Norris Family Blog

Stacey and New Grass Beds

Tuesday morning started with meeting Jason for breakfast with Stacey, Linda and me at Jone's Restaurant. We had fun talking about NASCAR and the NBA and things that Stacey and Jason liked. After breakfast, I drove home and parked the HHR in the garage and I noticed Stacey said something to Linda as she got out and went straight in the house. As I followed, I found Stacey laying in the bed with Linda beside her. I realized that Stacey was having some problems with involuntary movements in her arms. After watching a few minutes I laid down beside her while Linda did something else. The movements had increased in frequency and strength so I gave Stacey 15 mg of Valium per Dr Zhu's instructions. She reacted in about 7 to 10 minutes. Her movements stopped and her mind seemed to return to normal functioning. We watched her until late in the afternoon and nothing else happened. Linda and I decided to plant some ornamental grass I had ordered several months ago from Michigan Bulb. We gathered up the tools and then set Stacey in a lawn chair so we could work and watch her at the same time and began on the two beds. I ran the tiller through both patches first, then raked the ground smooth. Linda rolled out the weed block and cut it to length. I measured and cut the spots in the weed block for the plants and Linda planted them. Linda and I laid the pavers around the beds and then I used the scoop on the tractor to bring a half scoop of rocks to the new beds. Linda and I shoveled just enough of the rocks out of the scoop onto the weed block to hold it down. I put the tractor up while Linda put up the Mule and we quit for the night as it was getting close to dark.
   
Wednesday morning Linda fixed us a sausage biscuit for breakfast and about 7:45 AM Stacey began having problems again. I gave her 15 mg Valium, but this time the movements continued for a while. A half hour later Linda gave her another 10 mg Valium and it slowed the movements down some. After about an hour, they finally subsided and Stacey took a nap for a little bit. She woke up shortly and seemed to be better. Of course the Valium had her a little groggy, but it was better than her having a seizure and a trip to the hospital. We ate lunch at home and Linda and I took turns keeping an eye on Stacey while the other one did some odd jobs.