My mother-in-law is currently hospitalized in Cadillac after unexpected gall bladder surgery last Monday. We had hoped she would be out today, which is her birthday, but she is retaining water, and she might not be released.

On Monday, my father-in-law is scheduled to go to Traverse City for tests before he has heart surgery Tuesday. He is getting a pig valve to replace a faulty heart valve. He had a triple bypass about 19 years ago. He will also be hospitalized for a week or so.

The original plan was that the MIL would take him, stay overnight Monday and Tuesday, and we’d go from there. But if she isn’t out of the hospital, things are going to have to be rearranged.

My husband will also be working out of town next week.

Regardless, it is going to be an interesting time over the next couple weeks. I wish I could do something to make my in-laws feel better and for my husband. He is not himself as he worries about his parents, and I just want a button I can push to make it all better for him and them.