Dearest Addy,
I'm thinking of you, mom, Zoe and the entire family with much love and well wishes for a better tomorrow. Gosh, you surely are in desperate need of it.
God loves you, and so do I.
Tight hugs.
Xo Jeanette
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Dearest Addy,
I'm thinking of you, mom, Zoe and the entire family with much love and well wishes for a better tomorrow. Gosh, you surely are in desperate need of it.
God loves you, and so do I.
Tight hugs.
Xo Jeanette
Big hugs Addy, I'm so sorry you are going through all of this with your Mom. It is so difficult. I am going through some of it with my grandmother right now, but it's not the same. She is not my Mom.
That tick sounds nasty, I am terrified of them. :eek: So glad you were able to get Koko to the vet right away to have it removed. I think I would have had a panic attack.
I hope your husband is on the mend and feeling better. Hang in there Addy, you have so much on your plate right now. And I certainly understand the pressure and stress related to work, that sure doesn't help. We are all here for you. Take care of yourself.
Love and hugs,
Tina and Jasper
Addy:
Thinking of you and your family, and of course Zoe. Blessings
Patti
Hi Addy-
Just a quick hello and a big hug. Yuk on the tick. Kudos to the free treatment. You're overdue for some of those.
I'm so sorry about your Mom. I remember all too well the stress of that situation. I thought I was keeping it mostly together and found out after the fact that I hadn't been as "together" as I thought.
Bob, Bailey and I are heading to the condo next Wednesday for something like ten days. It will be Bailey's first trip there. We still have room for one more, if you can pack your bag and swim suit.:D We hope to get rid of the furniture we don't want and get the carpet installed that we do want, plus a few other odds n ends chores and hang some pictures. We will accomplish as much as we can. I just hope Bailey cooperates in the car on the ride down. I'm not going to hold her on my chest for 18 hours!!!:mad:
Going to shut down the hot tub this winter. Only second time we've done that. I've begun "winterizing" the yard.....trimming, etc. The town had flooding with the weekend storm, but we didn't get too much, fortunately.
Take care of yourself when you can. I love you.
Sus
What a relief it was a tick... way to go for the mental filing cabinet, I wouldn't have thought of that at all, and even better when it was free.
HI Addy
Hope you got through the last of the week without committing murder mate!! Wishing a nice calm relaxing weekend with no medical emergencies either human or canine!!! xxxxxx
Yuk, found another tick on Koko. Called the groomer. She thinks he found a nest and is getting into it and the ticks and fleas are really bad this fall. She gave him a bath in some natural citrus replellant and checked him over, did not find any more so Tick Boy is only now allowed only to walk in the middle of the road or stop to smell post s surrounded by short grass only. I have to go look for a natural citrus spray and if this doesnt do the trick I will have to resort to Bio Spot I guess.
Zoe got her nails clipped and her paw hair trimmed between her pads. True to form she shook her head and tried to bite our groomer and me. We just laughed at her. I commented "wouldn't you think she would be over these hissy fits by now?" Our groomer said "She is a fighter which is why you still have her!"
We are having a birthday party for my brother today in mom's room and we will all watch the Packer game. Kate is home from college for semester break but not sure if I will have time to see her.:(
Hubby has more tests and PT starts next week. Hopefully all his issues will be resolved. I would love to take the train to Chicago and meet Kate for the day but he needs to be better before he can spend the day caring for Zoe.
Happy Sunday and Happy Monday to Trish and Naomi!
Addy:
What a wonderful idea to have a birthday party in you mom's room. That sounds like something she will enjoy. Hope you hubby gets better, and glad to hear your Kate is home, you will enjoy that immensely. Hope no more ticks, that is yucky. Blessings
patti
That is a wonderful idea! Great that your mom can be included in the festivities this way. I'm sure you'll have a great time. Hope it's a good game.
Bummer if you don't get to visit with Kate though :(
I hope your hubby's shoulder gets better. My hubby has been dealing with a bad shoulder on one side and a bad wrist on the other side now for the longest time. Wrist is hurt from racquetball, back in the winter this year, slowly getting better. Lots of inflammation, but the mri showed it wasn't broke or a torn tendon, maybe a bad pull. The shoulder was from playing on the monkey bars with our grandson. Men! What a 2 year old can do, grandpa should Not be doing. LOL Again, they said it is inflammation and probably has a pinch added in. joy joy I do hope both our guys shoulders will get better soon.
Zoe is a fighter! We all know that. I swear the personalities seem to match the owners, you are a fighter too Addy. :)
Koko!! Stay away from tick nests already! Ugh. What does a tick nest even look like?! Sounds horrid.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Hi Addy
It is a happy Monday because I am not at work woooo hoooooo!! GO THE PACKERS (whoever they are, what sport is it?) But I am on your side :D:D and Happy Birthday to your brother :)
Is Kate staying in Chicago for her break? Hope you get the chance to catch up with her. Those shoulder injuries are painful aren't they, poor hubby hope the PT helps the pain and regains movement and Sharlenes hubby too.. swinging on the monkey bars LOL, go him!
Does the citrus oil repel the ticks? Hope it does the trick for Koko and his little tick problem. How annoying these bugs are, I am waiting for a decent hour to ring Mum and Dad as they had a pest guy in last year how did a good job. I have a few citrus trees tangerine, lemon, lime, mandarin, kumquat and they are all in blossom at the moment, the smell is divine especially in the evenings. Wish those citrus would get rid of the fleas!!
Miss Feisty eh! Little Nipper! She is a fighter for sure that girl, no wonder she needs a trim on her paws with the rate that fur is growing!!
Have a lovely day with your family Addy, hope your Mom enjoys it too... time and love is the best thing we can give our families and your Mom is getting it in spades!! xxxx
It was really a nice party. I dropped off balloons and a cookie platter last night and today we put mom's chair out in the lounge near the sofa and large TV instead of staying in her room and we passed around cookies to the aides and other residents and then I had pizza delivered and we sang Happy Birthday to by brother and I told mom she she was throwing him a nice party and she was really happy;):)
and of course I spilled pizza all over my pants:rolleyes::rolleyes::o
Citrus is supposed to repel fleas and ticks, supposedly lavender does as well. I hate to have to bring out the big guns as the pups under 20 pounds can seem to have issues with them. My neighbor thinks the other tick was on him with the first tick and we just did not see it because he is so furry. I hope she is right. I took a tick picture tutorial and I know what they look like now in all the stages so I will be ever watchful.
It is to get below freezing for the next 3-4 nights so hopefully that hard frost will nip off the buggers.:(:(:(
Oh Trish, have a wonderful Monday and Tuesday and well, 10 whole days of wonderful!!!!
"Welcome Back" Addy. It's good to hear you sounding so upbeat.
Love and hugs,:)
Sus
Addy:
It sound like the party was a hit with your mother. It was nice you included the staff. That will certainly lift your moms spirits. I think once we get a couple hard freezes those ticks will be history. Blessings
Patti
It was a nice party and one of the aides helped mom call me last night so that was a good suprise too.
Now if we can only get hubby straight:):):)
I sprayed Koko with his Furfume bug spray. It did not smell too awful and then ran my hands through his hair when we got back. His coat is so thick, I would not be able to see a poppy seed size bug.:(:(
Off to work now
That does sound a lovely party Addy, hope you were not wearing white pants!! Those ticks are going to be history now your weather is changing, not wishing you to have snow but that will smother the little blighters.... I could handle a one-off snowstorm to get rid of our flea problem. His vet this morning said the problem is that there has not been enough frost to get them this year with our mild winter which is why we are seeing so many. He also blames that damn cat from next door who wanders over all the time. The cheeky shite walked straight in the front door two nights ago, she turned saw Flynn doing an Olympic sized long jump off the couch in her direction and I swear she leapt 6ft straight up in the air and took off!! Hopefully that scared her off for good :) Poor you at work, hope it goes fast!!
What a really great day! The party sounds lovely, and I'm sure your mom, family and the staff all had a great time. That is one of those "warm the soul" moments in time. :)
Nice surprise that she called you! How lovely. My dad never called once he moved to a nursing home. I always called him and then one of the staff had to go and get him. That was a hard one to deal with. So I can just imagine how thrilled a call would be.
Koko, the tick magnet. Hate those bloody things. Hope there are no more to be found and that a freeze will kill them off!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Page 3 will not do for our Zoe!! 6 days without a Zoe update is much too long!! How is our little Miss doing and you too! No recurrence of any ticks to bother Koko hopefully. Thinking of you this lovely sunny morning and hope all is going well with your Mum and hubby's shoulder is feeling better too :) xxxx
Aww, thanks for checking in on us. :):):):) Little Miss has good days and bad days. Today was a good day for her. I"m going to have to give her trim, her hair is almost down to the floor:rolleyes::rolleyes:
I scheduled her stim and UPC for November 14th.
Koko has been having a sick tummy for three days so last night I gave him a pepcid and he was fine today so I will continue that for a few days. He ripped apart his bed, chewed up the zipper and then shredded another bed. I wish I could blame the ticks for his naughty behavior:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: No wonder he has an icky tummy. Havent seen any more ticks.:):):):)
I'm waiting for daughter and little granddaughter to pick me up for Fright Night. Today was Trick or Treat and we only had 3 kids:(:(:(
I guess no one here goes out any more they just go to the Village party tonight. Our neightbor is 2 and he had a stuffed dinosaur costume on so the front of him looked like a stuff animal that Koko was determined to try to get to. I think Koko scared the poor little guy. I gave him some extra candy bars.
Hubby's should is still very painful and I thinking of investing in ear plugs. :o:o That sounds mean doesnt it?
Gotta go, the kids are here
Great to hear from you Addy. Wow, Zoe's hair is almost to the floor! It's really growing out well then it sounds like.
Oh dear, Koko seems to have had a good time and is now paying the piper. That pepcid can be wonderful stuff.
Hope you had a good time at Fright Night!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
We have trick or treating here Thursday night. I notice that every year we seem to get less and less kids. I guess they are just all growing up and not doing the door to door so much any more. We still get quite a few, but nothing like say 10 years ago. I bet we get around 30 or so a year now, compared to twice that. The older ones tend to go to halloween parties on the weekend, while on the actual day, parents still bring out some of the younger ones.
Molly goes nuts, not in a good way, when they come to the door. I think she barks nonstop from about 6 - 8pm. Reminds me I should go pick up candy too.
I don't know, I've thought about ear plugs a couple times when my hubs was sick. Haven't done it, but the thought has crossed my mind. hahahaha
Hope you have a good time
Addy:
Glad to hear Zoe's hair has gotten so nice and needs a trim already. Hope you have a good fright night, we don't get too many kids here anymore. Wonder what is up with Koko ripping up the beds? Blessings
Patti
Yeah, poor Koko, I think he was acting out from not enough exercise and attention, too much time locked up in the kitchen. Poor little boy. Hopefully I can play with him more now and he wont be locked up so much.
Zoe's coat is really long and getting thicker every day. I'm seeing slight head tremors here and there since what I thought was a mini seizure.
We'll see where her numbers are. She now seems better with her tramadol. Hopefully, it wont affect her balance again. My little girl. Funny, I cant think of her as a senior dog or an old dog, just as "my little girl".
Have a great week!:)
Hi Sister Addy,
I do not know how the time goes and why the heck i don't visit much any more....:confused:
I am so glad Miss Zoe has grown out her hair/fur again!!! :)
We are doing well, Miss Ella is still a wild child sometimes :eek:, but over all doing a good job at 2 1/2 yrs. old. We have done 3 trials now and getting better each time or at least one of us does. It is harder than it looks--mentally and physically for me-haha--it's no exercise on my part.
Take care and I will try my best to keep in touch!
Hugs and Kisses Always!!!:D
Do you remember the first time they said that Zoe should get a senior profile done for her blood work? I remember with molly, it was quite a shock, I remember asking them why I'd do that and they said, because, she is getting older now. Knock me over with a feather, but it just didn't seem like she was that old to me.
:( head tremors. Well, hope it isn't much of anything and the numbers are good for her. Less adjustments always mean a happier, Zoe and Mom.
I am sure Koko is letting you know that he needs some play time with you. They do have their ways of getting the point across don't they. hahaha Hopefully you can get some nice walks in with him before the weather starts getting back. You know how it is once winter comes. Lucky to get to the bottom of the driveway sometimes.
hugs Addy, hope you are relaxing more yourself too
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Addy:
I am praying that the head tremors that Zoe is having are really nothing, but that is a worry I know. It is so hard to figure out what is causing what with these Cush dogs as they have so many issues going on at once. Hoping it is nothing to worry about. Blessings
Patti
Hey you
Sorry I have been MIA, hope you are doing ok, I have been reading just not posting
Hope your Mom and everyone else in the family are doing well?
Nice to hear miss Zoe's hair is still growing. Could the tremors be a vetoryl side affect? I think Tia had some of those.
Did you have some fun on fright night?
Sending you a massive hugs and kisses to the fur kids
Mel
Xxxxx
HI Addy.. I am crossing my fingers for good numbers next month for Zoe.
Sharlene funny you mention the senior testing. My husband & I took my min pin that passed away last year to the vet when she was about 8 i think. The vet came in & called her a senior. I started crying right then & there. I did NOT expect to here that. Kinda like when the vet pretty much called Boriss old & fat last month. I won't be seeing that particular doctor again. ;)
OMG I have been double M'd:D:D:D
Marie and Mel:D:D:D:D It is so good to hear from both of you, I cant stop smiling.:D:D
And Amy too:D:D I was going to her stim early December but with the tremors and all I thought I better not. Hopefully she wont be up at 4am that day with the time change:eek::eek::eek: I had not thought of that.
Yup, Sharlene they said that about my little boy Koko this year, my heart stopped:rolleyes::rolleyes::o:eek:
Patti, I am hoping the tremors are just the vetoryl but that may be wishful thinking on my part.
I sent a fax to the vet so they are prepared for us.;)
Meanwhile, she seems ok otherwise, tried to take on the neighbors golden when he was running loose and trying to say hi to her.
OMG she had a fit and she is still trying to guard the front door.
One day at a time
Hi Addy!! M&M's mmmmmmmMMmmmmm
I just wanted to say that I notice Flynn's tremours can affect his ears, like I see them vibrating softly sometimes. I swear that has lessened since I stopped the Tramadol 3 days back. Dunno if others have noticed it with Tramadol, just a thought. :D
I remember a vet trip when Flynn was 6 and they used the "senior" word and I nearly flipped out too!! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat, he is a baby!! Still is too xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Addy,
Buddy's head tremors were found to be caused by episodic hypoglycemia. His blood sugar always tested normally. A little shot of Karo syrup stopped them in a matter of minutes. According to the neurosurgeon overseeing Buddy's treatment, Hypoglycemia is common in small dogs (less than 20 pounds) with advanced Cushings. His tremors scared me until I learned how to manage them. Buddy had a suspected macro also, which added to the tremors. Maybe Zoe is having some blood sugar fluctuations. Just a thought....
I hope your Hubby is doing better or is at least a little more quiet about it.;) Thinking of you and your mom my dear. Hugs to you and the kids. Xxxx
I had to pop in and tell you, good chance my husbands shoulder is frozen too. He is trying to do exercises to stretch it, which results in much carrying on because of the pain involved. Thinking maybe we can batch order those ear plugs??!!!!
Hope Zoe and Koko and mom are all doing fine and that you are finding a quiet place for some peace occasionally. :)
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Auntie Addy,
My mom posted some new photos today. She thinks I like to pose. SHE IS WRONG, but cookies make everything better.:p She still cries and calls me Buddy sometimes. I don't let her cry for long cuz I'm so dang adorable and I will jump all over her. She can't help but smile.:) Sending you many gentle ear nibbles. I have most of adult teeth in now, but I still love to nibble ears! :eek: xxxxx Rosie
Addy,
Sending more love to you and the kids. I hope your hubby feels better soon or some noise canceling ear phones arrive in the mail.;) :D
Has Zoe had any more head tremors. How long do they last? Do they scare her? Does she act as if she is in pain? Do they stop on their own? Xxxxxx
Hi Addy-just poppin' in to send along a hug. How's Zoe? How' s Mom? How's that boss of yours? :)
I'm sorry to hear of the tremors. I know that's frightening. :eek::(
The Murphy bed will be in place on 1/9/14.....so plan your visit now!:D The guest room will be all ready for guests that evening!! Bring your suntan lotion!:D
Love,
Sus
Love the pixes of Rosie and hey Sus, how is life in Florida these days?
Zoe's head tremors only last a minute or less, they dont seem to bother her . I read about tremors and next time she has one I will give her some food to see if it stops.
She is now growing hair on her tail, her neck area that was shaved for surgery back in 2012 is completely filled in and I think she gained weight. I'll take a new pix of her, it is hard to believe and is truly a miracle. If I could fix her front leg it would help her back legs.
Mom is better since taken off Vesicare but now I have to solve her issues of not being able to sleep , they wake her up every two hours through the night to use the bathroom and then call me that she is not sleeping:rolleyes::rolleyes: Hello? How could she sleep? Arent they they experts? I cant tell you how most of the time I just want to scream at people that lack common sense.
Leslie- seems there are issues with lots of incontinence drugs:mad:
You cant believe what Vesicare did to my mom and how 5 doctors did not catch it:mad::mad:
Hubby is slowly getting better and I did not have to purchase ear plugs:D
Koko is fine, tummy is better and no more ticks.
Work- well, lets not talk about that pressure:rolleyes:
Over 3 years on this forum and I just realized if you hover over the emotion icons they tell you the emotion:roll eyes::roll eyes:
Daaaa Addy::o:o:o:o
Happy Sunday
Addy, get them to check she is actually emptying her bladder OK (your Mom not Zoe!), they should have a bladder scanner to do this easy test. Amongst the side effects for Vesicare is it can make them retain urine which exacerbates everything, still that drug should be out of her system by now. A lot of elderly ladies don't empty well and it can present as ongoing incontinence when in fact they are sitting with a high residual which makes them void often plus leak and it is often worse overnight, especially if they are prone to oedema in the lower legs as a lot of will diurese more fluid overnight when their legs are elevated and the fluid gets reabsorbed then excreted. It can be a vicious cycle but it won't matter how many times they wake her up to toilet if there is a problem like that and her bladder is not emptying properly plus she just ends up exhausted from interrupted sleep which is no good for her as you know. They can also be prone to UTI with a poorly emptying bladder which she does not need right now.
I think it would be worth checking out. If she is puffy in the ankles and I bet she is with the surgery then elevate her legs as much as you can through the day to stop fluid accumulating and limit evening fluids. Some will benefit from a very small dose of diuretic in the day to shift the fluid during more sociable hours and help them get a better sleep.
Just a few thoughts on the night time problems, hope it helps xxx
Thanks Trish, they just started elevating her legs a bit during the day as well as durring the night, previously the therapist wanted her sitting with feet flat on the floor as he did not want her hip flexed. I spoke with the aid and she thought mom could be checked every four hours so I will save what you have written here as well to discuss. Her one ankle is puffy, the surgical side. You know you stuff:)
Thanks :):):):):)
Funny thing, I asked them if they could do an epidural and use less anesthesia like Zoe had. The surgeon Pooh pooed me but said he would speak with the anesthesiologist. Then my sister in law scolded me that mom was not a dog. Well came to find out that was exactly what the anesteseologist did and mom came though surgery brilliantly just as Zoe did. Mom most likely will end up on hospis the new doctor said but we take it one day at a time.
Addy:
Thinking of you and hoping for the best. That is something about the epidural, I am glad it all worked out. Blessings
Patti
Oh Addy, I am so very proud of you!!! You go girl!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by addy
Hoping your Mom will be feeling better real soon.
Hugs, Lori
Hi Addy,
Been trying to catch up on everyone's posts. Glad that Koko only had a couple ticks and nothing more serious. Good they were found and removed. :D How great that Zoe's fur continues to fill in! Hope those tremors just go away..whatever they are.
Hope things are going okay with your mom..I surely understand what you're going through. We also had some bad stuff with Vesicare...caused all kinds of issues, not good stuff in my opinion. We took my mother off of it too and things much better without it.
It's so hard when it's one issue after another...
Hope you can catch a breath here and there...I know it's not easy!
;) Barbara
Addy, it sounds like things are turning around for you. I'm glad that mom's surgery went well!
Addy, I had to meet today with the medical director of our Emergency Dept and Acute Assessment Unit. After we finished discussing what was on our agenda, I casually slipped in a question! I asked if they saw many cases of reactions to Vesicare, he said no only remembering one a couple of years back. So I do think what happened to your Mom was a bit of a rarity, but I see Barbara reports problems with her Mom too. Just shows that the elderly can react so badly to some meds, but I have to say it does not appear to be common. Maybe your Mom is joining our doggie friends in the 2-5% club who have rare conditions or complications!! Hope she is doing well! xx