It's been a crazy couple of weeks in the Thompson house.
Over the weekend of June 18-19, Rob and I helped my mother move from her house to an apartment in Pullman. It was not a well put together move and there is still so much to do. We did get most of the furnishings moved and most of the stuff in the house packed. Xavier spent the weekend with his Papa killing zombies. We were quite tired and so stressed with the move that we barely got any time with Xavier that weekend. He didn't mind.
Monday, June 20th, we got a call. My mother was in the hospital. She had had chest pains that went away when she took her nitroglycerin. I spent the morning in the hospital with her while Rob was home with Xavier. Xavier wasn't worried so I should have known she was alright. The doctor's couldn't find any evidence of heart damage and she was sent home at about 3. The doctor suspected the move stressed her system - she wasn't eating like she should and not taking her pills because everything was still packed.
We helped her unpack and find her medications so she could recover. My mother now lives in the complex next to us for the next month while she gets into more permanent housing. It's really nice having her in town. Xavier likes that he can walk to her house. It looks like she's going to move not very far from my dad so Xavier will have both of them close.
Tuesday, the CFI social worker came to our house to fill out paperwork. She was very nice but Xavier didn't really want to talk to her. He spent a lot of time trying to hide in the cushions of the couch.
Later we went to the doctor to talk about his medication. Xavier was still not feeling chatty about his therapy needs. He did want to talk about the large map on the wall with the pushpins (the pushpins represent places patients have come from).
The doctor is keeping Xavier on the .5 mg dosage and we'll wait and see what happens.
We're supposed to meet with the CFI therapist soon. In the meantime, Xavier is spending today and tomorrow with Anna at a challenge course. The program runs 2 days a month through the summer with an extra "fun" outing. In the past, they have gone rafting but this year they may go to a waterpark.
Xavier is swimming every chance he can get. He loves being at the pool. It's been rather cold here off and on so some days he's outside and some days he's inside, depending on which pool is open.
This past weekend, we had family time at home. Saturday we cleaned house and Sunday we planted the garden. We put Blueberries and herbs in Xavier's plot and tomatoes, peppers and watermelon in the other plot. I felt it was better to put plants that we will keep next year in one plot. We are on the lookout for sweet banana peppers, pickling cucumbers and strawberries to fill out the gardens. They aren't pretty but I will take pictures to share.
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