Deep down inside there was this fear … Looking back I realize how bad last Christmas was for the Wikes. On Christmas night, 2009, Dad’s downhill slide began. He entered Greenville Memorial Hospital not to be discharged February. From there, he was at the Cottages of Brushy Creek (which is a GHS rehab facility) until the end of April. So, in other words, Dad left his house on Christmas night 2009 and did not return until the end of April, 2010. As Christmas came closer, there was this fear. I felt it most when we left to go to my mother-in-law’s house for Christmas, which was where I was last year when all of this began to unfold.
Although it was a short trip, it was a good one. I am so thankful for another Christmas WITH Dad. Physically he is doing okay. There will always be mental challenges, due to the nature of his disease (NPH). These challenges mostly revolve around his memory and physical abilities. But, again, I’m just glad we had a good, uneventful Christmas.
We had to rush back for Krissy’s surgery. She broke her nose at least three times in her childhood. Years ago, the doctor told us we had to wait until she was 19 or so to fix it because of growth plate issues. Her number came up on that one this past Tuesday. Unlike Diana’s surgery, we didn’t keep this one a secret. We didn’t buy a billboard and broadcast it, either. She is doing well … still in a considerable amount of pain, but she is making it. Before the surgery, her septum was blocked 100% on one side and 90% on the other — NO WONDER SHE DOESN’T SLEEP!!!
The Random Thinker 
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