Another holiday

Well we made it through yet another holiday. This one, the 4th of July, wasn't really all that difficult for us. As a family it really wasn't something we ever really made a big deal over. When Jennifer was little we used to get together with our friends, they had children either the same age as Jennifer, or close to her age. When Jennifer was only two weeks old, we moved Into a family mobile home park in Southern California, it was really great living there, very rural and there were three other family's that lived on our street, the women and I quickly became very, very good friends. And all the kids got along great. We were always at one of our homes, or the others. We did just about everything together, taking the kids all to the pool, one or the other of us Moms would bring sandwiches, someone else would bring a cooler of drinks, for the kids and the grown ups, someone else would bring snacks, paper plates etc. And for 4th of July we would load up the kids and go watch the fireworks together.

After we moved here, it just didn't seem the same, so as Jennifer got older, she would usually hang out with her friends from school. And when I first started working at the hospital, in admitting, I usually had to work, and I was on the swing shift. So this particular holiday wasn't bad.

Right now, Tony and I have so much else going on in our lives...his surgery, waiting on my disability, and with him being off, since June 7th. He is under so much stress right now. I am very worried about him. This is the worst that I have seen him in a very long time. I am so afraid that this is having a tremendous effect on him, not only emotionally, but physically as well. His appetite is pretty much nonexistent, though I make him eat a little bit of something healthy. I am so afraid of what this is doing to him. He did have to go to see our primary doctor, he had to get a medical clearance for his surgery. So at that time, the only thing wrong, was that he had a pretty bad urinary tract infection. The rest of the test came back OK. 

I am still worried though...I have read on the Internet about what all this emotional turmoil can do to his body, and these are usually sudden things, with no warning.

All I can do is stay on him to eat something nutritious everyday, make sure he is taking his vitamins, and be here for him when he falls apart.

I will keep praying, and I will keep after the doctors to get his surgery done asap, and I will stay on him to eat better. However, it is difficult to get someone to eat if he has no appetite.
Thank God for Greek yogurt and nutrition shakes!