Thanks for telling us Micki! Hope it is just a small stroke & she will come back fast. Friend had stroke couple of days after my dad & she is back to normal.My dad is doing well. Those with lots of support do well as they get the help & encouragement they need. Sylvia has a wonderful family to help her get through it. Will put her & her medical team & family in my prayers & little Eddie that he can get in safe home & that James tour will be in fairly safe area over there. Thank you, James for serving our country! Since James has custody he should have some say in where Eddie goes I would think. Hugs & prayers, Jan

she's in my thoughts :-) i went thru that w/ a staph infection that started in my neck and jaws from a dental cleaning in 2005. i too was sent home, hospital did not want another patient w/ staph in there especially since my dh could take family leave and care for me, took 6 weeks. i hope she keeps a fever at bay, she's probably going to be more comfortable and get tons of special food and more care time, being a home. i will be thinking of her! ~ liz

I am so sorry. Dad's can be so very special. Mine has been gone for 16 years, and there isn't a day I don't miss him. But, I have alot of wonderful memories to get me through those times. (((Hugs)))

Thanks for the ideas. One of the problems is that they live in a rural area and meals on wheels isn't available to them. The home health people are coming on Monday and I thinking that I am going to go over when they are there to make sure that they get all the bases covered. My mil is the kind of person that is always the first to help others but never asks for help herself. I am going to call one of the church members that lives closest and see if they can get a group together to take meals over every other day or so. My FIL is the problem and thinks everything needs to be a hot dinner. Me I could make a pasta salad and we could eat it all week long with sandwiches or grilling out. But that wouldn't be enough for them. So will have to do some thinking. Also FIL's son ( MIL and FIL married when in their 50's ) lives in town and hasn't worked for months and has been taking money from mil and fil and part of me feels that he needs to step up and help. But I want to do what I can to help. With 3 kids under 4 and one more on the way, I have enough on my plate to deal with but will muddle through. I think the most important thing is to be there when home health comes and to make sure that we cover all the bases, physical therepy for both of them, bathing, cleaning, and cooking. Otherwise I know that my mil won't ask for help, but I am not afraid to ask for help for her. Stacie girlsingardens