It's been a tough couple of days.

dbubley came home Wednesday afternoon. After 3 weeks in the hospital and skilled nursing facility, she really wanted a shower. It took us about 3 hours to go from walking in the door to the shower and then to bed. She was pretty weak. Thursday morning she called me around 6:15 am for some help. Then I had to go to work. Thursday night was pretty hard and we both wondered if she'd been released too soon. But this morning was much better. Her pain level went down and her walker arrived. Now if the rest of the infection would go away, part of her leg is still swollen, red and warm. She came home on a 7 day course of an oral antibiotic. I'm going to keep a close eye on it, because the last thing she needs is a recurrence.

Now I'm planning on a little nap, then check on dbubley and maybe a little xmas decorating. This weekend will be my big push to get a lot done. I'm at that point when I look around at the mess of boxes and ornaments and think "why do i do this?", but then I turn on a string of lights and I remember.