Post before the end of 2021. I haven't been a very frequent poster this year, but then maybe subconsciously I would just as soon forget most of it. 2021 was certainly different and came with its own set of challenges. On the positive side all of us here at Dogpound North are triplicated with our Pfizer shots.
Mom took a spill about 6 or 7 weeks ago and broke her hip. She already had a titanium joint in there so they wired up the femur, put a new ball joint in and resurfaced the cup so she should be good for another 20 years on that side. It has meant she has been kind of restricted from putting any weight on it for the last 6 weeks, but just last week she was cleared to walk on it and is doing a whole lot better. It has meant that I have been in and out of one healthcare facility or another everyday for the last couple of months so it seems that my Pfizer experiment is holding up pretty well. That said the unit she was on for her first two weeks was a covid ward for most of the past year and it was pretty enlightening speaking with the nurses and health care aids about their last year. Those folks are angels and I can only imagine how traumatizing that experience was for them.
This year being home for Christmas meant we spent Christmas Eve with the girls, Rebecca and Lacey and their families, the first time we have done that for about 10 years. Seeing as how half of their kids are younger than 10 it is probably OK to call it a lifetime since we last did Christmas with them. Brenda and the girls whipped up a turkey and all the trimmings and we had a great day.
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| Lacey |
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| Becky |
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| Alle |
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| Ella |
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| Everly |
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| The whole gang |
Over the Christmas season we have been enjoying some crisp weather, temps in the -30's, wind chills knocking on -40, but on the positive side it has been weeks since we have spotted a mosquito.
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| Merry Christmas |
Glad to hear your vaccines are holding and that your Mom is improving! Where are Ella's curls??
ReplyDeleteWonderful family photo, nice that you have it now to remember how fun it was to be together for Christmas this year. Hope you'll have more family get togethers in the coming years.
ReplyDeleteI love family photos, and yours was especially nice. My heart goes out to your Mom - we don't heal as quickly as we get older, but I hope she will do well.
ReplyDeleteShe is, like you, a tough old bird, and will probably be back home in a week or so. ;)
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