Taking a Sunday Drive on Friday
29 June 2007 by livingrainbowcolor
We’ve merged into a phase of “micro-days.” My daughter has a cycle of 2-3 hours in which the same pattern repeats:
- feel pain
- take medicine as available
- check temperature
- try to eat and drink something
- try to get comfortable
- doze off for 5-30 minutes
- wake up
About 4:30 this morning, I woke up with my typical feeling: like I’d slept not at all, but in reality quite some time had passed. DD had been awake a bit longer, and had cabin fever. We decided to drive to Stuttgart, in spite of the early hour.
It was a fantastic time to drive in that city! No one was awake except the first delivery men, and we could drive slowly and choose our paths. Clad in my slippers and lying on her favorite pillow, she directed me past all of her favorite places: the park near the station where she meets her friends, her friends’ house, the parents’ business, and more. It was really seeing the city through my daughter’s eyes.
Then we went back home, collapsed and slept for 2 hours.
My positives:
- The connection between my daughter and me is quite strong at the moment.
- I am eating quite normally, and have food currently in its rightful place, given my current stress
- I appreciate the value of a good night’s sleep
- Doctor has found a way for me to swim next week already with my stitches still in, thanks to waterproof bandages
- I’m good in a crisis.
