I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
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V E R O N I C A, she is ill.
Wanted him to run errands with me but I found the letter in our desk from the county that our septic tank had to be pumped by the end of the month or be fined!
Alas by time I got home the company pumped the tanks on both properties but the one cover got cracked but we switched covers so ok. Dads depth perception was off again trying to grab for sunglasses :(. I also noticed this week that when he is in living room his face looks much older. Bought him new smaller bathmat as his current one was always too big and it's blue which is a color that he many have a issue with now. Worked past couple days so did not see him. Will stop by a couple times tomorrow drop off items and he gets these participation "certificates" and bought a binder to put them in. Have to touch base with my cousin about the gathering Sunday.
Gershun, I love kitties too! My first cat's name was Crazy. He came to live with me in my 20's when a friend moved in with me. She said oh he's fine with dogs. I had a sable rough coated collie at the time and he was very lonely because my other dog had passed away. He was so happy to have a companion. He used to carry him around the house by the scruff of the neck the way mamas carry their pups. At night crazy would escape her owner's room, come to my door and stick his paw under and pull the door making a racket until I let him in to come sleep with me! When my friend left for California, she said he liked me best, so she was leaving him with me! He was so awesome! He would climb up my arm and drape himself around my neck so he had two front feet dangling down one shoulder and his back feet around the other shoulder. He would hang around like that no matter what I did. He even stayed like that while I walked around the house.
Send me, I like your kitty graphic!
My cats don't do that but they certainly are cute. My one cat is very smart. You know those boxes that vacuum cleaners come in. Well we had one that my cat liked to sleep in. We put a nice blanket in there for him and he would sleep in there. But one thing he liked to do was stand at the entrance to the box and get in that attack stance that cats like to do where they are crouching and he would run with all his might and go sliding through the box taking the blanket with him. It was so funny. He made his own personal slip and slide. Priceless.
Another time I was sitting on the throne (toilet) and he was drinking water from the tap cause thats what he likes to do. Next thing I know he's looking at me real serious. He gets his paw and whacks it through the water stream coming out of the tap and gets me right in the face. I'm sure he meant to do it too. Soo Funny!!
Anyhow, I could bore you all with precious cat stories all night but I won't.
Good night all you wonderful care givers. God Bless Veronica. My prayers are with you.
that is too much! what a sassy kitty!
I will be praying for you and your mom.
And I'm still dealing with poop issues. The doctor says give her imodium, so I do, but now we are right back into the constipation thing. I suspect an impaction, but do you think anyone wants to check it out, h*!! no, as long as she has bowel sounds and is passing something we are just going to 'manage it'. With everything that is wrong with my mother I don't really need her to die of chronic constipation and backed up bowels!!! :(
Sheradale, your Mom sounds like such a little Sweetie! Isn't it nice to take care of someone you shows their appreciation and Love, rather than be a Grumpy so and so! HUGS to you and your Mama!
Cwillie, my clothes have all been Shrinking in the wash too! Lol! I hate it when that happens! I gotta turn this train around, so I can recover easier post knee replacement, when I can talk myself into doing it, probably in the New Year!
I am still under the weather but its nice and rainy here, FINALLY. So its a good day to sit under the comforter and read. I've got two juicy new books here. I love a good read. I've been known to finish a book in a day if its a really good one. I should post this under the my favorite things, a rainy day and a good book.
Yes, its funny how once you pass fifty your clothes fit snugger isn't it? They just don't make em like they used to.
Sharadale, yes my cat is crazy. We call him the sportsman cause he invents his own games. The other one is just a big love muffin. Lays on his back waiting for tummy rubs all day.
Luckylu I am sorry about your Mom. I agree with Stacey. It sounded kind of harsh what the hospice nurse said to you. I know they want you to live in reality but there is a nicer way of doing it than that. I dealt with that kind of talk with my own Mom from the doctor and to this day I get angry all over again when I think of it. If I ever see him again I'll probably punch him out.
Maybe I need to keep my mouth shut, BUT, my Mama had a blood clot last August a year ago. Her bathing aid found it before I did, showed it to me, immediately got on the phone and a nurse came right out, and called an ambulance and carried her to the imaging center where they did find the bloodclot on the dopplar . They immediately admitted her straight into the hospital where she stayed til they got her warfarin at the level it needed to be and she has been on it ever since with no problems. I am not a doctor, and I am not trying to make a difficult situation worse......but imo aren't most blood clots treastable??? I know Mama's was and she has had no problems since. did she not even call the office and see if your Mom's doctor didn't want to check this out?? I think I would demand it. Mama was at a very frail capacity when that was diagnosed, it did not matter, they got her diagnosed, were able to admit her directly into a room at the hospital and that was that...Dear God what is wrong with that nurse???? I feel like kicking her A## ...again forgive me if I'm out of line I don't mean to upset you....but that woman does not know when your Mom will be called home anymore than any of us do...Mama has been close to death so many times that I feel like I've already gone through it several times. You Mom will go when God decides it is time and until then, is palliative care not in order?? or does your nurse have some higher power ....she just really seems so cold and cruel even....