Today Jack was taken to emergency room after a fall.
From the emergency room he went to a nursing facility. This is not a happy day.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
continued...guess who hit the wrong key!
Saturdays are really great! People with jobs love the weekends.... if you are retired it is just like most other days! For us they are catch up days. I can never really get caught up but it means that there will probably be traffic through and the coffee pot is already on and the biscotti (chocolate collection) is ready. So I need to pick up and put away all the stuff that seems to be left out over night. We must have bad fairies that scatter our belongings during the dark hours.
Happy weekend to all of you.
Happy weekend to all of you.
Too much catnip!
New scratching board...lots of catnip on board....too much I am thinking! My computer mouse just hit the floor!
This is a brisk morning and the temperatures are in the 30's. Everyone is either still under the warm covers or running around bundled up. We are having enough wind to blow the chairs from the front porch. I had to go get them (still in the yard) but a distance to replace them stacked this time. Last night I decided to give the shop/barn/cat house a sweep, litter box cleaning,etc. Found a fairly large possum in one of the boxes taking his daily snooze. Interesting enough the cats didn't seem bothered but didn't bother him either!
This is a brisk morning and the temperatures are in the 30's. Everyone is either still under the warm covers or running around bundled up. We are having enough wind to blow the chairs from the front porch. I had to go get them (still in the yard) but a distance to replace them stacked this time. Last night I decided to give the shop/barn/cat house a sweep, litter box cleaning,etc. Found a fairly large possum in one of the boxes taking his daily snooze. Interesting enough the cats didn't seem bothered but didn't bother him either!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
St.Valentine's Day
This morning the to do list is long!
The first problem was giving the cat her capsule. Yesterday a neighbor insisted she could do it, but Goldie did not want that thing in her mouth!
This morning I had a capsule/pill thing that would work, hee hee was not designed for Goldie. Since he is better he can reject that capsule with more strength. Well, it took an expensive packet of tuna ,but Goldie ate all of her portion with medicine out of the capsule... and the others thought this was a real valentine treat!
There is a Valentine Dinner tonight that I have to cook for: 2 side dishes and dessert. Prescriptions from a nearby town and time to rest I hope. Didn't sleep very well last night. Some nights are better than others. We caregivers also always have lots of laundry!
If you know of a substitute for a telephone please advise. I want something that only lets those that I want to talk to get through...but to read my mind so to speak and decide which someones I want to talk to that day~ Today I have already had phone calls about people who want to come visit....yea! they called before they came.... more about the dinner tonight at the church...pepole asking me questions like why is the storm siren going off today, I had not heard it, called someone who is probably the one to ring it... don't know what those people heard but it wasn't the storm whistle! Guess the severe storms we have had... they are getting nervous and hearing things! Information about people in the hospital...etc. STOP PLEASE! I have work to do!
Busy weekend.. have a happy one!
The first problem was giving the cat her capsule. Yesterday a neighbor insisted she could do it, but Goldie did not want that thing in her mouth!
This morning I had a capsule/pill thing that would work, hee hee was not designed for Goldie. Since he is better he can reject that capsule with more strength. Well, it took an expensive packet of tuna ,but Goldie ate all of her portion with medicine out of the capsule... and the others thought this was a real valentine treat!
There is a Valentine Dinner tonight that I have to cook for: 2 side dishes and dessert. Prescriptions from a nearby town and time to rest I hope. Didn't sleep very well last night. Some nights are better than others. We caregivers also always have lots of laundry!
If you know of a substitute for a telephone please advise. I want something that only lets those that I want to talk to get through...but to read my mind so to speak and decide which someones I want to talk to that day~ Today I have already had phone calls about people who want to come visit....yea! they called before they came.... more about the dinner tonight at the church...pepole asking me questions like why is the storm siren going off today, I had not heard it, called someone who is probably the one to ring it... don't know what those people heard but it wasn't the storm whistle! Guess the severe storms we have had... they are getting nervous and hearing things! Information about people in the hospital...etc. STOP PLEASE! I have work to do!
Busy weekend.. have a happy one!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
All in a day's headache!
After calling three calls to the company Jack's prescription insurance decided to recognise him! Of course there was no problem in January but in February he was an unknown! Well, we become agressive phoners when there isn't any response! Again is this my job to keep these big companies on their toes?
My first cup of coffee and my computer mail hit me hard! A dear cousin of mine and niece of my mother's passed away this week. She was a very special person and we will all miss her. It has been four months but I had a lot of grief still stored up in me. Mom and I would have shared coffee and thoughts of her together.
Then I decided to take Goldie to the vet. He is the most affectionate of our house felines and has moped around and not eaten for a couple of days. Doctor found a probable infection and administered shot and antibiotics and an amazing amount of love and cuddling. And someone is always telling me to go to a cheaper vet. Well that is like taking your kids to a doctor that they don't like. Goldie is still moping but had some chicken broth and milk. Isn't chicken soup supposed to cure everything?
The wound clinic called and want Jack to have a complete battery of blood tests.......so at the crack of dawn we will head for the hospital and then out to breakfast at the 'CRACKER BARREL'. Haven't been there in years...but Jack wants to look at a large rocking chair. They display lots of rocking chairs on the porch of the restaurant.
Well, the day draws to a close.......heat goes on.............doors close and the world rests, sometimes.
My first cup of coffee and my computer mail hit me hard! A dear cousin of mine and niece of my mother's passed away this week. She was a very special person and we will all miss her. It has been four months but I had a lot of grief still stored up in me. Mom and I would have shared coffee and thoughts of her together.
Then I decided to take Goldie to the vet. He is the most affectionate of our house felines and has moped around and not eaten for a couple of days. Doctor found a probable infection and administered shot and antibiotics and an amazing amount of love and cuddling. And someone is always telling me to go to a cheaper vet. Well that is like taking your kids to a doctor that they don't like. Goldie is still moping but had some chicken broth and milk. Isn't chicken soup supposed to cure everything?
The wound clinic called and want Jack to have a complete battery of blood tests.......so at the crack of dawn we will head for the hospital and then out to breakfast at the 'CRACKER BARREL'. Haven't been there in years...but Jack wants to look at a large rocking chair. They display lots of rocking chairs on the porch of the restaurant.
Well, the day draws to a close.......heat goes on.............doors close and the world rests, sometimes.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
And then there were the goats!
What an interesting morning to look out and see cats running in every direction. I could only imagine a pack of dogs that roam around town often. Nope these were goats. Not wild goats. Nope pets that wanted me to pet them, scratch their ears,etc. I wanted to get them out of the yard and home where ever they belonged. They were cute but a bit playful with their little horns and sharp hooves! I found someone who knew who they belonged to. When those little critters heard that familiar voice they took off before I saw anyone around. Well they had such a good time that they came back! But this time I knew if I called "Annie" the mommie goat the others would follow and of course they did right home and to the door of the owner! Now really is this my job?
Jack saw his cardiologist this week. A good report and took away the Plavix. It is so dangerous if there is a need for emergency surgery or an accident. So glad that is off the list of prescriptions.
Today we went to the wound clinic. The doctor asked why Jack's toes were all messed up. One with a blood blister and the other big toe loosing the nail... We said this is the parking lot here. The blacktop is so rough that Jack often hits his toes on the rough piles of blacktop where is itsn't smooth or at the entrance and exits of the ramps! He can't wear regular shoes to protect his toes because of the bandages and his toes just scrape the roadway often. Now again the medical field is the last to know how to prepare for the handicapped!
But the second graft of "baby foreskin" is doing well and the wounds are looking much better! Yea for some things!
Protesting.....writing letters..... complaining.... all these things are so slow to get results especially when a doctor owns the offices where the wound clinic is located. You would think they had better hearing for these problems. In fact the director of the wound clinic said Please do everything you can..... we have tried to get things done here!
Happy Valentines' Day!
Jack saw his cardiologist this week. A good report and took away the Plavix. It is so dangerous if there is a need for emergency surgery or an accident. So glad that is off the list of prescriptions.
Today we went to the wound clinic. The doctor asked why Jack's toes were all messed up. One with a blood blister and the other big toe loosing the nail... We said this is the parking lot here. The blacktop is so rough that Jack often hits his toes on the rough piles of blacktop where is itsn't smooth or at the entrance and exits of the ramps! He can't wear regular shoes to protect his toes because of the bandages and his toes just scrape the roadway often. Now again the medical field is the last to know how to prepare for the handicapped!
But the second graft of "baby foreskin" is doing well and the wounds are looking much better! Yea for some things!
Protesting.....writing letters..... complaining.... all these things are so slow to get results especially when a doctor owns the offices where the wound clinic is located. You would think they had better hearing for these problems. In fact the director of the wound clinic said Please do everything you can..... we have tried to get things done here!
Happy Valentines' Day!
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