EASTER 2012

It was a very nice day overall.  Excellent weather, good food and spending time with my wife and parents.  It has also become a place holder / marker.  This past St.Paddy’s day my father (84) had a sugar episode that landed him in the hospital, which seems to be happening monthly lately.  That stay also resulted in my dad being placed on oxygen 24 / 7.  Previously, it was at night only.  My mom (85) also had a fall that resulted in an awful looking head injury.  She was ok, but the bruise was gawd awful.

We got there and a huge tank sat in the middle of the house with yards of hose and my dad attached to it.  There were a couple of smaller tanks nearby on little carts.  We spoke a little about it, talking about the little water tank attached to the tank that put moisture in his oxygen.  It bubbled like a little fish aquarium.  For the past several months we have taken on the task of going down every Sunday night to take the trash to the curb as my dad no longer is able to do it.

It came time to serve dinner and slice the ham.  For the first time ever, I was finally allowed to perform the task.  My dad has always done all the carving for meals, complete with ritual bitching about where is this knife and how come that isn’t where it should be when I need it.  This time without a whimper, I was told that I could do it.