Re: My Vegas Trip >TRIPS AND PARIS ?'S FALL

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VERA,

I LOVE UR STORIES. I AM SO HAPPY U BOTH GOT TO GO ON A TRIP. IT IS SO

NICE OF U TO DO ALL THAT U DO! U MUST BE VERY STRONG TO PUSH UR HUSBAND

IN HIS W.CHAIR. DO U WEAR A SUPPORT BRACE OR SOMETHING?? DOESN'T UR BACK

HURT?

WHAT DID UR DRESS LOOK LIKE. WHAT WAS THE WEDDING LIKE?

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS U WITH MY COMPRESSION HOSE. HONESTLY , I GAVE

UP ON SLIPS. I CAN'T WALK WITH MY WALKER AND ADJUST MY SKIRT AT THE SAME

TIME AND TOO HARD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, SO I CARRY A CAN OF STATIC

CLING IN MY WALKER BUGGY OR BACK PACK ! HAIR SPRAY ON UR NYLONS WORKS

WELL TOO.

WHEELCHAIRS - THE SLIP BUNCHES UP AND PANTS ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH

WAIST HIGH COMPRESSION HOSE.

STRAPLESS LONG EVENING GOWNS ARE DEADLY WITH WALKERS WITH WHEELS! I

BOUGHT A RED GLITTERY LONG EVENING GOWNS THAT ALL MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE

TO DO IS PULL IT UP, LONG ENOUGH TO HIDE MY REEBOK HIGH TOPS ( YES IN

RED). IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING EASY FOR MY HUSBAND TO HELP ME WITH

OTHERWISE HE GETS FRUSTRATED.

IF IT IS A SHORT DRESS, THEN I WEAR MY UGLY ROCKPORTS OR RED GLITTERY

TIE SHOES. MANY CALL THEM THE 'WIZARD OF OZ' SHOES.

AS FOR PACKING, I HAD TO RESORT TO A BASIC BLACK (OF COURSE LOLOLOL)

BACKPACK READY FOR SURPRISE EVENTS. UNDERWEAR, DRESS, SHOES, T-SHIRT

SLEEP, MEDS, PADS, TOOTHBRUSH, BRUSH, 20 BUCKS, UNO CARS .3 CANS

OF ENSURE AND 2 GATORADES, ENEMA BAG/SUPPOSITORIES. ENOUGH FOR SURVIVAL.

DRESS AND SHOES HUNG UNTIL NEEDED. THEN IT IS ROLLED IT AND PUT IN THE

BACK PACK. THE BACK PACK STAYS IN THE CORNER WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAD

TO GET USE TO. I NEVER DREAMED OF THIS AS MY MID LIFE CRISIS.

THE DRIVING? WOW! I LEARNED TO DO THINGS DURING THE WEEKDAYS. IN GENERAL

PEOPLE SHOULD BE HAPPY THEY HAVE A SPOUSE OR SOMEONE TO DRIVE THEM

LIKE I SEE ON THIS SITE. I TAKE THE SENIOR VAN OR MAKE SURE IT IS DURING

THE AIDES WORKING HOURS.

WE HAVE RESORTED TO VALET PARKING. SAME RATE AS REG GARAGE PARKING NOT

THE VALET RATE BECAUSE MY HANDICAPPED VAN DOESN'T FIT IN THE PARKING

GARAGES. ALSO, MANY TIMES I SEE THE STRESS ON THE CAREGIVER'S FACES AND

ACTIONS AFTER PARKING AND WORRYING ABOUT ME AT THE SAME TIME. OTHER

TIMES MY HUSBAND PUSHES ME INTO THE PLACE AND JUST SAYS OR ASKS THE

DOORMAN OR DESK - '(CAN U) PLEASE WATCH MY WIFE. I HAVE TO PARK THE

CAR.'

HOPEFULLY, MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE GOING TO PARIS IN THE FALL IF THERE

IS A DIRECT FLIGHT. A HOTEL WITH A PRIVATE BATHROOM, EXERCISE ROOM, AND

POSSIBLY A POOL, WITH SOME LANDMARKS CAN BE VIEWED NEAR THE HOTEL.

ANYONE KNOW OF ANY? A DREAM I ALWAYS HAD WAS TO GO TO PARIS AND I AM

SORTOF EXCITED ABOUT GOING.

ANY ADVICE SPECIFICALLY FOR PARIS. I CAN NOT TAKE THE TRAIN OR CAB BY

MYSELF, SO ARE THERE ANY HOTELS WITHIN ONE OR TWO BLOCKS OF SOME OF THE

LANDMARKS? WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE IN SEPT.?? IF ONLY ONE LANDMARK

COULD BE SEEN, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE AND WHY??

THANKS!

NANCY

FVJAMES@... wrote:

>

> Belinda:

> You wouldn't believe my Vegas trip. We didn't know till the Friday before

> that we'd be able to go for sure. The doctor had to ok the trip for Fred. I

> was trying to get everything ready for the trip and have the house clean , so

> I'd come back to it all clean. Fred was up early Saturday, so I started

> cleaning at 6 am , only Fred been having some mood swings and got mad at me

> for doing it, so didn't get all that I wanted done , done. Sunday morning I

> was still trying to get things packed for the trip, we were leaving on this

> day. Fred wanted to help, so I told him he could get the food ready to take.

> I came in just as he was about to fill the bag with ice and he didn't have

> the drinks in yet, so I asked him about it. All I said was " what about the

> drink's? " that set him off. Told me I didn't think he could do anything and

> all the way to Vegas I heard " You seem like a nice person , but you have the

> devil in you " , Then when we got to Vegas I had a room for us at Bally's. Not

> the place to take someone that has a wheel. Bally's has no parking lot, they

> share one with Paris. So I had to take Fred in his w/c to the elevator, down

> three floor's , out of the elevator and down a long hall to get to another

> elevator that would take us down another floor to a court yard, there you

> have to go to the right past all these little shops, down one ramp, past some

> more shops, down another ramp and past some more shop's and finelly you get

> to Bally's, then you have to go across Bally's to the other side of it ,up a

> ramp to get to where you check in. Once we checked in , I had to go to

> another elevator to the eight floor to our room, all this just to get Fred

> in the room. After that I had to go back to the car and get all our stuff and

> bring it back to the room. When I was getting Fred ready for bed, he was in

> the restroom and slipped and hit the back of the tolet tank. It was lucky I

> was there I stopped him from hitting it hard. I got him to bed and about 2:30

> am he woke up and couldn't breath. So I started giving him breathing

> treatments. He still couldn't breath right so he wanted to go outside to get

> some fresh air, so I had to get him dress, me dress and before I took him

> down the eight floor's , I went into the bathroom to find the floor all wet,

> our tolet us broke and water was coming out of it, So I took Fred down the

> eight floors and outside to get some fresh air, then I went in to report the

> tolet. The woman at the desk had someone come to the room to check the tolet.

> Well It turned out that the whole tolet had to be replaced, by now it was 4

> am and they put us in the room across the hall. So I had 2 hours sleep after

> driving 4 hours. This was also the day that was getting married. They

> were getting picked up at 4pm downstairs and I was going to take Hannah and

> Fred in my car to the chapel. So just before 4pm they came with Hannah. Fred

> was in the bathroom having problems with his bowels, Hannah hadn't taken a

> nap, so she wanted to be picked up and by then I was trying to get Fred

> dress( wedding is at 4:30pm) Hannah is hanging onto my leg, not wanting to

> let go, I'm trying to get Fred dress with her attached to my leg. I finelly

> put Hannah on the bed to get the rest of Fred dress. Well she fall's asleep.

> I'm dress, but in a dress, pantyhouse and a slip that I hadn't woren in 8

> years. I get Fred in the w/c , Hannah on his lap sound asleep, by now it's

> 4:30pm and I should be at the chapel. I go down the eight floors , down the

> first ramp and by now I found out that the pantyhose I hadn't woren for all

> these years won't stay up , so they are fallen while I'm trying to hurry,

> then the slip is working it's way up. I'm trying to pull the pantyhose up and

> the slip down while pushing the w/c, come to the first ramp in the court yard

> ,and I have to go up them , Here I am trying to get the w/c up with Fred in

> it and Hannah (270lbs with both) My shoes a sliding as I'm trying. Here I had

> a man try to help, then I come to the next ramp which is the same thing, I

> have to go up and still having problems with the pantyhose and slip. Get up

> that ramp , get to the elevator go up the one floor down the long hall and

> then to the other elevator to go the three floors and then to the car. Get

> Hannah in the car seat, Fred in his seat and the w/c in the car. Then I try

> to get in the car and could hardly get in because of my dress. Finelly get to

> the chapel, but by now it's 4:45pm and I'm sure we missed the wedding. Get

> Fred out of the car, Hannah out (who is still asleep) and try to get them

> inside. The door that is suppose to be for w/c's I couldn't get in , it was

> to hard, so someone came out to help. Got inside and told them I was looking

> for my daughter , who had to be married by now. It turned out that they were

> behind and we were able to see it. Fred cried during the whole thing. Then I

> had to go back to Bally's. This time I had to park way out in the parking

> lot. My parking spot was gone. Put Fred in the w/c, Hannah on his lap ( who

> was still asleep) This time I had to go down four floors in the elevator then

> down the long hall to the other elevator, down the one floor , out to the

> court yard and then down the two ramps, which I would slid down with the w/c

> because of my shoes. Pantyhose still falling down and the slip working up. I

> got to the ramp in Bally's , got Fred and Hannah up that, up the elevator to

> our room . The first thing I did was get rid of those panty hose which by now

> were almost to my knees. I did get a pretty good night sleep the night before

> we left to come home. I stopped to get gas, and when I came out of the gas

> station , Fred had gotten in my seat to drive, I told him he couldn't drive ,

> he wasn't on the insurance anymore. He wanted to know when I took him off the

> insurance ( he was the one that told me to do it) So he got upset with me ,

> because I wouldn't let him drive, so all the way home I heard how I didn't

> think he could do anything anymore and that he wanted to sell our plots and

> he'd find someone else to take care of him. So this is what my trip to Vegas

> was like. I was hoping I would of gotten to meet Dr. Ray and his Wife , but

> things didn't work out that way. AT least we made the wedding, but boy did I

> have to work for it.

>

> Just another day in the life of me.

>

> Hugs Vera

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