shakers:
Don't be just one of the herd.
The cream always rises to the top.
Don't stoop to a barnyard mentality.
Don't be bossy.
It is better to have milked and churned, than to never have milked at all.
If you need to get somewhere, hoof it.
Some days can be udder frustration.
If you're feeling low, moo yourself a little song.
Chew your food 50 times before swallowing.
Don't let others corral you.
Munch hay while the sun shines.
He who lives with the herd learns to watch his step.
Following your heart will always steer you in the right direction
Party 'til the cows come home.
Live for-heifer young.
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo.
Connie
Hi - Maybe the 3rd time is a charm - have tried to post twice before - it disappears! But, am dogged, as I want to say you're doing a superior job, as usual!! And many kudos to you, Jane - please realize it's only been three days - but today is stellar - the spring equinox - and renewal and busting-out life everywhere - including Baltimore! Love to you - Mary
ReplyDeleteI would like to share a poem I found. I dedicate it to Jane's new part.
ReplyDeleteThe New Cow - by August Derleth
The new cow came through the gate,
And her calf came after, a little late.
No longer willing to be led,
The calf went on ahead,
While she stood to look around
Over the hills and lower ground
Stood shyly, defiantly there,
Smelling flower-fragrant air,
And gazed toward the old cows
Grouped on the way before.
Knowing not how she might stay
Among them, stranger still,
She hesitated yet, now they had turned
At the foot of the hill
And seemed to wait for her at the gate,
To wait for her who was strange and thin,
Til she came on,
And they opened their ranks
To take her in.
Love, David
Dearest Jane, while you are dealing with such a struggle right now I'm sure you will find the silver lining - you're the best I know at that. You're almost over the "herd"le, the surgery is over, you're making great progress and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there. Tom has done his research and is sorry to report you do not qualify for the dairy subsidy but - looking on the bright side - you have been extended honorary membership in the National Cattlemen's Association! My best love from the original "Moo Moo."
ReplyDeleteHi AJ,
ReplyDeleteScott and I are eating steak tonight in your honor! We can't wait to see you when you get home. We'll bring some milkshakes.
xoxoxo, the other Lizzie
Jane, an excerpt from The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson, where she is visiting an asylum to see a former classmate:
ReplyDelete"Warden, where are the women?"
"Wait," he said. "Miss Dickinson, if such creatures were trapped in a fire and could not escape, would you mourn them?"
"Yes, I would." [she said]
"But they have no more sensibility than a milk cow." [the warden said]
"I am fond of cows," [Emily] said.
See? You HAVE to read this book!
Keep that little ball bouncing in the bloody respiratory chamber! Be sure to have someone take your picture, just in case you forget how much fun this is. You're doing great!
Some more cow literature for Jane (is it growing old now? I cannot tell):
ReplyDeleteThe Cow
Robert Louis Stevenson
The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart.
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day;
And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.
Jane, tonight I had a burger-- my first in ages-- in your honor. Can't wait to hear that you're out of the ICU!
Rachel M
Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Mr. Stevenson said it just right. Cows are wonderful, peaceful, gentle creatures. I'll remind you, Jane, that my grandmother always named all her cows and had conversations with them as she milked them in the sweet hay-scented barn. I know you can relate to that. If you memorize this poem (in your spare time) you will always have a new happy place to go to. I'll join you!
ReplyDeleteOh, Janie, In a world where so much is uncertain, of this I am sure: You are truly a woman who is loved. I only wish I had such wisdom to impart regarding the addition of the new valve. But I am at a loss and can only recall the words of our old friend, Ogden Nash, "The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk." I hesitate to say more and I leave it to those who wonder, just how that applies. Moo moo, my friend! I love you more than the cow who jumped over the moon to say Goodnight. And, that, my friend is beyond words.
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