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Puddles
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Long story short, my mother lived in Punta Gorda, so now she's living with me after the hurricane hit down there. The day after the storm we had to go down and get her because the damage in the area made it unlivable. Fortunately her home wasn't damaged much but she lives in a retirement village and they got hit bad. On the 2 1/2 hr. drive down there we didn't know if we'd find her alive or what...when we got to her she was cleaning off her car and mentally not in the best shape. She didn't know the storm was coming to her until 15 minutes before it hit so she hid in a closet praying with her rosery beads and clutching her crusifix. She said it felt like the house was going to blow apart. She hid there for an hour for the duration of the storm. She's still kinda wigged out and although electricity was turned back on down there, water is only good for flushing so she'll stay here for a while.
When we were down there hubby and I helped out in her neighborhood for a few hours taping up windows and skylights, pulling debris and small trees out of the roads. Many of the residents are snowbirds and they weren't in FL for the storm. We were taping up one last window when I goofed and a shard of glass sliced into my wrist. No hospitals were open so we bandaged up and headed back home for stitches. The glass cut into my ulner nerve so on Tuesday I'm going in for surgery to repair it. I'm also having a stage 2 melanoma removed from my back at the same time. Then I can finish wedding preparations in 3 weeks. Monday I have a face peel in the morning and a stress test in the afternoon. I also spent this past Monday night in a sleep center for sleep apnea diagnosis. When it rains, it pours! LOL
So...I've been busy and unfortunately keeping outta trouble. Miss you all!
When we were down there hubby and I helped out in her neighborhood for a few hours taping up windows and skylights, pulling debris and small trees out of the roads. Many of the residents are snowbirds and they weren't in FL for the storm. We were taping up one last window when I goofed and a shard of glass sliced into my wrist. No hospitals were open so we bandaged up and headed back home for stitches. The glass cut into my ulner nerve so on Tuesday I'm going in for surgery to repair it. I'm also having a stage 2 melanoma removed from my back at the same time. Then I can finish wedding preparations in 3 weeks. Monday I have a face peel in the morning and a stress test in the afternoon. I also spent this past Monday night in a sleep center for sleep apnea diagnosis. When it rains, it pours! LOL
So...I've been busy and unfortunately keeping outta trouble. Miss you all!
you are a super lady and daughter and momma! 
and *Hug* hoping it helps in some way.
