The ROUGH Side of the Sheets

There’s a few guarantees in life that are not all that

P     L     E     A     S     A     N      T

Here’s one:

The Other Side of the Sheets are Always

R o u g h e r

 S c r a t c h i e r

More   A  b  r  a  s  i  v  e.      .      .

N  O  T      C  O  M  F  O  R  T  A  B  L  E

In  3 7 5  days

a lot can happen;

much can happen in

3 7 5  s e c o n d s

or blinks of an eye.     .     .

3   7  5

days ago my wife Erin had

Five back to back to back to back to back

s e i z u r e s;

after five  days of testing,

some of it, very painful

we were sent home

with a not so firm diagnosis of

viral meningitis.  .   .

but after a year of recovering

r  e  c  o  u  p  i  n  g

and still having on/off

f o c a l   s e i z u r e s

we spent another short week at

The Epilepsy Lab

at the Cleveland Clinic

and now have a firm diagnosis of

Left Temporal Epilepsy;

most likely managed with

the      right     medications

which may take some tinkerings

that finds us on the

r  o  u  g  h

s c r a t c h y

a b r a s i v e

n o t    c o m f o r t a b l e

O T H E R     S I D E     O F     T H E     S H E E T S

There have been plenty of studies done about

how miserable

The Other Side of the Sheets

can actually be

for those who spend most of their time on

the more comfortable

more familiar

less irritating

BEST    SIDE    OF    THE    SHEETS

of  Caregiving:

W E     D O N ‘ T     L I K E     I T !

There’s a Universe of Difference between

C   A   R   E   G   I   V   I   N   G

and

C   A   R   E   G   E   T   T   I   N   G,

But   T H E     L E S S O N

is invaluable for either side of the Sheets:

YOUR   SUFFERING

is

MY     SUFFERING

and

MY     SUFFERING

is

YOUR     SUFFERING

and no matter how rumpled the sheets

either side.     .     .

we can all do our part

to make sure they are a lot

 s    m    o    o    t    h    e    r.        .        .

adding a little compassionate care

is the softener

necessary to make

both sides of the sheets

h       e       a       l     i       n       g;

.        .        .now  pass  me  the  pillow  case,

p l e a s e,

I T      C A N      A L W A Y S      A      L I T T L E      M O R E      C O M F Y