Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.
He had cancer. I didn’t say anything because it really didn’t bother him till the end, and I wanted to keep making happy Gordie memories. 
The -plasty part may mean they may also do some remodeling of the blood vessels while they are in there. When I was in nursing school they called them ‘roto-rotoring’ procedures. Now they sometimes use balloons to mold open the vessel walls and if that works, hubs may not have to get as many stents.
You got that right! Not even going bother you’ all with my minor disappointments.
{{{{{{ many, many }}}}}}
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Not at all. Heck, if I’d had thought of it we would have taken up a Mumper collection and told her she’d won a sweepstakes for that cruise.
Our only dog had cancer that only bothered her the day she died. We’ve also had cats we knew were dying. As long as it didn’t bother them, it didn’t bother us. Until it did.
More hugs and stuff. I’m so glad you still have your five-toed sloth, at least you weren’t alone.
Hubs just asked me to how to do a very simple, noob thing in the game he spends hours playing every day. He isn’t even 70 yet, this is NOT acceptable.
When I talked to Mom, she sounded pretty there but said she was going to mail me some thread this week. I tried to talk her out of it, but she is insisting that she has to do it this week because otherwise the envelope will get forgotten about. I’m not super happy about that either.
GG stuffed his head into a too small hole in a beer box and got scared and blinded and yammered which echoed in the box to make things even scarier and then just fell over as he blue screened. Hubs panicked and TORE the box open because he thought GG couldn’t breath (spoiler: he was, and he was breathing slowly enough that I think he was going to sleep because it was dark) and then GG was just hunky-dory again. It would be awesome if GG got another brain cell for Christmas.
I’m hearing the kee birds. You can recognise them by their calls: ‘Kee-RIST, it’s cold!’
Oh, wait… That’s me.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this! This is all new to me.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 44 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 62 with rain this afternoon. We shall see. I really don’t care if it rains or not as we have no where we need or want to go today. We need to make up for yestiddy’s lack of sloth after all! So that we shall do. Sup shall be grilled poke chops, field peas with snaps, mac & cheese, and rolls. Easy to make and nummy.
Leave it to nurse Boo to explain stuff to us. It always makes sense when she does.
doggio I had a feelin’ there was sump’n goin’ on with Gordie. Glad he was OK up 'til the end. {{{doggio}}}
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Happy Thursday Y’all!
Morning, mumpers! It’s 7c/44f with a predicted high of 8c/46f, with rain showers. Weather app says “This is the perfect weather to let your pet go outside and roll in some fucking shit and dead worms” - somehow I can’t see either of the cats wanting to do that, they’re far too content to be curled up on the bed instead.
{{{{{doggio}}}}} just 'cos…
Moooom I am surprised FIL was discharged to go home, that’s going to make things difficult for you all. Good to hear that there’s a rehab facility that can take BIL though, even if it is a bit further away. Doesn’t sound like he will be missed much over xmas if he isn’t the participating sort. I hope things work out for him there.
Not a lot going on today, I am doing a couple of hours of fundraising at the pet shop this afternoon so that we make our quota of hours for December to qualify for money from the Santa Paws scheme.
We went grocery shopping yesterday so that’s all done and the fridge is ready for xmas 
I delivered gifts to my pub friends last night so that’s another thing ticked off my list. Tomorrow we’re going to see a couple of bands at our favourite local venue, the organisers are doing a food bank collection so I need to put some stuff together for that. I did pick up some extra things at the supermarket yesterday for it and I’ve got some things at home that can go in as well.
Tonight will be a relaxing one on the sofa with many cups of tea and hopefully a snuggly cat.
Coughing fit woke me a bit after 2 and I couldn’t fall back to sleep. Then I felt bad about keeping FCD up with the hacking, so I removed to my recliner with my e-book and read/dozed till a tad before 7. The critters have been tended to and I’m breakfasting.
FIL should be discharged today, I think. Still not exactly sure what’s going with BIL, tho the rehab facility is lots closer to us than Baltimore. I have no kids today, so in theory, I can get some cleaning done. At a minimum, I’ll push the vacuum cleaner around. And I’ll do some planning about the timing for our Christmas Eve brunch. With 3 items requiring the oven, it could be tricky.
Not absolutely confident that we’ll be able to go to my bro’s on Christmas, due to FIL and all that. We shall see. Frankly, I just want all this holiday stuff to be over. I get more grinchy every year. Bah humbug.
Oh, and it appears we could be sleeted upon today, so there’s that.
Happy Thursday. Dammit.
Good morning, everyone.
It’s currently 18 degrees and dark outside. The expected high is 28, and we’ll have cloudy skies all day. There may be some snowfall around 10:00 pm, no real accumulation. Tomorrow will be the dicey day with freezing rain.
I hope you make your fundraising goal, boofae.
FCM, wishing you and yours the best of luck with the whole situation. Sounds like living arrangements will become crowded.
I got most of the rest of the Christmas gift shopping done yesterday. I need to get one more gift for my son and stocking stuffers for the adults, and I’ll be done. I’ll take care of those items before or after my haircut today. I also need to buy some good rum for Christmas. I’m out. All that is left on my liquor shelf is whiskey and bourbon, and I drink neither of those.
Well, I’m going to finish my coffee and get on with the day. I need to tidy the kitchen, etc.
I hope you all have a good day.
Good morning.
I hope dear doggio that you are comforted to know how special Gordie was. Not many pooches are as loved by as many people as him.
I am really hoping today is the day the call volume starts slowing down. Its been crazysauce this week.
Going to my folks’ tonight to have dinner and give Daddy his massage. (He used to have a masseuse at work but they don’t anymore and I took over. I’m no pro but I’m an experienced amateur and better than nothing. )
Happy Festivus eve!
Happy Thorsday!
Woke up to snow, although not much of it and I think it’s stopped.
Nope, just looked outside and it is coming down hard.
My son got off an hour early, which is surprising since there was talk of OT this week.
No park, Cerby is limping worse and I am sore as hell.
Which is a story I don’t want to get into.
I have to go to PT this afternoon, but it’s supposed to warm up to 42. I don’t want to but I guess I should.
Morning all. It’ll get to 50F today but the cold front everyone has been talking about will move in tonight with 30-40MPH winds and rain and drop the temperature to about 7F. Driving tomorrow to Brother’s so hope the rain is done with before the cold sets in because driving on icy roads is not my favorite thing in the world. Have to get a couple things done today and pack up, so if my communications for the next week are spotty, it’s a combination of being on the road and having a very slow laptop.
Have read all but absorbed little, so just hugs, happy, and humorous responses as needed. Take care all.
Our expected high is 31F with 12 hours of ice later. I’ve laid a fire and set out candles and matches.
It’s 12º now. I was just looking up the high, and it looks like it will just keep getting warmer. It should get up to 20º this afternoon, 21º-22º in the evening, 23º-24º overnight, and on up to 37º by midnight tomorrow. Freezing rain is expected between 13:00 (29º) and 18:00 (32º) tomorrow.
Back from erranding. WalMart finally had Diet Coke in stock so I got half a dozen 6-packs. Then I went to the credit union and got a couple of semi-crisp $50s for my grand-nephews - their mom will just deposit it in their college funds, which is as it should be. 
Then I swung by Daughter’s house to show her how to start the leaf blower they borrowed from us. Dunno how much blowing will get done in the rain today, tho.
I need to suck up cat hair and maybe wave a dust rag about. No laundry, but the kids were playing downstairs yesterday, so I need to check the conditions down below. No word from FCD yet. He left me a list of home health aids so I’ve got to gather info on prices and services.
Yep, the excitement never ends!!
Last night was the last night of overnights. But this week’s check should still be decent. It’s 46 now, but it will hit 10 tomorrow night. With 50mph gusts in between.
I don’t blame you.
Should I break out the pearls, or the Ibuprofen? Either way, both of y’all feel better.
Just went thru the list of possible home care assistance for FIL. Some I eliminated due to distance, some don’t offer dementia care, one hadn’t updated their site since 2018, sooooooo…
There’s one facility that looks really nice - and it’s just under $7K/month… ouch!
I bookmarked the potential ones and I’ll talk with FCD about them later. For now, I guess it’s time to suck up some cat hair.
Ibuprofen, and something for my nerves.
Happy Thursday, everyone! To those for whom “happy” is unrealistic, given their circumstances: Tolerable Thursday.
My eye feels better today. The pain is more of a deep ache, though the eye is still tearing. When I walk to the pharmacy, I’m going to pretend I’m upset because Bradley Cooper dumped me. [Sniff, sniff.] Was it the age difference, Brad? Much more interesting than the truth. I can take the patch off today.
I made sure to tell the surgeon Medicare covered the procedure, and he was stunned. I said I didn’t even have to argue. His mouth dropped open. He was very grateful for the information. He said it’s hard to have patients who need the surgery but can’t afford it. I’m sooo glad I pushed past the clinic’s insistence that it wouldn’t be covered. I think maybe I saved others from going without. Huh. Feistiness paid off.
FCM, I’m sorry FIL is returning today. I hope a home health aide works out. The problem we had was that the aides would only come in the day, whereas sundowning made the nights the hardest time, but hopefully you’ll have better luck. And a tiny FWIW: I found calling nursing homes “care facilities” made people feel better. Maybe it’d help MIL? Or not.
Doggio, still thinking of you. And will the insanity at work end at Christmas, or does it drag on for a week or two?
More later. Time to remove the patch and use drops.
That’s the problem here. I need to find out if any of the services can handle that. And no matter what you call it, MIL is determined that she can care for her husband. She’s stubborn and proud and refuses to consider medicaid or any sort of facility. Heaven preserve us from pig-headed old ladies…
Or HIPAA… I just tried to call and cancel an appointment she has in FL next week. The clerk on the phone wouldn’t let me because I’m not authorized to cancel her appointments. I told him she was in the hospital in a different state - he didn’t care. (Yeah, she was just visiting the hospital, but technically…) So now she has to make the call. Another pain in the patoot.
But I got the vacuuming done, so there’s that.