Monday, August 22, 2022

New kids on the block....


 Above Lorelei is holding Gus and below is Wilbur...they were going to call him Willem but Lorelei and Jeremy decided they like Wilbur better.  Wilbur is the name the rescue place gave him.


They were made to be hugged.

They are just so cute 

and loveable...  


We did run over to meet/see them this weekend.  Above, Gus is actually sleeping like that.


Above is their first night at home.  
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Thought I would post another happy post.  Stitches came out Friday.  You just would not believe how good my face looks compared to what it looked like right after the surgery.




Sunday, August 14, 2022

Little update

 I know it has been a long time since I posted....life finally feels like it is somewhat back on track.  It did take a while.  I will begin with Roger.

I am not sure what made his sugar get so low.  Normally if he is sick, it is high.  He did not feel like eating, did not joke around at all.  His cardiologist/NP had increased two of his meds.  The one was doubled, then doubled again.  One for cholesterol.  And the other was magnesium.

So I started playing with his insulin and oral meds for the diabetes, and got him to our NP in a few days.  (I got him in as soon as I could but it was 4th of July weekend.  They did call and talk to me...) She said I had done exactly right with the reduction in the oral medication and the insulin, and even reduced the insulin more.  And when she saw the cholesterol meds, she was almost what you would call upset.  Wanting to know why he was on so much.  He is on two different pills.  I told her it was from the cardiologists office.  

She was going to have me eliminate one entirely, but I said how about cut back on the one.  So she said fine.  After doing that, in 24 hours he was some better.  Still he was not himself.  I gave it about 10 days or two weeks, and then cut it back to the original dose...that did the trick.  He is back to joking and teasing and being hungry.  


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I had MOH's surgery Friday...the first time showed no more cancer.  Hopefully it will not show up in that spot again.  This last time was just about exactly in the same place the first one was in years ago.  I am so thankful to God that there was no more.

I have tried to get up the nerve to post a pic but it might gross you out...it is not a good pic but it sure is not fun to look at.  You look at it and say OUCH!  And maybe even 'ooooh, gross!'

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In the middle of this we had a major plumbing issue.  It is too long to go into.  Sarah came and got her day for a couple nights.  We had the drain back up late one evening.  I went to take the plug out of the sewage line to see if I could run the little snake and get anything to move.  When I went to twist the plug, the whole line broke!  

They fixed it in about an hour the next night... a couple of good, decent working guys.  After dealing with the one company for all the hail damage a couple years ago, I am always so thankful for people that try to do a good job.

I am not sure when or if I will be blogging again...I have to get stitches out either in a week or so.  Can go next Friday or else wait till Monday and I do dread it because the last stitch is so close to my eye.

I am going to put a video here below...one that I came across just a few days ago:

Thursday, June 30, 2022


 She came for a short visit the other day and I have not seen her since.  She honestly seemed as excited to see me as I was to see her.

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I had to call an ambulance for Roger yesterday morn...I could not get him to get up.  He would say what, when I was trying to get him to get up to take his meds.  And say okay...but would just go back to sleep.

You cannot imagine how stupid I feel...in my own defense, I will say I am ever looking for something that points to another stroke.  But he is diabetic.  Can you guess where I am going?  Yes, his blood sugar was extremely, extremely low.  I am amazed he was not in a coma.  The EMT gave him an IV that brought his sugar back up and had him eat a peanut butter sandwich before they would leave.  

And my biopsy was more basal cell....right now another MOHs surgery is scheduled for Aug 12.  The other option is radiation.  25 treatments.  Every day.    They both scare me since it is about an inch below my eye and close to my nose.