Impending Decisions

[bzarcher]

Clippers @ Tides 051
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The conference at the mound last night where the Clippers decided to give Campbell the chance to finish his Complete game. Top 9, 1 on, 1 out, and a 1-2 count on the batter.

Not only did he finish, but he retired the side in grand style to earn the shutout. :>

I have to admit it seems wierd that after getting wound up about my mom's surgery, and acting as the telephone exchange between my dad at the Hospital and my grandparents, Aunts, and other relatives, that I decided to go ahead with going to the baseball game. Heck, I very nearly handed Klegman and Wyatt the tickets I'd gotten and told them to go without me, but something stopped me, and told me to go.

What I found was that after getting myself wound up, going to the game, turning my brain off and just enjoying the evening and taking pictures let me release all that stress. And when I did go to visit Mom tonight, she really enjoyed the pictures from the game, as well as Monday night's smoker assembly. It gave us something to talk about and share without needing her to move much or put any stress on her neck, and she kept telling me how glad she was that I had gone out and gotten the pictures to share with her.

She is home now, resting. She complained and apologized about getting tired very quickly, but I shut that down as soon as she started. I told her that I was pretty sure that major neurosurgery was a -very- good reason to be tired, and assured her I wasn't bothered by it. The doctors took out "a lot" of cartilege from around the nerve, and she said that even today with feeling very weak and tired, she still felt like it was much less pain than she's felt in at least a couple months, which was a huge relief.

Recovery will take time, but I think she's gonna be just fine, once all is said and done.

Comments

[hsadventurer.livejournal.com]

I've been following the posts about your mom's surgery over the past few days, and I am very happy to hear that she is feeling less pain and seems to be recovering well.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I really appreciate that, and I'm sure she does too.

[yukon-jack.livejournal.com]

Very glad to hear your Mom's recovery seems to be going well, good thoughts as always.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Thanks again. :>

[chaptal.livejournal.com]

Good to read she got through this part. I really hope to get to the Coop before it's shut down.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

As long as you can get the time to go to the park, tickets are not a problem - I got the seats we used Wednesday from work, but they had plenty of open GA, club, and box seats available.

[sillyfox.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your mom is recovering, and just as importantly that she's feeling better and in less pain. :)

Also, not that you need my permission or anything, but it's okay to go out and have a little fun during Stressful Family Times. Yeah, it seems counter-intuitive, but as you noticed it gave you a chance to de-stress. Glad you enjoyed yourself.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :D

Yeah, I did kinda figure that out. Plus, with the visiting hours and my work hours, I would have basically had to drive all the way across town at rush hour to see her for 20 minutes and then leave (though I admit I probably could have been to the game afterwards and not missed more than the first couple innings, but still).