Happy Mother's Day to all those Mom's out there. I hope you all had a very good day filled with family, and fun. I have to admit though that I really struggled with Mother's Day this year, I usually love it because it's a day that I don't have to do anything. This year was a lot different, Jaren has gone down so fast this last year I have to do a lot more for him now so I had to take his sugars give him insulin and stuff like that. Holidays are hard anyway but for some reason this one was really hard. My mom and dad took the kids shopping and they got me a crock-pot and I loved it, I use my crock-pot at least once a week and the one I have now the handle on the lid broke off but I still used it, but the new one is really really nice. I am so thankful that they could do that for me, of course they made things at school, and scouts, and stuff which is always nice too. I think mother's day was just another dose of reality of things to come and the fact that I probably won't get a break. I have a hard time with the fact that he can't take the kids shopping and he can't make breakfast, and he can't do the things that other dads can do. Church is also hard on Mother's Day because a lot of dads take over on that day so that their wives can have a break at least at church. I know there are some out there that are single or that go to church alone, but I do have a spouse he just can't do a whole lot and he doesn't come to church with us because it is too overwhelming.
We had an appointment with his Neurologist at the University of Utah, we went back up there because some things happened at the other office and we felt it was better for us to go back to the U. I am so thankful we did she was so nice and she was so thorough with the exam, we were up there for 3 hours, so I know she was behind but she still took the time with us and answered my MANY questions and I didn't feel like we were just another patient and she had to move on. We did find out however that she is moving out of state at the end of May, but she referred us to another doctor at the U that specializes in memory function and Dementia type diseases so I am excited to learn about why he does some of the things he does and what we can expect when he does some of those things, this new doctor might be able to give us a little bit more info for a time line, it gets so frustrating when I don't know what to expect and why he is doing weird things.
We have an amazing guy in our ward and he has asked Jaren to work with him in the LDS temple on Saturday nights with him in the Baptistry so he has been with him a few times and he really likes it I think it is good for him to get out of his normal routine sometimes, and a plus for me that I get to spend some time with just the kids without Jaren so we can start up some traditions that we can carry on after he passes.
