Our first holiday without Prissy's presence...

  I have not updated the blog in the past two days because I have been tired and just haven't had the time. So where do I begin? I guess I will start with Saturday.

   Saturday was a very good day for Scilla. She was in good spirits and did really well in her therapy sessions. She asked for a home visit, but the nurses said that it required prior doctor approval and also she hasn't had any practice transfering from a car to her chair and vice versa. She really wanted to come for Easter, but was not able to.

   Easter Sunday was a very emotional day for her. I arrived at the hospital around 2p.m and she was sleeping. She woke up when I entered the room and I told her I loved her and gave her the basket Mimi and I made for her. She told me she was in pain and asked for the nurse. I went to get the nurse and when she came she said that it would be another 3-4 hours before she could have pain medicine and Scilla started crying, which tugged at my heart strings. Seeing her in tears made me sad and I wanted to cry with her, but had to suck it up and hold it end, because I try not get upset in front of her. The nurse and I comforted her and repositioned her in the bed. She was feeling a little better and she and I talked, looked at the newspaper and watched t.v. . I was planning on leaving at 4p.m. because Easter dinner was being held at my house and of course I wanted to be there as a host. Scilla did not want me to leave and got mad when someone called to ask when I would be leaving; she said "you should of just turned off your and then they couldn't call you" (very funny!). Everytime I got ready to leave, she would convince me to stay an extra 30 minutes until finally I was so hungry that I had to leave or else I was going to pass out! As I was gathering my stuff to leave, she looked so sad and I hated to go; as I turned to walk out the door, she said " I guess I will just go to sleep".
     We all really missed her presence on Easter and she was in everyone's thoughts and prayers and we all wished she could be with us on that day. As the family laughed, hunted eggs, ate, and chatted she remained on all of our minds and hearts. We love our Prissy and hope that this is the only holiday that she misses.