New Years Eve & Life Update

 Well here we are already 2 1/2 weeks into the New Year and I'm just getting around to posting my annual New Years Post.  Life happens and let me tell you 2025 went out with an unexpected event.

Early on the morning of December 28th (around 1:00 am) I woke up and heard Mike in the bathroom and asked if he was okay? He replied that no he wasn't that he was getting sick and was dizzy and not able to stand up. - Needless to say we immediately thought (it's another stroke) so I called 911 and got ahold of my daughter/granddaughter next door and headed off to the hospital.

The took both CT Scans and MRI scans and admitted him. - Through most of Sunday he was doing real well.  He was dizzy and had some vision issues but by Monday afternoon they felt he was well enough to come home.  The reports we were told showed no signs of a major stroke and they listed the cause of his visit as Vertigo. - Later we were told there was a "possible" sign of perhaps a mild stroke but nothing was really confirmed.  He was sick off and on from late Monday after he got home through part of Wednesday, New Years Eve so our celebration was a bit different.

Still we had a nice dinner:

We played some Yahtzee, Mike tried to play but he still wasn't feeling that great. - Everyone was still exhausted from the past few days so people went home for awhile to rest before coming back later for snacks, the New Years toasts and some Fireworks.

Mike watched from the window since he was still not steady on his feet and was having to use a walker to get around.

My niece Krissy had passed away on New Years Day 2025 and since she loved fireworks in her honor we set a few off to welcome 2026 in.  I did this composite of her:

And after getting up in the morning I set out her flowers where we remember her.

It was certainly not the way we had planned to celebrate the start of 2026 but we still celebrated just in a different way.

Mike is taking PT now for balance issues and the therapist said his Vertigo was caused by Labyrinthitis.  He's on different medication now to also try to prevent a stroke.  Each day he is improving and we are thankful for that.