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Another day more insanity
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Couldn’t get out to the hospital yesterday.
The dogs were in dire need of extra attention so they got it.
Worked on my chair project since the Flexseal blue arrived. Took two whole cans to cover most of the chair. Not worth the $$ folks.
They removed The Curmudgeon’s chest tube today. That’s all I know.
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Quality of care?
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So far at the Fountain Hill St. Luke’s the quality of care sucks. It is no where as good as the Allentown St. Luke’s.
I really wish they’d bring him back to this hospital where I’m ever so much closer and they seem to care about the patients more.
The food at the Allentown St. Luke’s hospital was excellent. The food at the Fountain Hill St. Luke’s is repellant, it smells awful, and looks worse.
The nurses on his floor were loud all night the last two nights, and he’s having trouble sleeping.
I told him he needs to start insisting that they send him back to the one by us.
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A day at home
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You would think I’d nap or do nothing the one day I wasn’t visiting The Curmudgeon at the hospital.
Instead I was taking turns with the dogs making sure they felt as though they were getting enough attention in between doing some chores.
I cleaned the ceiling fans so they wouldn’t fling dust about when I turned them on high with the heat of the day. I then had to dust and vacuum the living room from the previous chore.
I cleaned half of the bathroom. I still need to clean mirrors, the shower, and the floor.
I dozed off on the couch with Lucy after lunch because I am not sleeping well.
Took G out to dinner and to the farmers market. I was too tired to cook and so was she. Now we have chicken sausages with asagio cheese and wild mushrooms to cook for our dinner tomorrow.
We’ll go see The Curmudgeon tomorrow too.
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They are keeping him
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For how long? I have no idea.
He has a chest tube in and they are closely monitoring him.
I had to postpone Gavin’s vet appointment, call the dentist and tell them to put his dentures on hold until he’s out of the hospital, and cooked dinner for G and me.
I am hanging on by the barest of threads with very little sleep.
Coffee or caffeine in any form is welcome.
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Loooooong day
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Had a very busy day. The Curmudgeon fell down at 8:30 a.m. and I had to get someone from next door over to get him up and into his bed. He seemed fine other than a bit of pain in the ribs where he fell on Sunday.
Did some laundry, weed whacked the ex-pond area the yard guys stay away from, and put up the roll-up shades on the front porch.
I had to call for an ambulance for The Curmudgeon. He was having all sorts of trouble breathing. 7 hours later…Turns out the ribs were broken and he managed to puncture a lung, developed a pneumothorax, and got a blood transfusion and was transferred and admitted to St. Luke’s in Bethlehem. There they will put in a chest tube and whatever else they need to do.
I am beyond exhausted.
Now that bites
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So much fun to spend the entire day sitting in a dentist office with The Curmudgeon. Not. He’s finally getting new dentures. I’ve had years of listening to him complaining and doing nothing about it. I finally told him that he needed to make an appointment and get this done. If he didn’t I was going to throw out the ones he wears the first time he set them to soak. Then he’d be stuck with some real old ones that he refuses to wear, they fit worse than the ones he wears all the time.
He got the message.
In another vein:
Years ago, while staying at my older sister’s home in Texas, a ring that was extremely valuable to me, sentimentally not monetarily, disappeared off the table next my bed. I’d only taken it off that morning because my finger was swollen from the change of climate.
To this day it still breaks my heart that someone in that household so callously took it. The ring was made from a part of a bracelet of my mother’s that matched a ring she wore all the time. Each of my sisters and nieces had a ring made for them.
I thought about that simple, lovely ring the other day with a great aching of heart and soul because of the fortuitous find I made of G’s ring that had been missing for a year.
Peace, love, and beaches.
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Some bruises and clean dogs
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I truly dislike this “easier to use” format. It is not.
Anyway, everything I wanted to get done yesterday? Nope.The dogs got baths. Gavin didn’t care and he really likes the massage spray on the hand held shower head. Lucy just wanted it to be over with. They both look good and smell great.
The Curmudgeon took a tumble off the back steps and thought he may have cracked a couple of ribs–he’s done it before. He sat around for a couple of hours moaning and groaning about it rather than do anything. I finally told him he was going to our Doctor’s ER and dragged his sorry butt there.
X-rays were taken no ribs were broken. He’s only bruised. 3 hours out of our afternoon shot to hell.
Gorgeous full moon. So lovely that I called G to come out and see it.
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Beautiful day!
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What a day yesterday was. Sunny and gorgeous with a temperature of 70 degrees. I managed to rake up another two trash barrels full of magnolia blossoms.
The Curmudgeon seemed in better spirits could it be the Tecfidera is already helping? I think yes!
Marinated four boneless skinless chicken breasts in McCormick Baja Citrus marinade to grill for dinner. They were delicious.
I cleaned and refilled the bird bath, and did a little cleaning out of the garden areas.
Today I hope to run my weed whacker by the driveway and around the ex-pond area, do a bit of raking, transplanting, and mulching. And then collapsing on the couch with my Kindle and Lucy after dinner…which reminds me, what the heck am I going to make?
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Quick note tonight.
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The Curmudgeon’s neurologist called him into her office today. He is now back on a lower dose of Tecfidera! Here’s hoping we see improvement again.
I got my flowers planted in the flower boxes on the front porch.
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Time to get lost in some music
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I’ve missed my music for a while again. For some reason I occasionally stop wearing my little Coby MP3 player and ear phones. Usually it’s because I’ve misplaced the earphones or worn them out. They keep falling out of my ears or they’ve become uncomfortable for me to wear. I have small ears and finding ear buds to fit is difficult.
I recently bought two pair of new ones. One pair are just plain ear buds and they fit okay but they too fall out of my ears if I move too much or sweat.
However, the second pair I bought were Koss Flexfit just for women FitClips. I LOVE THEM!!! I’m thinking of buying more in different colors.
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And that’s a wrap…
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Crazy day. Off and running almost as soon as I woke up. G came over and off we went.
Got my blood test done.
Stopped at Goodwill and dropped off two big garbage bags of clothes, shoes, purses and a steam floor cleaner there.
Picked up dog food.
Stopped for lunch at Red Robin.
Went to Target. I finally have an external hard drive (1T) that will automatically back up my computer all the time. Yay, no more lost pictures or books. I’ve informed The Curmudgeon that if there ever is a fire, that piece is priority ranked for taking with us. To heck with the computer, the little HD is what you grab while running out the door with the dogs.
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Another day shot to hell
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We did have a couple of good thunder boomers come crashing through. Following that, we had some wind gusts and pouring rain. And…that was it. Yay. The tornado watch was a real fizzle out.
After living quite a few years in tornado alley, I was not looking forward to a night in our basement. Our basement is nasty.
Have to dash off for a blood test this noon. Going to take G along so we can stop for a late lunch afterwards.
I am still looking for volunteers for any number of projects around here. Yeah, I know…good luck with that. Yard crashers? House crashers? Anyone?
Crickets chirping…
Silence….
Hello? *Echoes Hello…hello…*
**Sigh**
Today’s shirt
Sigh
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