Today was a good day. Mel spent quite a bit of time sleeping, but he would wake up and talk to people when they came over. Andy and Corinne came to say goodbye, they were going back home to Rifle. The Aragon's came over after they got out of church. We always had so much fun with them. Mr. Aragon, Diego, and Mel had come be pretty good friends over the years of our kids being friends. Diego was so sweet. Just about everytime he came into town, he would stop to visit with Mel. I know Mel considered him a true friend. Our kids were pretty much going through a lot of the same things with their dads. Diego has been very ill off and on over the years with numerous health problems. I think they both connected on that level too. I know that at times they both felt like they were a burden to their families, even though Kelly and her kids and I and our kids never feel that way.
Mel's son Aaron and his family came by in the afternoon too. While they were there Mel's pain pump ran out of pain medicine. I was very upset because hospice had assured me that would not happen and the nurse would be there before it happened. It turned out to be a fiasco because of course the nurse who had come out yesterday was off today, and the new nurse had a hard time figuring out how to get the medicine. Poor Mel was in agony. He had me call them over and over. Everytime I talked to her she said I am on my way. I don't know if she came from Denver or what, but it took that long for her to get there. I was afraid to give Mel pain pills for fear that when the pump got started it would be too much medicine, but I finally had to give him a couple pain pills. I couldn't stand to see him in pain.
Mel was always so glad to see Aaron. They had a very special relationship, and Mel loved to see his girls. Aaron works nights as a dispatcher for the Pueblo Police Department. He would come sit with us in the evenings before he went to work and would usually leave when it was time for Deanna to come. It was nice not to be alone all the time.
All in all it had been a pretty good day. I had been nervous about whether or not I could do everything for Mel that was required to take care of him, but I pulled it off. I was able to help him go to the bathroom and keep him neat and tidy. He always told me thanks and that he loved me. He made it easy for me to love and care for him.
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all we could dare ask or think.
Isaiah 55: 11 The Word of God will not return void.
We were blessed with many friends and family who stepped up and blessed us abundantly and took such good care of us as we walked this path. My parents were a great source of respite for me when the kids needed to get out, or if I needed to just get in the car and drive for 10-15 minutes just to get out of the house. There were times I would drive and sit in an empty parking lot and just cry my heart out. I didn't want to cry as much in front of Mel and the kids as I had to cry, and sometimes it was just good to be alone for a few minutes.
At the end of the day we had been blessed and loved abundantly by everyone who came to visit, lend a helping hand or a listening ear or a shoulder to cry on.
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