Category Archives: cattitude

19Apr26: Tori takes great care of my kitty!

Yesterday.
Gad! I may look like heck, but I’m feeling.much better. I will be at Regional West at least till Wednesday, then….

16Apr26:

Whew! Billfold located!

The missing wallet was at home – never got picket up ehen I rolled out to the ambulance. Terry found it and brought it and my billfold to.me today. What a relief! Thanks, TC!
Random old photo Andy.
No.idea when iI get out of here, the beginning five weeks of radiation trratment….
Missing my kitty….
The stir fry was good but much. I hate wasting food, but the servings her are huge.
Another one.

15Apr26: can’t finish lunch becaus…

…[ have t o drink thid. Too much.
DANG!
It was really good. too!.

Day 2 at Regional West.

Excellent care; diarrhea from antibiotics;my hospitalization not known by all who needed to know; weak and probably will need therapy after pneumonia; miss Andy and try not to think about it.

They got three liters of fluid of me today in dialysis. The goal is two more.

Emergency room…

It looks like I will be transported to another hospital.  This blog my be down while I recover from pneumonia. Andy is taken care of. Please don’t call since I need to conserve on charge till I know where I’m going to and charging availability. I won’t reply to comments for a time either.

Thank you!

Pretty sick Doug

08May26…

Andy stopped by when I got close to the refrigerator.
“Greenies?” (His generic term for edibles….)
“No? You put some out around the corner?”
“You sure?”

As sure as rain, Andy!

He

Decided the front door has more prespects.

“A bird!”
Yes,that caught his attention.
So predictable.
In wait….

06May26:

Where are the Greenies?
There? No.
Not here, either.
On the floor? Nope… well, old ones I won’t touch….
I’m waiting, Doug!
“Patience, kitty boy!”
“Here you go!”
Nom! Nom!

05May26: I’m OK, just too busy with appointments…

Andy and I are fine. I’ve just been overwhelmed with appointments… and exhaustion.
Andy wants his Greenies.
I want a little relief from appointments!
That’s right, Andrew! Get your pleasures whenever you find a spare moment.
“More Greenies, please.”

02May26: hello – goodbye…

Andy stopped by.
“Hello!”
Nothing exciting, I guess.
“Goodbye.”
That was
short.
What was that about!?

     =(^+^)=

Yesterday was sleepy one. I slept through dialysis, mostly. The fatigurp wall hit me around 12 noon so, and I got over five hours of bed rest later. This most likely is because of the extra length of oxygen line (at home), so I didn’t wake up disconnected from the oxygen concentrator.

 

Lately, the short oxygen line’s popped off the canula (the deal with two prongs that you stick in your nose). It is odd to realize you’ve spent some length of time without oxygen –  and that you wake up pissy!

Chris, the Lincare supply deliverer, brought several lines and auxiliary parts yesterday, and they quickly upgraded my oxygen system.

(No, I don’t have to sleep with a mask. The canula stays in place somehow.)

A bonus Andy photo!

01May26: sorting things out…

Andy’s at peace with the world.
Cute, eh?!
I, on the other hand, am trying to
sort out which days I go in an hour earlier for wound care and which…
….OK! This settled the question!
Yes, Monday is foot care, early before dialysis.
As an old quality guy, I know that once you establish “normal” variation, randomly tossing in little changes increases variation beyond expected levels. You destabilize the process! Yep!
So, when trying to sort out one appointment, I get a call to make another! I’m not by my white board with future apppoinents. I managed to make one I can make.

Now, arranging a ride.
Andy’s awake now. He must have heard me making loud mouth noises while sorting appointments out.