- went to the Hospital where first I went up to the 4th floor to 'visit' Mom. She was in the chair, sound asleep. So I found her nurse and checked with her. Same as last week, except she has started scratching again, which as far as I know she has not done since before she went to the hospital. They've moved her hospital bracelet onto her ankle, I'm guessing she was scratching with it. Looks like she had another IV in, but not now. After the 'visit' I went and found the Finance Office (outside in a Portable Building near the Rehab. entrance...the clerk said it was temporary since 198? !!). I paid Mom's bill til the end of March....around $835. I'll pay April sometime in the middle of April...they want the payment at the beginning, but that's just not going to happen!
- Next we stopped at the bank, then Woodgrove. I wanted to look for a nice black dress skirt that I can pair up with the black jacket I got at VV..quick look at Eddie Bauer, nothing dressy. Rather than spending time looking in every store I went to The Bay: found a black Haggar slim skirt, not petite, so I will have to shorten it, but otherwise it looks quite good...'updated classic'.
- We then headed over to groceries, and that is when the day started to get interesting! After getting $180+ worth of groceries we headed out to the car...the red Focus that was Ian's...and Heather put the key in the trunk to open it. She showed me the key: bent & cracked. We did some quick thinking and opened the back seat for her to crawl in and open the driver's door from inside, thereby saving another use of the key. Put all the groceries in, and then I tried to start the car. The key just would not go in far enough to make use of all the jigs and would not start. We'd already called Grant to have him meet us at Steve Marshall, but at that point we quickly called him again (luckily he had not left already) and had him meet us at Superstore. With Grant being stronger than either of us he carefully bent the key just enough that he was able to get it into the ignition and start it. I drove & he followed...we dropped it at Steve Marshall and will pick it up when they have the work done, likely Wednesday.
- Home, and while the spaghetti was cooking Grant and the boys went out in the field and practiced batting/catching. I had just put the spaghetti in when Richard came running in saying 'Dad's hurt...he got hit with the ball...he's on the ground.' I ran out, with Amanda behind me. Grant was writhing on the ground, holding his head/eye. He was trying to get up. I managed to take a quick look before helping him stand, and then helped him get in the house. He was stubbornly going fast. I got him into a d/r chair, and we put an icepack on his eye. After a min or so we took a look and I decided to get him in to Emerg. I gave him a glass of milk to drink with a straw, insisted Amanda come with us (which she regretted because of the hospital/boredom, tho' I did appreciate her help/presence). Grant got seen very quickly, and was in a bed being assessed probably within 15 min...and never was even in the waiting room. They checked him for concussion etc., sent him for x-rays, and checked his eye/vision. The Drs. both said he was very lucky. Grant went to bed a bit earlier than normal, and at first we were going to keep Kasia outside our bedroom, but he decided to let her in. It was funny/heartening to see her when they got into bed. Usually she gets in and just lays down. She obviously sensed Grant wasn't feeling well, as she kept giving him kisses! We tried to get her to go under the covers, but she wouldn't.
This morning Grant got up for work as usual, but moving a bit slower. His glasses are bent, and I will have to get them in to Chemainus Eyecare sometime this week. His face is mostly still red: the bruising has not started yet. He has a dull headache and the face feels swollen. I'm not sure if he will make it through the day: if he doesn't I will go in and pick Amanda up at the end of her class.
This morning, since the boys left on the bus less than an hour ago, we've had about five rain/snow/hail/wind storms. The sky was almost completely clear when I got up, then the black clouds rolled in...March is definitely going out like a lion..as it has been almost all month!
Besides cleaning up the kitchen - which got left in a big mess last night! - I've got laundry to do including Richard's Scout shirt/necker, preparation for tonight's Guide meeting including phoning all the parents to remind them of the Field Trip/change of time...etc etc. So, definitely time to get going!
