Squirt - my Queen has crossed The Bridge

Hi Leslie. I think you are taking very positive steps and taking care of yourself. I know art is a terrific way to work through the hard times. Please do post pictures.

Hugs,
Susan

I realize I haven't been out much in the last few years and when I was, it was to get XYZ. I didn't look at much of anything else except XYZ and the exit door that would take me back home. This past Sat. I was in a grocery store and walked past the meat counter my mind a million miles away. I had walked about 10' past the end of the counter when I stopped, cocked my head, and thought, "Did I really just see that?" Glancing over my shoulder I started backing up until I reached the chicken section and sure enough there it was. A row of neat packages of CHICKEN FEET with the NAILS still on!! :eek: It took all I could muster not to dash about the store waving my hands over my head screaming, "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" A bit of research and I now know they are used for chicken stock as well as eaten! But I think it will be a while before I give that particular meat counter a decent perusal again. ;)

Another chapter in the continuing saga of my self neglect. For about 6 weeks I have been dealing with a niggling cold; I would sneeze and be stuffy for a few days then it would go away only to return. It was a bit tougher with each return then this past Thurs. it came back with a vengeance, settling in my chest by Fri. at which time I saw my GP who said it was bronchial pneumonia. More ABs. I was worse Sat and Sun so called to see him again. I saw my GP yesterday and he diagnosed full blown pneumonia, what the old timers call "walking pneumonia" meaning not quite sick enough to be under an oxygen tent. He told me it sounded like I had inhaled cellophane paper since Fri. :( So he gave me a double duty shot of steroid, a fast acting and long acting combined, along with an AB injection and sent me home with Pred and Augmentin. I will be on the Pred for 12 days so "Katie bar the door", the fun is about to begin again! :p

Hi Leslie, I'm sorry to hear that you are sick. That sucks! I have to take Pred pretty often myself, with my COPD. I've been lucky so far this spring and summer. But, with the Pred that's about the only time I feel like I should feel normally, if that makes any sense. I hope that you're feeling better soon!

Chicken feet and nails! :eek: That would make me sick in itself! :eek::eek: People actually eat them? Gives a whole new meaning to biting your nails! :p

Leslie,
it is about time you do take care of yourself. You've earned it.
Pneumonia is no fun at all! Get well soon!

Chicken feet, run run away from that store quickly. Nasty.

I sure hope you feel better soon, Leslie. Pneumonia is no fun.

My pugs LOOOVE chicken feet, nails and all, hehe! :D Good little snack for outside.

I hope the pred kicks this pneumonia in the butt!

Oh no Leslie! I feel awful for you! We just went through pneumonia with my hubby in January and it was just terrible! I hope you get well soon, but rest is essential! So take care dearie!

pffft chicken feet. UCK!

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Ohhh chicken feet :p, I have seen those crumbed and deep fried in Chinese restaurants, never plucked up the courage to order them though! Maybe they are a bit like pork crackling :eek::D

Gosh Leslie, I hope you get over the pneumonia soon, you poor thing... feel better! xxx

This stuff is kicking my butt! My house is 80' long and walking from one end to the other does me in....I have ZIP stamina. The pred makes it impossible to sit and do nothing but I can only "do" in very short increments before I have to rest and catch my breath. I have been deep cleaning my bathroom for FOUR days now and still am not half way through! I have various little craft projects that a first grader could do with their eyes closed scattered all over the house...totally defeated by them due to shaking hands and scattered thought waves. Who knew putting glitter on Popsicle sticks could be so challenging?! :D I sleep in stages, not according to any time schedule either. The pred has taken much of my normal daily pain away and I guess that is allowing my body to relax a bit more so that I find myself sleepy at odd times...but come nite when I should sleep, that is more difficult to come by. It has helped release my chest tho and for that I am grateful.

Just before this got so bad, I found a plant in one of my fields I have been looking for for two years. I really want to get out there and mark it so it doesn't get lost once it's blooms are gone but the hike to it is just too much right now so I hope I remember my sight markers when I am able to get back out there. Of course, we have been having some of the weirdest, nicest, July weather in my memory - cool nights and mornings with minimal heating during the day and lower humidity. Which is a huge boon to my breathing but really makes it hard to stay in. I spend a lot of time just sitting on the porch, writing and reading, looking around at the ground I am rapidly losing back to Mother Nature in my flower beds and yard, talking to Squirt, the babies and Mama. Yes, Mama is still here and I am so happy for that.

The babies are all doing well, we are settling into our new routine slowly but surely...tho we all still miss our Sweet Bebe a great deal. Not a day goes by without tears and a deep aching in my arms to hold her one more time. It is still amazing to me that I got to be her mom.

Finding that new routine can be hard when you are fighting a serious illness. Just take care of yourself. :)

hugs
sharlene and molly muffin