Oh Susan,
so sorry to hear you came down with the flu :( First get yourself better before focussing on Bailey...:)
Sas and Yunah :)
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Oh Susan,
so sorry to hear you came down with the flu :( First get yourself better before focussing on Bailey...:)
Sas and Yunah :)
Good Morning Susan,
I hope you are feeling better today. What a way to end Mother's Day!! At least you got to go out with the family and enjoy each other. :)
Take Care!!!:)
I wish I could make you chicken soup!!!!!! Well, think of this post as your chicken soup tonic and picture sipping on the nice hot broth and slurping the noodles and savoring the chicken. Can you feel your nose starting to run? Are you getting all warm and cozy?
Now lets drink some tea!!!!!! OOOOOOHHHHH SOOOO GOOD!!!!
Now its time for your nap!!!!!!!
Feel better when you wake up.:D
How's that for cyber nursing?:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Love,
Addy
Could someone please send a hug? A big one? Man-this is lousy.
-susan
Well-you hit the mark....except for the tea. I don't drink tea.....tastes awful. And I did eat some chicken noodle soup. It's the only thing I've had since lunch on Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by addy
I keep going from sweating hot to freezing cold. Bailey stayed with me most of the day.
Anyone looking for a husband? Qualifications: = short tempered with puppies. Mad that his wife is sick. Angry to take the doggie out or walk it.
I think it's time to review my contract.....before I decide to renew it this year. (married almost 37 years......so he's probably no longer trainable.)
The temp is coming down. I spent the entire day in bed...sleeping or groaning.
You're my favorite cyber nurse, Addy.:):)
Love,
Susan
((HUG))
I think we need to download emoji icons like on the phones--they are so cute and fit right in with how we talk.....
It sounds like Addy helped you get through the worst part of the flu.
Husbands---:rolleyes: Let me think-definitely not trainable after the 30+ mark. Why is it they think you can nurse them but when roles are reverse you shouldn't even think of being sick--helloooo....:eek: I think we just do everything because it gets done without the complaints. We spoiled them rotten:D:D That is where we went wrong. It has been almost 31 years for us.
I hope today is a much better day for you!!!:):)
Dang it!!! What key did I mistakenly hit that removed all my pearls of wisdom?????
Any way-I thought I was doing much better. I ate 1/2 sandwich for lunch on Sunday. I skipped dinner all together....just felt too yucky. Monday I had a bowl of Chicken Noodle soup;-one of Lipton's....they are far superior to the others out there, at least according to my tastTester I ate nothing before 6pm.
Bob asked what I wanted and I said cream chipped beef. It's one of my comfort foods for me. We each had 1 piece of bread lightly toasted and a bowl of applesauce. Oh-and our 12oz of buttermilk.
To speed this tale of woe, let's just say I sat and waited for my sotmach to decide what it was going to do. It seemed okay, then it did not. Maybe this was heartburn....who knows....not me, that's for sure.
I watched the Nats win their baseball game and had planned to shower/shampoo after that. I mean come on now-It's been since Sunday when that last happened.:eek::eek:
Well the teeth got brushed (thankfully!!) but the rest got postponed. Temp started back on the rise again (102) and the shivvers started again. I just hopped in bed, tried to warm up and listened to the action on the tv,
Anyway-Bailey has stayed pretty much by my side. Bob took her for a few hours this morning so she would not keep running into our bedroom and disturbing me. And of course he has had to do the walking and poo patrol/pickup.
Then I got one (only one) of those leg twitches. Then I had warmed up and now I found I was too HOT. So I got up, changed pjs to lighter ones and came up to the ofice to do a thing or two. I've now taken Pepto Bismol....it seems to be settlig the tummy. My experience with Pepto is that if you use it , it will do 1 of two things.You have to be prepared to do with possibility #1-that is where you take your medicine and within 40 seconds it comes back and says "Hello" to you. Every time that has happened to me, I felt soooooo much better. It was such a relief not to be on guard for a medical mishap.....and the stomach settled down right away.
The second thing it may do is just settle your stomach down. It looks like I won the basket and that may be the end if it,
Meanwhile I feel like I've been in La-La land and have blown by 3 ir 4 days. 3-4 very pretty days!
I just would really like to get one good night's sleep
Hey-How was everyone else's Mother day? .
Take care-I seem to be fading fast. I have to grab it when I can get it!!
love,
Susan
Hey Susan,
Glad to read you are feeling some better. :) The flu just sucks - no polite way to say it! If you aren't taking zinc, it is something to consider - as long as you don't have diabetes or Alzheimer's. Get plenty of rest and fluids! ;)
Sending healing thoughts your way!
Hugs...from a distance :D,
Leslie
How is my patient today? Any fever? How's the tummy?
Oh Susan,
I sure hope you are on the mend. Glad to hear Nursing Assistant Bailey is keeping you company. What a good little girl she is:)
Before you know it, Bob will be taking you out dancing to celebrate your recovery.:D:D:D
Feel better.
HUGS, HUGS AND MORE HUGS
Love,
Addy
Hi Leslie & Addy-
Thanks for stopping by.:D
Well last night didn't start out well when I fell out of bed and hit the crate on the way to the floor. I don't think I was even trying to get out of bed. I just must have been too close to the edge. I have a horrendous softball size bruise that's real ugly and painful.
There there were the two, three, four or five times I spilled over a cup....while reaching for the thermometer or something.
Then-today was just a blast. I started out @102. went to 103, went back to 101 and am now back up to 103.I''ll be seeing my doc in the am.
Then, just to be sure I had covered all bases, I tripped coming up the stairs.....and Bailey peed up here. SHE HAD JUST BEEN OUT!!!!
I'm getting the chills again. I go from chills to sweats and back and forth.:(:(
And the 3 days I've been sick, and had to stay in, the weather has been scrumptious.:mad::mad:
Girl, you need to lay down, stay down and tell your sweet hubby to wait on you hand and foot until are well again! He can just pull up a chair and wait to hand you drinks, take your temp, help you to the bathroom, run a bubbly bath for you, brush your hair, paint your nails, feed you grapes, keep you cool with a feather fan.....oh wait, I was getting carried away, wasn't I?! :p
Please let us know what the doc has to say and do take care of yourself!
Hugs,
Leslie
Howdy-I went to the doc who sent me to the hospital.
The hospital kept me for the day while they ran blood tests and urine tests.
They think that a tick hitched on for a ride, poisoned me with it's spit. This isn't Lyme disease.....it's worse than that.
I was dehydrated, so they gave me fluids. They took an awful lot of my blood for testing. My red cells are way down and the blood does show the bacteria.
By today, I was having trouble keeping my balance and was talking somewhat incoherently. Scared my son to death.
We got back home and crashed. I gave Bailey another bath because she apparently got "residual spray" on her when I was throwing up the other evening.
They told me not to expect to feel much better for 2 or more days.
Good Night!
OMG Susan,:eek::eek::eek:
Drat those ticks anyway!!!:mad::mad: Always causing problems one way or another, as bad as the dang mosquitoes:mad::mad:
Do you feel better now with fluids in you? Your fever must have been high all week:eek::eek::eek:
Take care of yourself and I hope you feel better real soon. I hope hubby waits on you all weekend:D:D:D You can play the hospital card for some major pampering:p:p
Love,
Addy
Good Morning Susan,
I am so glad you went to the doctor and they put you in the hospital. We always try to fix an illness ourselves--"I will give it one more day..."
I think following Leslie's instructions would be a good idea--:D:D
Take care of yourself, get better fast--remember you are the Mom and we need you!!!!!
[QUOTE=addy;54674]OMG Susan,:eek::eek::eek:
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Do you feel better now with fluids in you? NO!!!
Your fever must have been high all week:eek::eek::eek: Yes-101-103.5
The hosp called late today and first asked how I was doing, My response was "not much better. He asked .... you can't notice any difference today.? I thought for a few mins, then I said YES....I had not vomited today.....so that was an improvement.
Then he told me that they had found bacteria in my blood, which they told us about before we left and the results from those tests won't come
back until Monday or Tuesday. In addition they have discovered a separate bacteria in my blood.Anyway-new little red dots have shown up on my legs. They told me if anything new came up or if I was worried about anything to come back in.
Thanks friends for following along with me on this.
When I think of you red heads, it makes me smile.
I'll keep you posted.
susan
Hey Susan,
My hair never was red unfortunately and it is a bit lighter in color these days....more like Gandalf, if you are familiar with hobbits and The Lord of the Rings. :p But I am thinking of you anyway and sending healing white light your way. Please take care and let us know how you are doing.
Hugs,
Leslie
Hi Susan,
I hope this post finds you a bit better.
What the heck kind of ticks do you have in Delaware anyway:eek::eek: They sure must be some mean,nasty things, causing all of this to do:eek::eek: We are going to have to come up with a plan to eradicate them all;);) Maybe the word got out about those dang ticks and that's why Carrol ran away from home.
Could be she thought they were in the non basement.:rolleyes:
I was wondering if you could have picked them up from Wally? You never know about whales:confused::mad: They could carry some serious parasites:eek::eek::mad: Marie took all your red sweaters to the cleaners.
Seriously, I sure hope you have a bit of improvement today and the red spots do not continue to appear.
Love ya,
Addy
Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....I had posted an update earlier and even saw that "it took." I had pasted in a picture and that was taken out before it even posted. (I guess that's a "no-no.") Well, back in I come and the whole message is gone.:mad:
Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........
I'll give you the Cliff's Notes version.
I have a confirmed diagnosis of Ehrlichiosis. :eek::eek:
http://www.cdc.gov/ehrlichiosis/
I will go back and see my doc on Monday.
Current status is still sore throat, still tight chest and sometimes labored breathing, still red dots, on antibiotic, have meds for nausea. Still feel very tired and the mind is not always as clear as it usually is. (Sounds scarey, huh?)
Leslie-I thanked you for your keeping me in your thoughts.
Addy-I told you the line about sending all the red sweaters was very funny.....first time I've laughed like that all week.
Did I tell you Bob and I think this goes back to those first mysterious red circles that showed up on my legs on March 2nd?
So far as I know now, I will just stay on the antibiotics for the rest of two weeks.
So-there you have it.:(
Love,
Susan
Oh-I also had said how Bailey has taken to taking a treat given to her and playing hide and seek with it. She walks away with the treat and puts it somewhere.....like behind the curtains or on a low shelf. Later she will go back and take it from that spot and place it in it's second spot. I think the most I've seen is three spots and then it's consumed. Very, very funny to watch.
-s
Hi Leslie-
In my lost-in-space-post, I had inserted a picture of Gandalf.....asking if that's who you meant. I am not a Lord of the Rings follower but somehow I guessed that was who you meant.
I want to thank you for your interest and for your advice to take it easy. Unfortunately I have little choice but to take it easy.
You've been a regular supporter from the beginning, with Palmer. Oh how I've missed him and his nursing care with this tick infection. I really appreciate all your help.
Thanks!
Susan
Yikes, Susan :(
Coming from a tick invested country I know what a nuissance they can be and all the preventative work you have to put in it to try and avoid those nasty tick born diseases.
A red circle that will rapidly grow in a few days is a sure sign you are bitten by a tick! We learn all that already at school since we have so many ticks here. Also, when out in nature (doesn't mean just woods and so but also gardens, a lawn that wasn't mown for a while, bushes, etc we will always wear socks and long trousers and put some DEET on them, at least 30%. I will always treat Yunah's harness with garlic oil and DEET as well apart from the fact she also gets the spot on tick and flea treatment as well.
And be aware, if you don't recover as fast as you should, many ticks carry more then one disease so you might be infected with more then one disease.
Oh, and whenever you noticed you are bitten by a tick? Write it down. Symptoms may occur many weeks later and you could easily forget about that tick bite :)
Hope you feel better soon!
Sas and Yunah :)
Hi Sas-
Thanks for your empathy.
I first noticed circles on 3/2. It was not one getting bigger. They were all mostly the size of a quarter and there had to be several dozen....I didn't have anything in the morning. When I went to change clothes there they all were.
It's 4:30AM here and I just got up to take a Nausea pill, a sleeping pill and my temperature.......seeming to hang pretty consistently at 101.7. I've not been able to fall asleep. I should be able to get asleep in another hour or so.
I visit my IM doc on Monday and should have a better picture of what's going on after that. I'm quite concerned that I am having such labored breathing if I move around.
I never did see a tick-or I would have reacted back in early March.
Thanks for writing.
-Susan
I sure hope your fever goes down soon and you start feeling better, Susan. I'm going to go read your link so I understand the disease.
When I took Zoe to the groomers yesterday they had a big sign up about finding ticks on dogs coming in for a groom and to make sure to treat for ticks. It has been so cold and wet here, I haven't even been thinking about ticks. It feels like winter and the leaves are first starting to come out on the trees. We have frost warnings again tonight.:mad::mad::mad: I'm still wearing a winter coat:eek:
Brain fog might be good to have for awhile, no worries then;)
Oh honey, feel better soon. I'll check in on you again later today.
Love,
Addy
Hi Addy-
"Brain fog" - I like that!
Thanks for your last line especially.
Tonight Bob said "This (Bailey) is the biggest mistake we've ever made. I have had it."
Now-we have had a rough, rough day.After 4:30 and going back to bed and still not sleeping, I got back up and was coming back upstairs. Wooden staircase in an upside down l shape. Straight up, landing to your left, 6 or so stairs straight up after that. Well on the top section, with a large cup of water in my hand, I started to feel myself loosing balance. I've had periodic trouble with my equilibrium-since this started. Well-not one had was free, I have all this water in the cup and if I ever sense I am going down I try my best to protect my titanium knees. I have a 4" square gauze pad covering the middle of my back....I think I did get myself turned around. (I did share that I fell out of bed one night last week,l maybe 5 days ago and have a huge bruise on my left knee. I fell into the crate on the way down.
On top of that, all Bailey has wanted to do today is bite. Saying "No!" is not working at the moment. We have passed her back and forth about two dozen times just to get through the day.
Bob wanted me to go back to the hospital today, but I'd rather wait until tomorrow.....if my doc says it's necessary. All of tis has frightened him pretty much. He got enough upset talking abut it today that he was crying. This is a pretty serious disease......and I realized I get tremors in my hands not infrequently. I plan to get one of those loose muzzles in the AM if only for us for a short while.
We go back to see the my doc in the AM as soon as we can get as appointment,
I'm sorry your weather still calls-for winter coats.
Night sweetie. I love you.
Oh Sus, Bob is worried and overwhelmed, he doesn't really mean it about Bailey. What would happen if when she starts biting you just walk away or put her down on the floor and ignore her her five minutes? Just a thought. Don't say no, don't say anything, just ignore her bad behavior.
Perhaps Bob is right and you need to go back to the hospital, if anything just to touch base with your doctor. From what I read on your link, it does sound that it can be serious so why take any chances?
Sending lots of love and prayers for all of you. I'll check back on my lunch hour.
Hope you got a bit of sleep. Not sleeping is hard.
Love,
Addy
Hi Addy-
I actually slept the best and the longest last night....longer than anything recent.
If you ignore Bailey she keeps bouncing away from you and toward you. On the toward part she nips. If I walk away, she's nipping at my pant leg.
The nips are getting more sharp.
If we need to take her outside to go, she won't let you catch her. It's the bouncy thing again. The only way I get it to work is to ignore it and eventually she will stop bouncing back either so far or so fast and I can grab her collar and attach the leash.
We are off now to go see doc. Temp still the same. Monster headache.
After doc-if I'm not sent to the hospital, we're going to pick up a nuzzle. After fighting to attach that, I will call obedience training.
She's lucky she is so cute.
-Susan
Oh Susan,
You sure have a lot going on--stress level high. I hope you on the road to recovery, but if it takes being in the hospital then do it--better safe than sorry as we all say. :o
I want to let you know that Maddie was a holy terror as a puppy and she turned out to be the best amazing dog in less than 2 years--haha. Remember Bailey is a smaller dog so the time to settle down is less than it was for Maddie (Sas said this). Maddie was a bitter and jumper. What really helped was training and giving her a job (running with my husband on the bike). She mainly only jumped on & bit me -- I am the one who fed and took care of her; so go figure... It will get better--just exhaust her then train--haha!!
Get Better!!! ((HUGS))
Oh Susan,
I am so sorry to hear you are still not doing well at all. Fortunately you finally had a better night, that's a start :)
Bailey is probably too cute for her own good ;) But cute dogs should not get away with things like all others dog shouldn't either. Good for you that you are going to start obedience training with her <thumbs up>
My friend, who also has a puppy, the Welsh Springer, was complaining he was biting her all the time as well. None of the usual tips and tricks worked (ignoring, walking away, etc...) But also, that pup would not mess with her adult female dog. When she brought the pup home and he was trying to mess with the adult dog, that dog gave him a good piece of her mind :D And of course, the pup now knows better as to missbehave around her. She has another adult dog and that dog is less "firm" and the result is that the pup still tries to bite and roughplay with that dog. And ofcourse, with my friend, the pup is being even worse. And eventhough some may not agree with me, it is so obvious. The oldest dog, showed the pup what she tolereated and what not, in dogstyle. That is the message the pup understood and so that's the dog he leaves alone. Yet, it's also the dog he sleeps with and curls up with. The dog that behaved the "toughest" toward him him, is the one he respects and wants to befriend. As young as he is, he knows that's the dog to be friends with, the "topdog" :D So I told my friend, next time he was biting her to grab him in his neck and hold his scruff untill he relaxed and stopped fighting her. She had to do this 3 times and it was over and done with. He now no longer bites her, no longer "bumps" into her, no longer avoids her...instead, he's more loving and affectionate then ever before, he WANTS to be in her good grace. His behaviour changed from "I do what I want and I don't care what you do or say" to "I admire and respect you and I want to do whatever I can to please you so we become best friends" In fact, the same behaviour he showed toward the oldest dog which he respected from the start. And eversince she was "firm" with him, he learns two new commands every day...:) I really do not believe you harm a dog by grabbing him in the scruff...if needed. I actually think you harm a dog more when you let the behaviour get out of control. And from the interactions between the puppy and the older dogs, one can see that thats how dogs do it amongst themselves. There are dogs that will never need to be grabbed in the scruff...but then again, some will need it. It's not something one should do with every dog and under all circumstances, but there are situations where it's needed, in my opinion. (unfortunately, it's usually needed because the owners weren't "firm" from the start and the dog could get out of control...so basically, the owners should be the ones held by the scruff :p) Especially the smaller (and cuter) breeds can grow up to become real terrors. They will often be carried around constantly, held and cuddled and for some reason, basic rules of proper, polite dog behaviour often don't seem to apply to small dogs :) If you have a Great Pyrenese puppy that's nipping you when you walk away, I bet most owners won't tolerate it, not even when the pup is just 2 or 3 months old...because they are big puppies and the owners are (usually) very aware that this puppy will be a huge nipping machine in just a few months. So, very generally speaking, larger breed puppies are often better trained and raised then the small toy breeds :) I can't stress enough that people should not "baby" a new dog. (talking strictly about "normal" dogs, not traumatised rescues and such) Start strict and depending on the dogs character you can loosen the rules down the road. I know and understand it's all done out of love but if you have small children and I expect you love those too, you have to be strict with them as well at times otherwise they do not devellop in healthy independant adults. There comes a day where you have to bring them to school for example and they may cry their eyes out, pleading with you not to leave them there. But you do...because you know it's for the best. It would be silly to keep them home for the rest of their lives....even when your motivation would be that you love your child so much and don't want it to feel sad or upset. You teach your child to dress himself, you wouldn't want to be still dressing your child when it was 30, right?
So love...is more then holding, cuddling, sleeping with you in the bed, etc...love is also teaching them, learning them to become independant and self assured dogs that know what's expected of them, that know how to behave in a world they are part of. That makes for happy owners but above all, it makes for happy dogs :) And that's the goal, raising happy dogs that are not frustrated or fearfull, dogs that know how to act socially so they can interact with other dogs (something I feel every dog deserves)
And eventhough dogs are not little people, that's what they share. We, as parents, both of children and dogs, are the ones responsable that both can grow up in the best possible way for their respective species, of course :D
The fun thing is, that it's basically the same, we want both to have respect, to be independant and selfassured and for for kids to enjoy "kids" things like playing baseball and for dogs to enjoy dog things like playing fetch.
But first, get better and I really hope you will feel better soon, Susan :)
Sas and Yunah :)
Hi Again Susan,
I totally agree with Sas, we had to grab Maddie's gruff and hold her until she calmed down. The teaching like you would your child played a big part also. I think some of it is common sense in the end. We treated Maddie like a dog and she earned her independence like a child (of course we didn't treat the daughter like a dog :D). It was the exercise, disipline, affection program that worked. This is what we will be doing when our new furball comes home soon, but I am a little scared myself to go through this stage again, but they are soooo cute...:D:D
Get better!!! I hope you have good news when you get home from the doctor's or you are in the hospital to be closely watched. :o
Hoping you have turned a corner and have good news from the doctor.
Love,
Addy
Hello girlfren's!
Let me go from shortest to longest. Then I'll fill you in on the day's news.
Addy-from my heart, thank you.
Marie-Thank you for sharing your experiences....again. What puppy? When? What kind? Already born?
Sas-
Thank you for taking the time to share so much. You are all like the voice of calm in what had become a tornado.
We were in a pet store today and I asked them for recommendations for trainers. I have spoken with a woman who is a Board Certified Dog Trainer. (I have no idea what board.........hopefully not an ironing board!!););) She has a class starting this Thursday and (oh-I see here...."Animal Behavior College")-I plan to start then. I've not had a chance to go look at it yet, but she has a web site...www.K10training.com. They call themselves K-10 because they are one better (than K-9.) We got a muzzle. We got one of those new "jackets" that have been advertised on tv here as something which calms dogs down...no matter what age. We went back later, on our way back home to pick up a pigs ear. We had not tried those with Bailey yet. We threw out the pigs hoof because it had such a disgusting smell and look and because Bailey kept trying to place it on my face in the mornings so she could chew on it there.:eek: The pigs ear is super!. It's the only thing she has been willing to have/use without me and my comfy chest there. It's the only thing she has been willing to enjoy so that I can get some things done on my own. I am in great need of "my time" on a regular basis and I think I've only had two hours since we brought her home:(:(:(:(.....and that was the massage the other day. So she may gain a reprieve with the pigs ear.....I'm going to put her on week to week extensions. (JUST KIDDING!!)
Sas, Your example about not taking kids to school because they would be unhappy reminded me of an experience with Ryan.
I have my BEFF and even though she has never had any kids, she's very smart about them. I was able only to stay at home with my new baby for 6 weeks. Financially it was necessary that I return to work. I lived in Arlington, VA and my friend lived then about 15 miles away. We both worked in suburban Maryland about 25 miles away, for different companies. To avoid some of the traffic I would not start work until 10, she did the same. So I was taking Ryan to the day care lady on my way to work. (Geez she was wonderful. We were soooo lucky.)
One day my friend said to me....I know it's going well for you and you are very happy. I just want to point out that there will come a day when you go to drop off Ryan and he's going to look at you and scream and cry....because he doesn't want you to go and you're gonna hate yourself and think you''re doing permanent damage to Ry-ry. Well DANG SHE'S SMART and 4 - 6 weeks later it happened. And I cried all the way to her office and we went and had lunch early....and hugged.
Some great news........the neighbors on the other cul-de-sac, the ones with the springer spaniel.......well they've been watching, taking out Bailey while I visit doctors. Zoe is a puppy as well....but about 3 or 4 months older than Bailey. Today took longer than we expected (of course), so we called Bill and let him know. He then came over, retrieved Bailey, and took her, after a walk, to his house. Now springer spaniel......one of his legs equals the size of all of Bailey. He let them play together and play they did! He said Zoe was actually scared of Bailey. (YAY Bailey!!):rolleyes::rolleyes: They have a stepup to a family room and Bailey didn't think she could----well she tried but couldn't get up the step. So Zoe positioned the tip of her nose about 9" from the edge of the step. The two just spied each other for a long time. Then after about 45 minutes, they both settled down and curled up next to one another.
When we went to get Bailey back, I watched her little tail and never did it go down. Zoe was unmanageable. Bailey was pretty darn calm. (I was so proud!!) So hopefully maybe we can find a place where the 2 of them can romp and stomp once a week or so. Their yard does not have a fence either.
Now-re:me. I have what I said and was told it is very rare (natch.) It may take 4 or more weeks on antibiotics to get it all. Symptoms may come and go at various times until all of it is smooshed out. I go back in a week for a follow up and some end-of-this-week blood test results. More antibiotics for at least another two weeks, then another checkup. The doc and the nurse remarked on how bad I looked last Thursday and that even though I am suffering symptoms, I looked better today.
So-now that I know I am going to live, I feel like I was run over by a Mac Truck and/or had a stress meltdown. Bob's much better. I'm better. Bob and I are better. Bailey is better. I think we'll keep her. :rolleyes:
:cool:
So-that's most if not all of it and I'm tired, so I'm gonna sign off now.
Thanks to everyone for sticking by me and propping me up. I'm going to dream tonight how, someday, somehow, we will all, with our furrballs, get to meet in person. What fun that would be!
Love,
Susan
Sweet dreams dear Susan, we are keeping you too;)
Love,
Addy
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PS-I went to the Chiropractor today. You'd think I went because I fell, but I wasn't that smart. I went, however, because I have severe arthritis, especially in thumbs, neck, shoulders.
He told me I had a really bad fall. (Why do I always need someone else tell me...why can't I figure out it's okay to admit pain, injury?)
He commented on how tight my neck is.
He told me I sprained my back.
I am planning on going back again this week.
I feel much better with his help.
-Susan
Yeah!!! You are on that road to feeling better!!!:p:D In many ways...haha!!!
Yes, a new australian shepherd puppy for us. :) She was born April 1st and should be ready to come home by the 27th. Not sure of which one we get since the sire's owner still needs to pick which one of the blue merle girls she will take, but we are pretty sure she will take the one with the darker front leg--see pictures on Maddie and my site. The one with her tongue sticking out will probably be our little one--she is the bigger of the two pups. We got to visit them a couple of weeks ago--they are a couple hours away from us. We saw their older brother who is 8 months old (the same mom & dad). He was such a happy camper and pretty darn behaved for that age!! Could have gone and checked on Carrol on our way--haha!!! ;)
So I will be in Puppy Hell with you in a couple of weeks. :o You know, in a couple of months you will forget how you were going to give Bailey back--haha!!!:eek::)
Here's to Susan feeling better and the whole family feeling better about everything!!!!:)
Cheer, Cheer, I second that, Marie
Give Bailey another PIG EAR!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
TO EVERYONE FEELING BETTER!!!~!!!!!!!!
Love,
Addy
Addy-
"Give Bailey another PIG EAR!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
TO EVERYONE FEELING BETTER!!!~!!!!!!!!"
Definitely!! I only bought one since she's not had them before. I had some left over after Palmer left for greener pastures (heh, heh)-but I think I threw them out.
Marie-I am ready, willing and able for you whenever Snookums arrives!
Love,
Susan
Nurse Addy checking in on her patient.
What are your vital signs today:D
Be back soon!!!!
Love,
Addy
Why hello, Nurse Addy! My your uniform is nice and crisp today....and I do like that little beannie on your head!!
Today-today I am exhausted. Today I have the cough back. Today no nausea, so far. Today chest seems a bit tighter. Today...temp dropped about 1 degree....still not normal.
Later revision-tad of nausea. I have medicine for that.
I'm VERY hot....but my temp is even closer to "normal."
Bailey & I start behavior training on Thursday.
I think I'm going back to chiropractor tomorrow.
I have had a monster headache all day that nothing will touch.
So-I'm off to bed early.
No oomph left in me to try to say something witty.
Chat with you tomorrow..
What kind of work do you do?
Love,
Susan
Hi to whomever is reading this-
I'm sick. In case I didn't mention it they have told me it will be at least four to eight weeks from when I started the antibiotics before the symptoms will stop. :( I know I didn't tell you how rare this is.......I don't have the exact number yet but two sources tell me it's something like 1 or 2 in every million people. Isn't that special? :( It's not the kind of special I want to be.:eek:
Anyway-I came back "in".....I know it's partly because I am sick and I am beaten down, but it's another "gee I wish Palmer were here" day. Tears. The whole nine yards. Some of his pictures rotate as my desktop and in the ones from his last year his eyes look sad. :( That's something I had not noticed. Some of his worst near the end pictures I have deleted. I don't want to remember him that way. I loved him just as much but it is oh so hard. It's been 9+ months now. :(:(
Bailey is behaving much better today. :) Only a few "NO!!" incidences. She EVEN made a noise up her in the studio telling me she needed to go out. :D:D Hallelujah!!! :eek::D:eek: Boy did she get treats for that performance. :D:D
That's all-I just wanted to say how I am feeling now about Palmer, my little buddy.
-Susan