You know what's funny about having a loved one in the hospital for a prolonged length of time? The way normal, everyday things seem like great accomplishments. For example, my Uncle has been in a hospital bed for nearly 6 weeks now. These days he's getting much better and will be out soon. But being bed-ridden causes normal bodily functions to slow down, sometimes shut down.
Recently Nicci and I were driving home discussing how great it was that he finally had a bowel movement. For him, it was a great accomplishment. But when I realized what it was we were so happy about, I just started laughing out loud. How did taking a poop become such an earth-shattering event? "Yay! He had a poopie!"
Weird days indeed. Sheesh!
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