Sunday, September 14, 2014

I'm a "Cabin Bitch" for good reason

Any hunter knows that when you and your pals embark on a hunting trip, say for the opening of deer season, and plan on staying at someones camp, there is always a need to keep one person at the camp during the foray of others into the woods. A "Cabin Bitch" is the person who stays behind and does the tidying up and doing the dishes and cooking meals. We would always take along a buddy of ours that did not hunt at all, but rather enjoyed getting the hell out of Pittsburgh for a week. Our cabin was up in Dubois (Pa.) and was as peaceful as you could get. Anyway, this character loved going and doing the cabin bitchin' because to him it was like getting a meal just for washing dishes.
My wife had an Ischemic stroke in the early morning hours on the 27th of last December while on the operating table. Her colon had burst and she was rushed to the hospital and had emergency surgery to repair and clean up her insides. The surgeon said she crashed twice, and then had the stroke from the blood loss.
Marcie spent the next 45 days in ICU at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Presbyterian) in downtown Pittsburgh, with another week on top of that at a rehab hospital closer to home. The main effects of the stroke were on her speech, reading and writing, and a small issue with her right hand.
She got as far as the visiting speech therapist could get her, and with not much more improvement after 4 months, the insurance company said enough was enough.
My point to all this folks is that my wife is in perfect physical health, but her ability to get out what she wants to say is bad. She can not comprehend written word, and can not focus enough to cook or clean. I am her main care giver now, doing all the cooking and most cleaning, all the finances she took care of, dealing with my son and his school ( he is a special education student in 11th grade), and everything else she did at one time. This is why you will read about my housecleaning ventures alongside anything else I may yammer about.
I am the permanent "Cabin Bitch."

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