Greetings from the lovely U. S. of A. We are over visiting family and
on vacation but the vacation got brought to a halt rather suddenly with
Steve's dad being taken seriously ill. It was all very dramatic. There
was a call to 9-1-1 at 4am. Paramedics arrived, then the police. Dad
was found lying on the floor after feeling weakness when he got up to
go to the bathroom. Terrifying really. They carted him off in an
ambulance to the Emergency Room of the local hospital and from there
into Intensive Care. Dad was very, very sick. The doctors looked grave
and started talking to us about living wills, do not resuscitate orders
and do not intubate orders. They really didn't think he'd live.
Fortunately, he did. And they found out what was wrong with him. Cut a
long story short, after two days in Intensive Care (and a very scary
two days for us), dad was moved into General Care where he stayed for
many more days while they medicated him and monitored his health. After
seven days in hospital they released him into what is called Transition
Care, or assisted living. He's there now. Not too happy about it, but
with some occupation and physical therapy, we are hoping he'll make a
full recovery and be home soon. I've been posting his progress
regularly on Facebook, so if you follow me on FB you'll have known
about this. We are so grateful for all the kind thoughts and prayers of
everyone. Their support has been a tremendous balm to our rattled
nerves.
So, on the reading front, as you can imagine, not much has been done.
Very slow month this one. Perhaps the next one will be better.
I gotta say, this is probably the slowest reading month I've had in a
long time.
Stand outs for the month include the two books by Juliette Cross. Her
Vessel Trilogy is
amazing. I think I still have a little book hangover from it. I keep
thinking about Jude and Genevieve, and want to go back to reread and
visit with them. Cathryn Fox's
Impulsive
and
Indulgent
were excellent too. I really enjoyed the world building in the series
and of course, the off-the-charts sexy that was going on.
Stay tuned for Helen's reading list for the month too. If I get it from
her and I get a chance, I'll post that too.
Since vacationing has turned into looking after dad, I have a little
more down time on my hands and have found time to do some blogging. Yay!
What did you read for this month? Do leave a comment and let me know.
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Hi Deanna
ReplyDeleteI am glad that Steve's Dad is finally on the mend and that you were both there when you were needed sending hugs and at least you have got some reading in and lots of family time :)
Have Fun
Helen