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reporting in, mostly OT
Sorry about not getting in touch before. Charleen sent me an I care card
and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. I'm sorry. I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. I got my annual case of combined flu, cold, allergies. I was one sick little kitty. We won't discuss the worst of it, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone, including my idiot sister. It's cottonwood season and I wish someone would shoot them, or do something to make them go away. If I were ever to find some part of the USA that didn't have cottonwood, I'd move there. We haven't found it yet. Enough about me. Rob was doing really well, but scared us all on Sunday. Mike's car, Emily (the '89 metallic blue Tempo) is giving up the ghost, so we went to CarMax (I highly recommend them) and put the down payment on a gold 2003 Buick Century. Rob was doing well, rode on the test drive with the kids and seemed to be enjoying himself. In the middle of the paperwork, he suddenly couldn't use his right arm and hand. He slumped to the right and had to be propped up by Mike. I had to hold his hand so that he could sign his name on the rest of the papers. Had we stopped, we'd have had to come back and start the whole process again from the beginning. I still feel like a ghoul for making him sit there while we signed the final four to six papers. Afterwards, I drove him to the ER. He was already doing better when I was getting him into the van. We were at the ER for 7.5 hours most of which was spent waiting for the doctor to get past the various other emergencies before she could get back to Rob. His blood pressure was in the 140-170/100-118 range, in other words, through the roof. The CT scan showed no change from the MRI done back in January, so they couldn't say for sure what is going on. Today we saw his regular doctor who thinks he may have had a stroke imitating action caused by his high blood pressure. He's doubled the dose of Rob's blood pressure medicine and we're going to talk to Rob's oncologist about aspirin therapy. I'm still pretty shook up, though. Rob is more curious about what happened than worried about it. Mandy Lynn's mom went into the hospital last week for hernia surgery. She went to the doctor for a check back and was put back into the hospital in Seattle. Something inside is apparently leaking. They may have to go back in and operate again. Janet (Mandy Lynn's momma) has had a lot of medical problems and never complained about them. We're all worried about her and are asking all the owners to purr while we send healthy thoughts and prayers for her. Rob's mom is having a cancerous kidney removed today at noon Pacific daylight time. We're worried for her as well. Medical seems to be a big part of our lives. I know it is presumptuous, but could you ask the owners to purr for them both? Prayers and healthy and/or healing thoughts and wishes are also welcome. The owners are adjusting to the new addition to their ranks pretty well. Tanada decided that she could handle another year of bitty wrangling on "The Mouser" after she taught Hermione not to play with Tanada's tail. Hermione has decided that Tanada is a cranky old biddy that she doesn't want to deal with. She walks on tip toe when around the Grouchy one. She sleeps with Rob and I, and plays and hangs out with Mandy Lynn and Mike. The rest of the owners are feeling Spring coming on. Trips into the kitty gaol are more frequent and last longer. The ornamental pear, camellia, miniature grape hyacinth, and purple lawn weeds are in bloom. The cats are rolling on the grass as it recovers from the winter and laughing at Speedy, the d-thing. Speedy was caught trying to pee on Pine Cone. Piney got out of the way and let the d*g know that he can never out smart the Pine Cone, or any other cat for that matter. Chaos is spring around here and chaos is the order of the day. I hope that I'll be better about posting for at least a while, but don't count on it. I'm even more erratic than usual lately. I do want to send purrs and well thoughts and wishes for all who want and/or need them. Even though I haven't been on line, I have been thinking about you all. You are my family as much as the physical family and I have been bad about keeping you up on our news and in caring for you all. Pam S. |
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Tons and tons of medical purrs coming for you and your family. Please try
to drop in occasionally to let us know how things are going with you. Hugs, CatNipped "tanadashoes" wrote in message ... Sorry about not getting in touch before. Charleen sent me an I care card and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. I'm sorry. I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. I got my annual case of combined flu, cold, allergies. I was one sick little kitty. We won't discuss the worst of it, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone, including my idiot sister. It's cottonwood season and I wish someone would shoot them, or do something to make them go away. If I were ever to find some part of the USA that didn't have cottonwood, I'd move there. We haven't found it yet. Enough about me. Rob was doing really well, but scared us all on Sunday. Mike's car, Emily (the '89 metallic blue Tempo) is giving up the ghost, so we went to CarMax (I highly recommend them) and put the down payment on a gold 2003 Buick Century. Rob was doing well, rode on the test drive with the kids and seemed to be enjoying himself. In the middle of the paperwork, he suddenly couldn't use his right arm and hand. He slumped to the right and had to be propped up by Mike. I had to hold his hand so that he could sign his name on the rest of the papers. Had we stopped, we'd have had to come back and start the whole process again from the beginning. I still feel like a ghoul for making him sit there while we signed the final four to six papers. Afterwards, I drove him to the ER. He was already doing better when I was getting him into the van. We were at the ER for 7.5 hours most of which was spent waiting for the doctor to get past the various other emergencies before she could get back to Rob. His blood pressure was in the 140-170/100-118 range, in other words, through the roof. The CT scan showed no change from the MRI done back in January, so they couldn't say for sure what is going on. Today we saw his regular doctor who thinks he may have had a stroke imitating action caused by his high blood pressure. He's doubled the dose of Rob's blood pressure medicine and we're going to talk to Rob's oncologist about aspirin therapy. I'm still pretty shook up, though. Rob is more curious about what happened than worried about it. Mandy Lynn's mom went into the hospital last week for hernia surgery. She went to the doctor for a check back and was put back into the hospital in Seattle. Something inside is apparently leaking. They may have to go back in and operate again. Janet (Mandy Lynn's momma) has had a lot of medical problems and never complained about them. We're all worried about her and are asking all the owners to purr while we send healthy thoughts and prayers for her. Rob's mom is having a cancerous kidney removed today at noon Pacific daylight time. We're worried for her as well. Medical seems to be a big part of our lives. I know it is presumptuous, but could you ask the owners to purr for them both? Prayers and healthy and/or healing thoughts and wishes are also welcome. The owners are adjusting to the new addition to their ranks pretty well. Tanada decided that she could handle another year of bitty wrangling on "The Mouser" after she taught Hermione not to play with Tanada's tail. Hermione has decided that Tanada is a cranky old biddy that she doesn't want to deal with. She walks on tip toe when around the Grouchy one. She sleeps with Rob and I, and plays and hangs out with Mandy Lynn and Mike. The rest of the owners are feeling Spring coming on. Trips into the kitty gaol are more frequent and last longer. The ornamental pear, camellia, miniature grape hyacinth, and purple lawn weeds are in bloom. The cats are rolling on the grass as it recovers from the winter and laughing at Speedy, the d-thing. Speedy was caught trying to pee on Pine Cone. Piney got out of the way and let the d*g know that he can never out smart the Pine Cone, or any other cat for that matter. Chaos is spring around here and chaos is the order of the day. I hope that I'll be better about posting for at least a while, but don't count on it. I'm even more erratic than usual lately. I do want to send purrs and well thoughts and wishes for all who want and/or need them. Even though I haven't been on line, I have been thinking about you all. You are my family as much as the physical family and I have been bad about keeping you up on our news and in caring for you all. Pam S. |
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trudi who is NOT a lap cat but has a mighty purr jumped into my lap and put
her head on the keyboard while the talker was reading your post. please send me an email so i can get you back in the book, Lee "tanadashoes" wrote in message ... Sorry about not getting in touch before. Charleen sent me an I care card and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. I'm sorry. I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. I got my annual case of combined flu, cold, allergies. I was one sick little kitty. We won't discuss the worst of it, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone, including my idiot sister. It's cottonwood season and I wish someone would shoot them, or do something to make them go away. If I were ever to find some part of the USA that didn't have cottonwood, I'd move there. We haven't found it yet. Enough about me. Rob was doing really well, but scared us all on Sunday. Mike's car, Emily (the '89 metallic blue Tempo) is giving up the ghost, so we went to CarMax (I highly recommend them) and put the down payment on a gold 2003 Buick Century. Rob was doing well, rode on the test drive with the kids and seemed to be enjoying himself. In the middle of the paperwork, he suddenly couldn't use his right arm and hand. He slumped to the right and had to be propped up by Mike. I had to hold his hand so that he could sign his name on the rest of the papers. Had we stopped, we'd have had to come back and start the whole process again from the beginning. I still feel like a ghoul for making him sit there while we signed the final four to six papers. Afterwards, I drove him to the ER. He was already doing better when I was getting him into the van. We were at the ER for 7.5 hours most of which was spent waiting for the doctor to get past the various other emergencies before she could get back to Rob. His blood pressure was in the 140-170/100-118 range, in other words, through the roof. The CT scan showed no change from the MRI done back in January, so they couldn't say for sure what is going on. Today we saw his regular doctor who thinks he may have had a stroke imitating action caused by his high blood pressure. He's doubled the dose of Rob's blood pressure medicine and we're going to talk to Rob's oncologist about aspirin therapy. I'm still pretty shook up, though. Rob is more curious about what happened than worried about it. Mandy Lynn's mom went into the hospital last week for hernia surgery. She went to the doctor for a check back and was put back into the hospital in Seattle. Something inside is apparently leaking. They may have to go back in and operate again. Janet (Mandy Lynn's momma) has had a lot of medical problems and never complained about them. We're all worried about her and are asking all the owners to purr while we send healthy thoughts and prayers for her. Rob's mom is having a cancerous kidney removed today at noon Pacific daylight time. We're worried for her as well. Medical seems to be a big part of our lives. I know it is presumptuous, but could you ask the owners to purr for them both? Prayers and healthy and/or healing thoughts and wishes are also welcome. The owners are adjusting to the new addition to their ranks pretty well. Tanada decided that she could handle another year of bitty wrangling on "The Mouser" after she taught Hermione not to play with Tanada's tail. Hermione has decided that Tanada is a cranky old biddy that she doesn't want to deal with. She walks on tip toe when around the Grouchy one. She sleeps with Rob and I, and plays and hangs out with Mandy Lynn and Mike. The rest of the owners are feeling Spring coming on. Trips into the kitty gaol are more frequent and last longer. The ornamental pear, camellia, miniature grape hyacinth, and purple lawn weeds are in bloom. The cats are rolling on the grass as it recovers from the winter and laughing at Speedy, the d-thing. Speedy was caught trying to pee on Pine Cone. Piney got out of the way and let the d*g know that he can never out smart the Pine Cone, or any other cat for that matter. Chaos is spring around here and chaos is the order of the day. I hope that I'll be better about posting for at least a while, but don't count on it. I'm even more erratic than usual lately. I do want to send purrs and well thoughts and wishes for all who want and/or need them. Even though I haven't been on line, I have been thinking about you all. You are my family as much as the physical family and I have been bad about keeping you up on our news and in caring for you all. Pam S. |
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tanadashoes wrote:
snip Rob's mom is having a cancerous kidney removed today at noon Pacific daylight time. We're worried for her as well. Medical seems to be a big part of our lives. I know it is presumptuous, but could you ask the owners to purr for them both? Prayers and healthy and/or healing thoughts and wishes are also welcome. snip Purrs for both, and you. {{{{{{{{{{{{ Pam }}}}}}}}}}}} -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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"tanadashoes" wrote in message
Sorry about not getting in touch before. Charleen sent me an I care card and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. I'm sorry. I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. stories of joy and heartache gently cuddled for space Glad you & yours are still plugging away there. Your absence was noticable, butbeing the slack beggar that I am, I didnt think to do anything more than wonder where you were. Wish I'd had the compassion/forsight/empathy/friendship/whatever to also send a card or something, but very glad that Charleen did. Hugs and purrs to you & yours, Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. |
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For all the requests you made, you have them in triplicate from this house.
Glad to see you back. "tanadashoes" wrote in message ... Sorry about not getting in touch before. Charleen sent me an I care card and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. I'm sorry. I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. I got my annual case of combined flu, cold, allergies. I was one sick little kitty. We won't discuss the worst of it, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone, including my idiot sister. It's cottonwood season and I wish someone would shoot them, or do something to make them go away. If I were ever to find some part of the USA that didn't have cottonwood, I'd move there. We haven't found it yet. Enough about me. Rob was doing really well, but scared us all on Sunday. Mike's car, Emily (the '89 metallic blue Tempo) is giving up the ghost, so we went to CarMax (I highly recommend them) and put the down payment on a gold 2003 Buick Century. Rob was doing well, rode on the test drive with the kids and seemed to be enjoying himself. In the middle of the paperwork, he suddenly couldn't use his right arm and hand. He slumped to the right and had to be propped up by Mike. I had to hold his hand so that he could sign his name on the rest of the papers. Had we stopped, we'd have had to come back and start the whole process again from the beginning. I still feel like a ghoul for making him sit there while we signed the final four to six papers. Afterwards, I drove him to the ER. He was already doing better when I was getting him into the van. We were at the ER for 7.5 hours most of which was spent waiting for the doctor to get past the various other emergencies before she could get back to Rob. His blood pressure was in the 140-170/100-118 range, in other words, through the roof. The CT scan showed no change from the MRI done back in January, so they couldn't say for sure what is going on. Today we saw his regular doctor who thinks he may have had a stroke imitating action caused by his high blood pressure. He's doubled the dose of Rob's blood pressure medicine and we're going to talk to Rob's oncologist about aspirin therapy. I'm still pretty shook up, though. Rob is more curious about what happened than worried about it. Mandy Lynn's mom went into the hospital last week for hernia surgery. She went to the doctor for a check back and was put back into the hospital in Seattle. Something inside is apparently leaking. They may have to go back in and operate again. Janet (Mandy Lynn's momma) has had a lot of medical problems and never complained about them. We're all worried about her and are asking all the owners to purr while we send healthy thoughts and prayers for her. Rob's mom is having a cancerous kidney removed today at noon Pacific daylight time. We're worried for her as well. Medical seems to be a big part of our lives. I know it is presumptuous, but could you ask the owners to purr for them both? Prayers and healthy and/or healing thoughts and wishes are also welcome. The owners are adjusting to the new addition to their ranks pretty well. Tanada decided that she could handle another year of bitty wrangling on "The Mouser" after she taught Hermione not to play with Tanada's tail. Hermione has decided that Tanada is a cranky old biddy that she doesn't want to deal with. She walks on tip toe when around the Grouchy one. She sleeps with Rob and I, and plays and hangs out with Mandy Lynn and Mike. The rest of the owners are feeling Spring coming on. Trips into the kitty gaol are more frequent and last longer. The ornamental pear, camellia, miniature grape hyacinth, and purple lawn weeds are in bloom. The cats are rolling on the grass as it recovers from the winter and laughing at Speedy, the d-thing. Speedy was caught trying to pee on Pine Cone. Piney got out of the way and let the d*g know that he can never out smart the Pine Cone, or any other cat for that matter. Chaos is spring around here and chaos is the order of the day. I hope that I'll be better about posting for at least a while, but don't count on it. I'm even more erratic than usual lately. I do want to send purrs and well thoughts and wishes for all who want and/or need them. Even though I haven't been on line, I have been thinking about you all. You are my family as much as the physical family and I have been bad about keeping you up on our news and in caring for you all. Pam S. |
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Health purrs coming for you and all your family. Debbie On Mar 10, 12:13*pm, "tanadashoes" wrote: Sorry about not getting in touch before. *Charleen sent me an I care card and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. *I'm sorry. *I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. *I got my annual case of combined flu, cold, allergies. *I was one sick little kitty. *We won't discuss the worst of it, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone, including my idiot sister. |
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Purrs for you and all those you mentioned.
-- Joy No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Dworken "tanadashoes" wrote in message ... Sorry about not getting in touch before. Charleen sent me an I care card and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. I'm sorry. I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. I got my annual case of combined flu, cold, allergies. I was one sick little kitty. We won't discuss the worst of it, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone, including my idiot sister. It's cottonwood season and I wish someone would shoot them, or do something to make them go away. If I were ever to find some part of the USA that didn't have cottonwood, I'd move there. We haven't found it yet. Enough about me. Rob was doing really well, but scared us all on Sunday. Mike's car, Emily (the '89 metallic blue Tempo) is giving up the ghost, so we went to CarMax (I highly recommend them) and put the down payment on a gold 2003 Buick Century. Rob was doing well, rode on the test drive with the kids and seemed to be enjoying himself. In the middle of the paperwork, he suddenly couldn't use his right arm and hand. He slumped to the right and had to be propped up by Mike. I had to hold his hand so that he could sign his name on the rest of the papers. Had we stopped, we'd have had to come back and start the whole process again from the beginning. I still feel like a ghoul for making him sit there while we signed the final four to six papers. Afterwards, I drove him to the ER. He was already doing better when I was getting him into the van. We were at the ER for 7.5 hours most of which was spent waiting for the doctor to get past the various other emergencies before she could get back to Rob. His blood pressure was in the 140-170/100-118 range, in other words, through the roof. The CT scan showed no change from the MRI done back in January, so they couldn't say for sure what is going on. Today we saw his regular doctor who thinks he may have had a stroke imitating action caused by his high blood pressure. He's doubled the dose of Rob's blood pressure medicine and we're going to talk to Rob's oncologist about aspirin therapy. I'm still pretty shook up, though. Rob is more curious about what happened than worried about it. Mandy Lynn's mom went into the hospital last week for hernia surgery. She went to the doctor for a check back and was put back into the hospital in Seattle. Something inside is apparently leaking. They may have to go back in and operate again. Janet (Mandy Lynn's momma) has had a lot of medical problems and never complained about them. We're all worried about her and are asking all the owners to purr while we send healthy thoughts and prayers for her. Rob's mom is having a cancerous kidney removed today at noon Pacific daylight time. We're worried for her as well. Medical seems to be a big part of our lives. I know it is presumptuous, but could you ask the owners to purr for them both? Prayers and healthy and/or healing thoughts and wishes are also welcome. The owners are adjusting to the new addition to their ranks pretty well. Tanada decided that she could handle another year of bitty wrangling on "The Mouser" after she taught Hermione not to play with Tanada's tail. Hermione has decided that Tanada is a cranky old biddy that she doesn't want to deal with. She walks on tip toe when around the Grouchy one. She sleeps with Rob and I, and plays and hangs out with Mandy Lynn and Mike. The rest of the owners are feeling Spring coming on. Trips into the kitty gaol are more frequent and last longer. The ornamental pear, camellia, miniature grape hyacinth, and purple lawn weeds are in bloom. The cats are rolling on the grass as it recovers from the winter and laughing at Speedy, the d-thing. Speedy was caught trying to pee on Pine Cone. Piney got out of the way and let the d*g know that he can never out smart the Pine Cone, or any other cat for that matter. Chaos is spring around here and chaos is the order of the day. I hope that I'll be better about posting for at least a while, but don't count on it. I'm even more erratic than usual lately. I do want to send purrs and well thoughts and wishes for all who want and/or need them. Even though I haven't been on line, I have been thinking about you all. You are my family as much as the physical family and I have been bad about keeping you up on our news and in caring for you all. Pam S. |
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From me too.
Kyla ... Purrs for you and all those you mentioned. -- Joy No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Dworken "tanadashoes" wrote in message ... Sorry about not getting in touch before. Charleen sent me an I care card and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. I'm sorry. I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. I got my annual case of combined flu, cold, allergies. I was one sick little kitty. We won't discuss the worst of it, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone, including my idiot sister. It's cottonwood season and I wish someone would shoot them, or do something to make them go away. If I were ever to find some part of the USA that didn't have cottonwood, I'd move there. We haven't found it yet. Enough about me. Rob was doing really well, but scared us all on Sunday. Mike's car, Emily (the '89 metallic blue Tempo) is giving up the ghost, so we went to CarMax (I highly recommend them) and put the down payment on a gold 2003 Buick Century. Rob was doing well, rode on the test drive with the kids and seemed to be enjoying himself. In the middle of the paperwork, he suddenly couldn't use his right arm and hand. He slumped to the right and had to be propped up by Mike. I had to hold his hand so that he could sign his name on the rest of the papers. Had we stopped, we'd have had to come back and start the whole process again from the beginning. I still feel like a ghoul for making him sit there while we signed the final four to six papers. Afterwards, I drove him to the ER. He was already doing better when I was getting him into the van. We were at the ER for 7.5 hours most of which was spent waiting for the doctor to get past the various other emergencies before she could get back to Rob. His blood pressure was in the 140-170/100-118 range, in other words, through the roof. The CT scan showed no change from the MRI done back in January, so they couldn't say for sure what is going on. Today we saw his regular doctor who thinks he may have had a stroke imitating action caused by his high blood pressure. He's doubled the dose of Rob's blood pressure medicine and we're going to talk to Rob's oncologist about aspirin therapy. I'm still pretty shook up, though. Rob is more curious about what happened than worried about it. Mandy Lynn's mom went into the hospital last week for hernia surgery. She went to the doctor for a check back and was put back into the hospital in Seattle. Something inside is apparently leaking. They may have to go back in and operate again. Janet (Mandy Lynn's momma) has had a lot of medical problems and never complained about them. We're all worried about her and are asking all the owners to purr while we send healthy thoughts and prayers for her. Rob's mom is having a cancerous kidney removed today at noon Pacific daylight time. We're worried for her as well. Medical seems to be a big part of our lives. I know it is presumptuous, but could you ask the owners to purr for them both? Prayers and healthy and/or healing thoughts and wishes are also welcome. The owners are adjusting to the new addition to their ranks pretty well. Tanada decided that she could handle another year of bitty wrangling on "The Mouser" after she taught Hermione not to play with Tanada's tail. Hermione has decided that Tanada is a cranky old biddy that she doesn't want to deal with. She walks on tip toe when around the Grouchy one. She sleeps with Rob and I, and plays and hangs out with Mandy Lynn and Mike. The rest of the owners are feeling Spring coming on. Trips into the kitty gaol are more frequent and last longer. The ornamental pear, camellia, miniature grape hyacinth, and purple lawn weeds are in bloom. The cats are rolling on the grass as it recovers from the winter and laughing at Speedy, the d-thing. Speedy was caught trying to pee on Pine Cone. Piney got out of the way and let the d*g know that he can never out smart the Pine Cone, or any other cat for that matter. Chaos is spring around here and chaos is the order of the day. I hope that I'll be better about posting for at least a while, but don't count on it. I'm even more erratic than usual lately. I do want to send purrs and well thoughts and wishes for all who want and/or need them. Even though I haven't been on line, I have been thinking about you all. You are my family as much as the physical family and I have been bad about keeping you up on our news and in caring for you all. Pam S. |
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reporting in, mostly OT
Just take care of yourself and your family, Pam -- purrs are always
available 24/7 for you and yours. Medically, we have some stuf' but not as much as what you have on a daily basis - thinking of you fondly and often! Christine "tanadashoes" wrote in message ... Sorry about not getting in touch before. Charleen sent me an I care card and I was so bad I didn't respond to her. I'm sorry. I was off line from Feb 17 or so until the first of March. I got my annual case of combined flu, cold, allergies. I was one sick little kitty. We won't discuss the worst of it, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone, including my idiot sister. It's cottonwood season and I wish someone would shoot them, or do something to make them go away. If I were ever to find some part of the USA that didn't have cottonwood, I'd move there. We haven't found it yet. Enough about me. Rob was doing really well, but scared us all on Sunday. Mike's car, Emily (the '89 metallic blue Tempo) is giving up the ghost, so we went to CarMax (I highly recommend them) and put the down payment on a gold 2003 Buick Century. Rob was doing well, rode on the test drive with the kids and seemed to be enjoying himself. In the middle of the paperwork, he suddenly couldn't use his right arm and hand. He slumped to the right and had to be propped up by Mike. I had to hold his hand so that he could sign his name on the rest of the papers. Had we stopped, we'd have had to come back and start the whole process again from the beginning. I still feel like a ghoul for making him sit there while we signed the final four to six papers. Afterwards, I drove him to the ER. He was already doing better when I was getting him into the van. We were at the ER for 7.5 hours most of which was spent waiting for the doctor to get past the various other emergencies before she could get back to Rob. His blood pressure was in the 140-170/100-118 range, in other words, through the roof. The CT scan showed no change from the MRI done back in January, so they couldn't say for sure what is going on. Today we saw his regular doctor who thinks he may have had a stroke imitating action caused by his high blood pressure. He's doubled the dose of Rob's blood pressure medicine and we're going to talk to Rob's oncologist about aspirin therapy. I'm still pretty shook up, though. Rob is more curious about what happened than worried about it. Mandy Lynn's mom went into the hospital last week for hernia surgery. She went to the doctor for a check back and was put back into the hospital in Seattle. Something inside is apparently leaking. They may have to go back in and operate again. Janet (Mandy Lynn's momma) has had a lot of medical problems and never complained about them. We're all worried about her and are asking all the owners to purr while we send healthy thoughts and prayers for her. Rob's mom is having a cancerous kidney removed today at noon Pacific daylight time. We're worried for her as well. Medical seems to be a big part of our lives. I know it is presumptuous, but could you ask the owners to purr for them both? Prayers and healthy and/or healing thoughts and wishes are also welcome. The owners are adjusting to the new addition to their ranks pretty well. Tanada decided that she could handle another year of bitty wrangling on "The Mouser" after she taught Hermione not to play with Tanada's tail. Hermione has decided that Tanada is a cranky old biddy that she doesn't want to deal with. She walks on tip toe when around the Grouchy one. She sleeps with Rob and I, and plays and hangs out with Mandy Lynn and Mike. The rest of the owners are feeling Spring coming on. Trips into the kitty gaol are more frequent and last longer. The ornamental pear, camellia, miniature grape hyacinth, and purple lawn weeds are in bloom. The cats are rolling on the grass as it recovers from the winter and laughing at Speedy, the d-thing. Speedy was caught trying to pee on Pine Cone. Piney got out of the way and let the d*g know that he can never out smart the Pine Cone, or any other cat for that matter. Chaos is spring around here and chaos is the order of the day. I hope that I'll be better about posting for at least a while, but don't count on it. I'm even more erratic than usual lately. I do want to send purrs and well thoughts and wishes for all who want and/or need them. Even though I haven't been on line, I have been thinking about you all. You are my family as much as the physical family and I have been bad about keeping you up on our news and in caring for you all. Pam S. |
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