7/8/25

 Ethan’s mouth is still incredibly painful even with all the salves and prescription pain killing mouthwash. These sores will subside since we went down on the dose but can take another 1-2 weeks for the sores to start healing.

He is pretty miserable physically and spirits wise. Today he wasn’t feeling up to doing anything after work. It’s hard to watch him suffer. It’s also hard to be helpless and just watch it happen. The hardest is his extremely negative attitude which I totally understand. He has every right to be miserable. In fact I likely would be acting the same way if I were in his shoes…or even worse.

I just wish I could help him reframe things. But he is not interested in doing that at this point. It offers him room for personal growth in the future.

I have a few opportunities that have been presented for me at work. I will need to make a decision on how I am going to proceed. I have been going back and forth on what I actually want for myself. I had a nice walk around the field to mull things over.

I received a phone call from Avery. Avery accomplished a lot today. They called and inquired about a quote for renters insurance, set up an account for electricity, communicated with the lady at the apartment complex to share information and went to a concert put on by the Rochester Orchestra. We joked that 19 year old Avery wouldn’t have been able to do all of those adult things. They are older and wiser than she was 3 days ago.

I am pretty sure I have a physical therapy appointment in the morning but I think it is at 7:00 am. My plan is to get there and if it isn’t tomorrow, just come home. I forgot to write it down. Ugh!