First night home

I went down to the hospital around 6pm last night in hopes that Dad would be ready for discharge. As he finished one last IV treatment, the moment came. I helped him put on his nicest clothes (which we couldn't get buttoned due to bloating!) and pulled the car around front. He was nervous to come home, which is completely reasonable.  We stopped by CVS to drop off all 7 prescriptions and arrived home around 9:30. It is SO nice to have him home. 

My parents have three crazy dogs. Well, okay, just one is crazy but that's because she's 7 and runs our household. The other two are 13 and 12. The 13 year old sleeps most of the day/night and the 12 year old spends time defending his territory when little miss decides she needs to be in charge.  I made a point to remind Dad several times that when Abby jumps up, he CAN'T push her down. We had her in her crate while he walked into the house. Almost instantly, she knew there was something wrong. Her head tilted to the side and she had a look that just said "oh my, my daddy is hurt". It was incredible. When we let her out, she ran to his feet and started to lick them. She wouldn't get too close and knew to stay calm. Animals are amazing. 

I went back to work today and my sister came by to help my mom. A visiting nurse stopped in and was amazed at the progress he's made so far. He's doing a great job maintaing what independence he can and pushing himself, but not too hard. It really got me thinking, never in dad's wildest dreams did he think my sister and I would be taking care of him. It's a good thing my brother had kids - he never would have been able to handle bodily fluids! At least I deal with it daily at work, so nothing surprises me. 

In other things, spring break starts Thursday at noon for me. THANK GOODNESS. I can't wait. With everything happening all at one time, I've stopped taking time for me and am beginning to feel the effects. I have a raging headache today and absolutely no patience. I'm exhausted and finished with doing any sort of work. I've gotten ahead on all of my projects and only have 2 finals to focus on and they are in May. I think I'm going to take the time to go get a massage and facial during break. I got my first pedicure for the season (before my next races take off my two lovely toenails). Now all we need is warmer weather so I can show them off!