Hamster

sigh

Wow - has it ever been a long couple of weeks. 

 

My uncle is really sick, for one thing.  An otherwise healthy man, he had what was thought to be some sort of herniated disc or something in his neck (between the C1 and C4 area, I think).  It ended up not being that, though.  It was a staph infection in his neck, which required emergency surgery to remove the infection.  This was discovered while he was already in the hospital for renal failure.  He had been taking ibuprofen for the neck pain, but not eating or drinking, so his kidneys shut down. 

 

He has been regaining kidney function day-by-day, but during the emergency surgery, his heart stopped at least once, which caused a blood clot.  The clot then traveled to his spine, of all things.  He is now paralyzed from the chest down.  I cried like he had died when I found out.  He's such a strong man, and I never would have expected something like that to happen to him, of all people.  It's very hard to watch my favorite uncle suffering. 

 

I went to see him yesterday again, and he is on a ventilator as well.  He can communicate somewhat, but it is extremely difficult to understand him.  The nurses, my mom and aunts can understand him more than I can, but they've been around him more.  I talked to him a couple of times, and I feel bad that I couldn't understand him.  I was able to figure out that he was thirsty once, though.  I gave him those sponges that you can wet and let him drink from.  The other time, I had to get the nurse to figure it out. 

 

He knows he is paralyzed, or at least he has been told at least once.  No one is sure yet if he has retained everything he hears, or if he's even hearing everything. 

 

Other than that, things don't suck, they just cost a lot. 

 

Oh, and the cute little neighborhood feral kitty got hit and killed last night or this morning.  That just started my day off badly. 

 

Dangit. 

 

Well, Christmas is coming up.  I am going to visit my Uncle both days, and then we're getting together with the families over three days.  That might make things better. 

Hero Dog

All I can say about this is aww. This dog's buddy got hit on a highway, and he dodges oncoming cars to pull him to safety.

Hero Dog

reminiscing

I changed purses the other day. I went to put something in one of the slots and I found a handkerchief of my PaPa's that Grandma had given me. It's been 15 months since he died, but because I had it closed off to normal air flow, I guess, it still smelled like him. I never thought I'd smell that again. I almost cried at work just now.

I really miss him, especially on and around the holidays. Thanksgiving is coming up and we won't have his potato salad, or get to dodge his spontaneous tickle grabs when we pass his chair. I miss that.

OPEC is sad that it has lost potential profits on cheaper oil.

And yet again (see news here), I don't care if you lose money, OPEC. See previous OPEC post.

So there.

I told you.

4!

Today's our 4th anniversary! We don't get to even see each other, though. Well, if looking at him snoring while I get ready for work counts, then we do, but otherwise, we don't. I am working 9-6, he is working 3rd, and I have band practice, so we miss each other entirely.

It's alright, though. Our Twilight endeavour on the 21st is our real anniversary date night. We have had that planned since we've been reading the books, so it's not like we thought we'd be able to do anything tonight anyway.

Anyway, Happy Anniversary to us!

Oh, and check out the cute turkey background! I got it from "Cutest Little Blog on the Block."

All Work, No Pay

At least I can say I get my paycheck like I was promised. This is ridiculous.

Wild Wing having trouble paying employees

However, to me, it seems like they're doing everything they can to $1 their staff to death. $4 per paycheck for breaking dishes? Little weird if you ask me. I don't go there anyway. I have long since outgrown that kind of scene.

One more new kid

This one's from Greenville.

Rachel Gleason

Remember, just scroll down to my "Prayers Needed" section and find her name.

New Kids

I added new kids to pray for under the "Prayers Needed" list below.

Kasey Radford
Caroline O'Neil
Austin Krumrey

Berea Playoff Bound?

My school might be going to football playoffs - yay!
Berea

Cameron Brown

Cameron has passed away on October 30th at 10:04PM. Once again, I cannot imagine what this must be like for his family.

Cameron Brown & Liam Fisher

All who read this:

Please keep these two young boys and their respective families in your thoughts and prayers at what must be such a heartbreaking time.
Cameron Brown
Liam Fisher

I cannot imagine what it must be like to entertain the possiblity of losing your child.

Macy Update #2

So far, our boy has been ok.  He is still not happy at all with the antibiotics we have to give him, but he hasn't had any more "episodes" since we starting giving that to him.  Maybe it just had to work its way out of his system. 

 

 

Poor Filly

Aww, this poor horse! This looks like something I'd do to myself.

Macy update

My boy is ok.  He is either having stress issues or he has a tiny bacterial infection that the vet couldn't detect.  He has to take an antibiotic once a day, which he HATES.  My poor boy.  He got his shots, too, so he was not a happy boy yesterday. 

 

I'm just happy he's not very sick.  I am extremely attached to him (well, all of them, but he is my first). 

Flashing Lights lead to Robberies

Flashing Lights Lead to Robberies

See, this is why I have a problem with those auctioned-off decommissioned police vehicles. I know that's probably not what was used in this situation, but I would seriously pull over for those cars. They have the blacked-out rear light panels and even the manual spotlight on the front. I have been seasoned to respond to blue lights, but geez... wouldn't the average person stop for those cars, too?

My furbaby

My baby boy kitty, Macy, is at the vet right now with hub. I'll say it nicely by saying that he has had a digestive issue over the last week (in the litterbox area).

He's not a happy boy right now.

Please wish him well in your thoughts. He's my only boy.

All Work, No Play

Ok, maybe you get the pictures next week.  This week, I am spending every waking moment either at work or cleaning my house.  With Halloween coming up and me hosting a jewelry party the next weekend, I have a lot to do.  I am only able to post remotely now because I am at work and cannot clean. 

 

If it weren't for our pets, I'd have a much cleaner floor, but it's worth it.  I love our babies.  It's not their fault anyway.  I hope "Nature's Miracle" works a miracle or two. 

 

Oh dang, I just realized I need to plan hors d'oeuvres for the party.  Hmm.  What shall Kiki make/get?  Lemon Pie for sure, veggies, fruit, drinks, nuts?  Sounds like a semi-plan. 

 

-sigh-  I'm so busy this week.  Geez.  Time to put the DVD player on auto-pilot and start multi-tasking.  No facebook or blogger, no nothing else until I'm done. 

 

I also realized that I need to get some alternate seating in our house.  The last few things we have had, we havn't had enough seating.  I might have to borrow from my bro this time around until I have a chance to go out and actually purchase something good. 

Guns & Roses and some free Dr. Pepper

LOL - it looks like Dr. Pepper is making good on their promise to give out free Dr. Pepper if Guns and Roses EVER released that long-awaited album of theirs, Chinese Democracy.

Well, long awaited for some. Me? Not so much. I was over GNR by the time Slash and Duff moved on to Velvet Revolver.

As for the free drink, I semi like Dr. Pepper. I migrated to Mr. Pibb until it starting sucking, and never went back to Dr. Pepper since I gave up brown sodas. I might break down and give it another try.. you know, since it's free and all. If I act quickly, that is.

Dr Pepper's Guns N' Roses Promise Won't Go Flat