My brother is recovering from his stroke. He is in a stroke rehab center, and now has some use of his right arm. He can move his right leg from the hip only. He has learned to use a wheelchair and is re-learning to read. He is not progressing as quickly as he would like, but he is progressing.
Perhaps from this, his destiny will change. Maybe dealing with this stroke will make a fundamental change in his life for the better. I have to hope that this is the case. I see no reason for his suffering or the suffering of his family. I know that God doesn't cause things like this to happen, nor does God typically step in and prevent things like this, but it does seem somewhat useless.
In the meantime, my 96 year old grandmother had her knee surgery. The following day she was standing in her kitchen making apple pies from scratch. She "didn't want the apples to go to waste." Just like Nan. She is so vital, while many members of the rest of the family have many health issues. Her husband died in his 40s; she raised six children to adulthood, and she has more than 110 grandchildren and great grandchildren. What a woman.
Meanwhile, I am feeling pensive. My former employer wants me back desperately, but she doesn't have the funding to hire me right now, yet she also doesn't want me to take another job, because then if she gets the money, I will no longer be available. It reminds me a bit of a project I was on several years ago. They wanted me to stay and work, but they couldn't pay me. When I explained that I had to come, the director got irate. Do all employers expect such loyalty and sacrifice from their employees, even those they lay off? I want to go back to my former employer, but I don't know if I can wait until January to see if she will have the money. I already waited until the end of September to see if she would get one-time special funding. It didn't come through. I could have spent that month getting another job. Well, maybe not. I just had surgery, so I was not really up to job hunting anyway.
I am recovering well from my surgery. I have totally discontinued two of my long-term medications, have halved one, and expect to discountinue it and one other at the end of this month. That leaves me on three prescription medications. In addition, I have lost over 25 pounds since the surgery. Nice benefit. Some of the medications I was taking (and some I still take cause weight gain.) By discontinuing them, I should be able to get back to my correct weight. That will be nice. I haven't been the correct weight since I started one of these meds over 20 years ago, though it is not the big offender. I have already stopped those two. :)
Well, that is enough for today.
