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My new favorite treatThis is a short post and not a recipe. It's just to show I'm still alive and kicking and to share something amazingly good to eat.
All you do is place one serving of vanilla low carb ice cream (homemade or store bought) in a bowl, add 1 lg. tbsp of no-sugar added orange marmalade ( I use Smuckers) stir and enjoy.
Being of the "softer is tastier" camp I let my ice cream get all soft and stir able first, Mom is in the "hard as a rock hits the spot" camp melts, mixes and then refreezes. But either way you like it. Hope you give it a try, it's like low carb dreamsicles... and how doesn't love dreamsicles?
Have a great weekend, take some time just for yourself and find a little joy in each and every day.
Vikki Mom is finally Home!After being gone a little over 2 months this time, mom is finally home. You can't imagine the amount of stress that relieves either. She had the dye tests done on her legs Friday, then had to go back to the rehab center over the weekend. But they gave her to all clear Monday morning and she's finally home. We are all relieved and very happy. Now if she can just stay well and stay here...giggle
It's amazing the amount of stuff she can collect while she's in a physical rehab center too. It's not like she has much room, but boy howdy the amount of "stuff" she manages to sock away just left us in awe.
We were hoping she would come out not needing her walker, but she didn't seem to get enough PT for that. Not being allowed to walk on her own and not having anyone available to walk with her when she wanted, did lend itself to strengthening her legs, but now she's home we can take her and let her go walking in the grocery store or at the mall so she can build up those muscles and get off the darn walker. She has her exercise routine down and is continuing it at home so that will help too.
Now if I can just get to remember to clean up behind herself. She's spent too much time away with other people cleaning up behind her, telling her she wasn't suppose to do this or that. She's got some catching up to do now, cuz it doesn't clean itself up. And after 5 months of having people do things for her, well, I guess it's going to take a little time to get back in the habit of remembering to do it herself.
But we're all so excited to have her home we could all just dance!
Thank you for all the thoughts, prayers and emails. They really have meant so much to me. You're all just the sweetest, kindest folks.
Big hugs!
V
News but nobody said it was good news Well we did find out what was going on. Yes they are moving her tomorrow but I'm not sure where yet. Medicare will not pay for the level of care she is now receiving. She has to go into a step down facility. They still will not be doing the tests for her legs until after the antibiotic treatments are over.
I'm really beginning to wonder if she will ever get to come home. We figured it out today and the best we can figure, counting the couple weeks in January before the surgery, she's been home just over 5 full weeks this whole year! She has been in and out of the hospital, in and out of rehab facilities, in and out of doctors offices but not much time at home.
But we keep praying, keep working at getting her better so she can come home. I'm praying that after this next set of test at the end of the month, she will get to come home and stay.
Thanks for listening (reading) me whine. Mom UpdateMom has been doing really well and getting better. But last Friday she woke up and her feet had turned dark. We already knew she had some blockage in one leg, her podiatrist had sent her for a Doppler on her leg, at the first of the year. But it was determined it wasn't bad and it could hold off until after the valve replacement. Of course we had no idea it was going to be this long and drawn out.
Fast forward to last week. Her feet had been being red, but they keep telling her to keep them up, it was from sitting to much. But when they turned dark they had a vascular doctor come out and run another Doppler to find out what was going on. He said she need to have another test done, sorry I don't know the name but they do scans after running dye through her veins to see where the trouble is. Trouble is they said she couldn't have that done while she was still taking the antibiotic treatments. So that's where we were this weekend. Monday they do her normal everyday blood work to monitor the bacteria in her blood and they doctor said while there was still no sign of any bacteria, her white cell counts were low and her blood sugar was low. So they changed her antibiotic treatment, to see if that would head off any further trouble. So now instead of one hour and a half treatment she now gets 3 hour long treatments, but it's working. As of last night the doctor said all was looking good and her white blood cell counts were back up to normal.
Tuesday morning a lady from another extended care facility came in to see her and to see if she would like to come to her facility after she left the other hospital following her test and treatment for her legs. She told her she was scheduled to be sent across the street to have the tests done on Friday. Whoa! It was the first we heard of it and this lady was telling her that she wouldn't be able to come back to the place she is now after the vascular treatments because medicare wouldn't pay for it, since she would be switching treatments. All the nurses have been talking about her going home Friday but we still don't have any answers. Mom talked to a couple of different doctors yesterday, but none of them ordered it and the one overseeing her antibiotic treatments said she was doing wonderfully, but they would need to continue the treatments at the new place if she did leave, because she needed to finish the whole course of treatment.
She finally got one of the nurses to check and the orders to transfer across the street are in her records but no one has mentioned it too her yet. Seems like the kind of thing that needs to be discussed to me. Anyway, she's still trying to find out something. My fear is that the problem with her leg is more serious than we were lead to believe. I just wish people in hospitals would talk to you, tell you want the heck is going on and not be so darn secretive!
At this point we don't know where she will be this weekend. What test or procedures she will be undergoing, or what exactly is going on about switching facilities.
I know I've asked a lot and for so long, but added prayers would definitely be appreciated. We really, really just want to get her healed and back home. It's been such a long, long road she's had to go down and without an end in sight it seems.
Thank you for all past, present and future prayer on her behave and may God bless you and your loved ones richly!
Oh and btw, it's raining AGAIN! so what else is new right?
Cranberry Roasted Pork LoinAs you know I'm a huge fan of cooking a large cut of meat and making two or three meals from it. It's tricks like this that makes my life so much easier and cost effective. The trick is to not let the second half stay in the fridge too long. If you're not going to use it within a day or two, freeze until you're ready, you don't save $$ when you let food ruin. The only regret I have is that I only cooked one roast while I was roasting. If I had planned better I could have roasted two roasts and packaged up the second one in dinner sized portions for future dinners. Using my roasting method here you will end up with a roast that is not quite finished cooking. I do this so I can finish it off in whatever recipe I'm using. If you just want to have a roasted pork roast, just cook a bit longer, maybe 10-15 minutes. Just remember to test doneness with your handy dandy thermometer. This week my goal was to make Cranberry Roasted Pork Loin with half and Pork fried rice with the other half. Cindy's been hitting me up for it for a while now…giggle
Cranberry Roasted Pork Loin Ingredients:
Method:
That's it, it's as easy as that! And let me tell you it's one of my family's favorites. It's moist, tender and so flavorful. I hope you enjoy it too.
*Note: If you roast the pork ahead of time like I do, and you are using cold cranberry sauce. Set out a good 30 minutes to let both come to room temp and roast 15-20 minutes instead of the 10, so it can heat all the way through. |
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