I came through surgery with flying colors. I miss Andy, of course, but his caregivers – s I ster Kathy and Tori from dialysis – both are cat people. Andy knows both, and love, loves them – boop! I am comfortable just knowing he’s well cared for.

Just a random email selection of Andy’s on my smartphone to hold you – am me! – until I can shoot new ones! Thank you all for your care and comments. I especially answering all comments coming in because they frequently have their own pet stories or answers you’ve found to pet issues of the day. Since I love all animals great and small, this is and always been a place for anything great and small! I regard each of you following this blog as part of a great cloud of blessings! Thank you!

Doug

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I’m sorry I’m taking this lazy way to.thank and return comments today. I’m very tired from catching up with all the good wishes, prayers, and thoughtful comments I’ve come to have from my bloog family and on Facebook. Believe me, I do appreciate each and every one!

I’m glad the surgery is over and that yhe reports show I’m improving, that the cancer is gone.

Doug

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Andy is very busy checking out all the new scents and situations.

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Yes, another fall. It was in my bathroom when I stood up too fast.

No phone on me, no oxygen – left in front room because the antibiotics are making me loose.

Further, my LifeLine lavalier used to get help was in another room. I took it off when it was tangling in my oxygen line. No sleep under that condition!

After that, it same old same old, with police and EMTs doing their emergency things, a trip by ambulance to the emergency room. And blahblahblah. I’m tired of documenting these incidents. 

No fun for me, time wasted that was meant for organizing my apartment for the visit.

The blue cup was still on the table when I came back. I was in the emergency room for a bit longer than five and a half hours, virtually the whole afternoon.

I got a ride home in an APD patrol SUV. I didn’t have my phone, so didn’t have phone numbers. It was charging at home. Bus service doesn’t run after 4 o’clock or on weekends. My car was at home since my ride was in an ambulance. I didn’t have my walker. What a mess. The APD doesn’t give rides to good guys as a rule…. When we got to my place, the APD sergeant had to go into my apartment for a walker.

A mess!

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Earlier, Andy hopped up to the north bathroom window. He purred softly while watching birds and traffic pass by. So this is part of what he does, according to neighbor reports, while I am gone. Too bad they miss out on the soft purring!

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Todsy was a day at the hospital. During dialysis,  several blood samples were taken to start blood cultures to determine the cause of my elevated white blood cells and diminished red. I believe another blood sample was taken to retest the white and red cell levels.

After dialysis,  I was pushed around in a wheelchair for a chest X-ray and one of those awful nose swabs. I didn’t need it, but asked for a barf bag. I always get close to that reaction.

A final wheelchair ride to my car ended my hospital business.

I’ve put off getting gasoline for several days because I’ve felt so weak. However, when your car warning system tells you you have a 35-mile gasoline reserve and get a fillup…NOW!..tired and weak nor not, you’d better just do it. I struggled and had to open the back door closest to the pump to get a rest while $3.79 Trump Iran war gasoline filled my tank to an amazing 10.4 US gallons of liquid gold. That’s the most I’ve ever had to put in my tank. Oh well, in California, they’re paying closer to $6.00 for the same stuff.

The hospital dietician stopped by dialysis yesterday, too. Her recommendation for the low red blood cells issue was I probably wasn’t eating enough meat or the taking the right protein. There are protein drinks, but she felt meat was a better approach for me. 

I recently discovered wraps at Subway. The sandwiches tend to be too carbo-heavy for me.

The wraps are heavy with meat, however, and whatever else you want in them. I get them with lettuce, tomato, no cheese, and a teriyaki viaigrette. Initially, the meat element seemed too much, but the report I got lets me know this can be a good way to get that red blood cell up.  

I’ve tried turkey and beef wraps so far.