MOC 2020 - Day 17

Using:
Fresh Start
TLP Collab
by TLP Designers

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Traditional Templates Revisited 2
by Scrapping with Liz

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When daddy got sick no one would have thought we’d end up losing the life we called normal. He had been doing great with his management of diabetes and high blood pressure. Working hard through diet and exercise to get is A1C down. He even was taken off the medications he was on. Some leg swelling and some chest pains sent him to the ER which turned into a stay in the hospital. Diagnosis, his kidney functions were at 50 percent. Some new meds and a new specialist had him feeling almost back to normal. At least that’s what we thought. From there things happened fast and within the next year his kidney function went from 50 percent to 20 percent landing him in the hospital two more times. February 2018 was the worst, in fact, 2018 was an overall bad year for us. We almost lost daddy, he lost his job, we lost our family dog, we lost our home, and we also lost granny Eleanor. They say hindsight is 20/20 and I can’t help but wonder how things would be if daddy had gotten dialysis treatments before his kidney function dropped below 20 percent? I know his health is stable now, but could it have been even better if maybe I would have nudged him towards dialysis sooner? If we could have avoided some of the losses we took in 2018? I know I’ll never know the real answers to those questions. So, I just continue looking forward and embracing our new normal. While also praying that he gets a kidney.​