It’s Been a Crazy Coupla Weeks…
There is so much I want to blog about, but I thought I should start with this. I’ve been MIA recently because my father had a stroke. He had an inoperable intracerebral hemorrhage deep in his basal ganglia. It was touch and go there for a while, and scared the bejesus out of my sister and myself. However, he is doing much better now. He is actually moving from the hospital to a rehab center possibly today or tomorrow.
He’s got a long road to recovery, but he’s in good spirits. This type of stroke doesn’t kill brain cells, it merely suppresses them from the pressure of the bleed. But once the blood in his brain is reabsorbed by his body, those cells can regain their function. He currently has a very weak right arm and the right side of his face doesn’t work very well. It’s hard for him to talk, so not only does he have physical therapists, he has a speech therapist and occupational therapist as well. Whew!
I just visited him yesterday, and he was doing much better from when I saw him last on the 1st. It will take time and he’ll never be back to 100%, but he’ll get some range of motion back.
As you can imagine, I’ve been frantically dealing with everything, from taking care of my dad to juggling the kids and my own family life with DH. I came home early last week thinking he was on the mend only to turn around two hours later on the same day and race back down to Salem (an hour drive) because he’d taken a turn for the worse. But thankfully, they were able to stabilize him and he’s much better now. They are still very aggressive about keeping his blood pressure down as well as his blood sugar. It’s been quite the roller-coaster.
But I’m very hopeful now, as he’s going into rehab. He’s no longer at risk for a second stroke, he just needs some therapy to bounce back.
Aside from all that hoopla, I got my second edits for THE FALL OF JERICHO and it’s release date: July 23rd. Woohoo! Only thing I don’t have yet is the cover.
However, I DO have the cover for BLACK ANGEL, but I’ll post that in a new post. It’s glorious!
I’m also about 80 pages away from finishing THE FALCON PRINCE! I’m so excited. The Falcon was the one prince I didn’t have a solid plot for, but he’s given me a great story to work with and a way to set up the Spider Prince’s book, which I’m also very anxious to write. But I was the same way with the Scarab Prince. Speaking of, I haven’t heard word about my submission on TSP, but my publisher is very busy herself with Canada Day and Independence Day and new releases and just one thing after another. Patience is a virtue! But it’s sure not fun!!
Anyway, that’s my latest. I’ll post my new cover. But I wanted to keep everyone up to speed. I’m back home now, finally, and through the craziness surrounding my dad, DH and I are in the middle of a remodel of our home theater, not to mention DH’s best friend and his son are coming to stay with us tomorrow to attend the wedding of another friend this Saturday.
GACK! It’s batshit insane these days! LOL
~~Becka






