Lilacs in Bloom

 Graduation

 Tyler with his Diploma

Dad, Aunt Shirley, Jody, Jim & Shelly (Jake was taking the pic)

May 2016 in Montana

MAY – I started work at the school kitchen on the 2^nd. Am suppose to work until school is out on the 26^th. (due to all the issues with Dad, I ended up only working 7 days)

On the 3^rd Mike & I picked up Dad in Havre and drove to Great Falls for his eye surgery (Glaucoma/Cataract) at 1230. After the pre work at the office, the surgery didn't start til around 2p. We didn't get out of their until almost 430p. We ended up having to stay overnight since the DR. needed to see him in the morning. We picked up dinner at McDonald's. We had breakfast the next morning at Perkins and then after the dr appt we left just after 10a. Once arriving in Havre we found out that Timbercreek really are not set up to give Dad the multiple drops he needs. We decided he needed to come home with us for the first week. He is doing pretty good...hungry and is eating good. One drop has to be put in every 2 hrs and 4 others 4 times a day....whew! Worked on the 5^th.

On the 6^th Dixie helped the church serve a dinner at Alvin Wolory's funeral. On Sat. the 6^th Jim & Diane Jenks came to visit Dad and us in the morning.

I managed to work on the 9^th & 10^th and a short time on the 11^th. We drove to Havre where I met with the Nurse at Timbercreek to get them all set up with Dad's eye drop schedule. Dad had a follow up eye appt with Dr. Obie in Havre at 310p on the 11^th. It ended up not being real good news...he had to call Dr. Boes (surgeon). The pressure in the left eye is high and the tube is blocked. The only way to clear it is to go to a more rigorous eye schedule. We must start up on the one we just stopped today and the prednisolone must be put in every hour. Well hear we go again – we decided we must make him go back home with us. He wasn't thrilled but consented. After a trip to Walmart for a drop refill we got on the round around 645. We was very tipsy on his feet and kind of 'out of it'. The past few days he has been sleeping constantly. Only up when I wake him for meals & drops. I am now even giving him his drop while he is half asleep. He also has no appetite so it's hard to get him to eat.

At 4am on the 14^th Dad woke us up saying there was a fire downstairs. This was the beginning of 36 hours of hallucinations. It was horrible to watch the scary ones but he was a very happy talkative person during the other ones. It was like Dad 10 years ago. It was hard on him as he wasn't able to sleep. Doug came over and helped and Denita, Steve, Tyler & Shay stopped over later in the day. In the middle of that John & Angie came by for a haircut. It was Levi's Birthday so we were going to the bar to celebrate but due to the situation, I went down and picked up some burgers to go. Doug left around 9pm, however I was not able to calm Dad down or get him to rest. Around 11p I called Doug and he came back and we drove Dad to the Havre ER, arriving just before 2am. They checked him out and did several tests – they didn't find anything that might cause the hallucinations. The doctor felt that it was the increased Presnisolone eye drops. He gave us 5 anti-psychotic pills and sent us home. We gave him one pill when we got in the car around 5am. It calmed him some but he was not able to sleep until 930a. He slept for most of the day and overnight. Thankfully he has not experienced any more. It took a couple of days but he went back to his current self...sleeping and not eating much.

May 17^th Dad had an appointment with Dr. Boes in Great Falls. He didn't feel that the eye drops caused the hallucinations. He had to build up the eye fluid so we overnighted and saw him again the next morning. We sold the dining room set from the condo while we were in Great Falls.

On the 20^th we went to a graduation party for Tyler and Sara B. at Adam & Shawna's. After that we went to Denita's as Aunt Shirley, Jody, Jim, Shelly & Jake had arrived.

On the 21^st they all came over to see Dad before we attended Tyler's Graduation at 3pm. From there we went to the bar for a beer and then over to Denita & Steve's for dinner. We had a great time visiting with everyone.

On the 22^nd they came back over to our house for a short visit before they left for home!

The 25^th we took Dad to another appt with Dr. Boes – this time at the Havre Hospital. His appt was at 130p but we never got in until after 4p. We got him settled back in at Timbercreek (after 3 weeks with us) and we left for Great Falls just after 5p. We went to Doug/Frans for Pizza and spent our last 2 nights at Dad's Condo.

The 26^th began the last of the packing of Dad's condo. We took pickup loads to give away, packed stuff in boxes and cleaned. Denita, Steve, Tyler and Shay arrived that evening. We moved over to Doug/Fran's.

The 27^th was packing and moving more stuff – the bedroom set went to Doug/Fran's condo for the time being. Lunch break was at the El Commador and that evening we went to Classic 50's for dinner. It was another long day.

Sat., the 28^th Steve & Denita went back home and I cleaned the condo. The carpets will be cleaned next Wed. We decided to to stay the next couple of nights at Doug/Frans and help them with more painting. Mike & I painted the garage and they painted the decks. Their condo is ready to go on the market!!!!! We had drinks at the Sip-N-Dip (our first time) and dinner at Borries on Sat. We came home on Memorial Day after a stop at Dad's for a visit.

May was an extremely busy month for us!!!!!