Mary's Slow Recovery

We were very concerned about Mary, Michael’s mom, for most of the road trip. She had fallen and injured herself a week before we left. We stayed in contact with her about every other day while on the road. She began to sound less drugged and in less pain as the days went by. When we were able to see her in Vegas as the end of the trip, I was so pleased to see her moving so well.

As it turns out, she did not break anything. She did take a hard fall so she was very tender and swollen.

When we drove to our final destination of Las Vegas where she lives, we checked in into the hotel, took a cab to New York, New York and bought lunch to-go for everyone before heading back in a cab to their condo.

We had not seen Michael’s brother Matt in many years. We usually meet Mary at one of the hotels for a fancy lunch. She just was not up to it yet so we brought lunch to them. Matt cried when he saw us. He looked so old. I always picture him in my brain as a twenty-year old strapping young thing. He is 55-years old! Where did the time go?

We told them all about our trip in detail all the while assessing how Mary was moving or seeing if there was pain in her eyes.

It was great to see that she is almost off of all pain medications, got off the couch on her own and walked us to the door when we left. She is a lot further along the road to recovery than I had anticipated. Thank goodness.

During yesterday's Mother's Day phone call, she told us that she is off of all pain medications. Another huge step forward.