February 13th

Larry had a VA appointment at 8:45 a.m. this morning with a cardiac nurse practitioner.  We left at 7:30 a.m. and hoped that it would work out because news was saying that an accident had blocked the road on the way but it worked out okay.  We were able to get there and get the blood tests they wanted before the appointment.  Larry was a little frustrated that he didn't get into his appointment until after 9:15 a.m.  but that is just the VA and any doctors office.  They checked his signs and things looked good with his blood pressure and swelling but they decided to give him more potassium because his was low.  He has to go in once a week until March 8th so they can monitor his symptoms and they stressed that he needed to watch his diet.  We are trying to but it is hard to find anything that we like that has less than 150 mg of sodium per serving.

We came home and had lunch.  I went to get the mail but there wasn't anything for us.

Nathan was not dressed and did not get dressed today but I don't know if he wasn't feeling well or just needed a day off.  He spent most of the time in his bathroom and didn't talk to me much.

Larry and I took a nap for a while and woke up about 2:00 p.m.  I spent too much time on Facebook today and then finally began working on sending email Valentines cards to my grandchildren.  It was 5:00 p.m. when I finally stopped while I waited for some texts that needed answering about what some emails were.  Larry spent time watching TV.  He is feeling much better.  So we had dinner around 5:30 p.m.

Larry and I  watched one Bones together and then he wanted to read scriptures so we read a lesson from the Gordon B. Hinckley manual for this year.  I had been feeling pretty good but the lesson was on Daughters of God and for some reason when it talked about how much Gordon loved his mother and honored her it upset me.  After prayer we got ready for bed and then Larry went to sleep and I came out to the living room to send the rest of my Valentines.  I watched two more Bones while I worked and I finally have shook that anxious feeling that I got.  Sometimes it is hard for me to feel like I have been a good mother but I tried to do my best and thought I was doing a good job at the time.