• Aging,  Dogs,  Health

    Maddie is Recovering But What is Wrong With Me?

    Maddie says “good morning” in her very dazed-but-coming-around-state. She is now “fixed” and “chipped”. She was really out of it yesterday when we picked her up. We had a little scare early in the day when I found blood in the bed where she lays. I thought she was in heat. But they said she was not swollen or anything and so they did the surgery. I had a huge workload/backload of work to do. I had been gone on Wednesday for part of the day to take Mom to get her glasses. When we go over there to Hermitage from Lebanon, and I have to come from Antioch to…

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    Taking a Break; Sometimes You Just Gotta!

    In the last two weeks, I have been sick but have still kept pushing. I’ve met deadlines at work, deadlines at home, got my Mom to her doc appointments, missed my own, and have been working hard on the house for our life group coming this Sunday. Last Sunday I developed vertigo, and had to do the Epley Maneuvers to pull out of it. It’s mostly much better but sometimes I feel like I’m about to have another spinning episode or some kind of seizure. I am afraid to sleep on my right side as it sends me for a spin sometimes. Today I developed some kind of weird pains…

  • Aging,  Family

    Tripped Fuses and Electrical Boxes, Night Out with Mom, Getting her Settled

    I left at 1:30 yesterday to go get Mom and get her to the doctor by 3:30. I was in Antioch at work so had to go to Lebanon and then get her and take her to Hermitage for her appointment. When I walked in her house, (I have a key), Fancy was laying in a weird position in her dog bed with head hanging off into the floor. I thought she had died. But she was just in a deep sleep. And I yelled for Mom twice with no answer. Finally Mom answered from the back bathroom. I thought everyone had died. We woke Fancy up so she would…