Granny's gone and done it again

[ShrekDawg]

Night time pay premiums.

Pilonidal cysts are 100% NO FUN, can confirm.

Sigh. Hubs went to a truck show near Salem today, so I’ve been home with the monsters. He’s snoozing right now. The housebreaking is….interesting. He did a walking pee down the hallway today. Sigh. Working on some positive associations with the crate. I feed him in there and he got a frozen kong stuffed with wet food earlier


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You’ll get there so precious!!!

 

[microchick]

My DH and I both fell. Lots of boo-boos Rough week so far

Graaaneeeeeey she whines. Gonna tell you like I used to tell the old folks I took care of (yeah and a lot of us here fall under the category of being old folks). When body hits floor, floor always wins! I used to ask them if they knew how to prevent losing to the floor and they would say, yeah, don't fall.

I hate to hear that you two fell. Having done that a few times myself I can sure empathize. Hope the boo boos aren't of the serious nature and you are starting to feel a bit better.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Going to get dinner with my brother shortly.

 

[microchick]

@prostar I've always found that our puppies train faster when they are with an already housebroke dog. It's like Helen Keller with the water pump only the pup sees the older dog doing it's business outside and a little light bulb goes off over their heads OH THAT's what I'm supposed to do!

We figured with the 5 cattle dog pups when we got them that the easiest way to train them was to put in a doggy door. They were used to doing their business outside. Plus we had the boys neutered. Rocki, the surviving female house broke herself. The boys still occasionally scent mark, bless their leaky little hearts and with that thought in mind I have a few bottles of Nature's Miracle stain and scent eliminator along with a bottle of Nature's Miracle No More Scent Marking on hand at all times.

Biggest problem is that Diesel plays Ogre to Varn's Billy Goats Gruff and sometimes won't grant him access to the doggy door. Can't say that I blame him. Varn can be a little ass when he wants to, but he reminds me of the short pudgy little brother that no matter how rotten he is, he can be so endearing that you just forgive any transgressions and grab a bottle of Nature's Miracle.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Pains no better today. I should just take a flexaril and knock myself out for a few blessed hours.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

SD and SIL left early this AM. Tom wouldn't eat again today. He did drink ensure but how far is that gonna go? I didn't bother with a shot for him today. My hair hasn't been brushed in a few days. Tangle city there. Little things are adding up to be big things. The house is very quiet now. Robert is being a trooper. He does what I ask him to as far as helping Tom and I. A different man for sure. I am very proud of him.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

bbl

 

[microchick]

Granny, I wish we lived closer. I'm so sorry you are suffering through so much.

I learned recently that a local Amish man passed away. Probably in his late 70s or early 80s. He had a stroke a couple years back but got an infection/sepsis. Became wheelchair and then bedfast. Developed cavernous pressure ulcers that the family didn't know how to take care of. I was heartsick hearing how bad they were and knowing that I was only a mile and a half away and if they had asked I sure would have showed them how to turn and position him and treat the ulcers.

I agree with the advice Cynthia12 gave you about getting Tom to move around. If you have a soft pillow or cushion that you can put under his bum in the wheelchair that will work too. If he is in bed make sure his heels are off the mattress. Put a pillow under them and see if you can get the doc to write you a prescription for heel protectors. Medicare should pay for them. If he is on his side, support his back with more pillows so he can't roll and put another pillow between his knees. I know this is a lot of work but it will be worth it. Also try to turn him or get him to move around once an hour and make sure the padding moves with him.

Something off the usual treatment. Bag balm. If you can get some, rub his heels, hips, elbows, shoulder blades and where his butt meets where he is sitting. It will help toughen up that skin.

If you have any questions, I am here. Just ask. I did this professionally. Never had a patient with decubiti ulcers/aka bed sores.

 

[Cynthia12]

Granny, I wish we lived closer. I'm so sorry you are suffering through so much.

I learned recently that a local Amish man passed away. Probably in his late 70s or early 80s. He had a stroke a couple years back but got an infection/sepsis. Became wheelchair and then bedfast. Developed cavernous pressure ulcers that the family didn't know how to take care of. I was heartsick hearing how bad they were and knowing that I was only a mile and a half away and if they had asked I sure would have showed them how to turn and position him and treat the ulcers.

I agree with the advice Cynthia12 gave you about getting Tom to move around. If you have a soft pillow or cushion that you can put under his bum in the wheelchair that will work too. If he is in bed make sure his heels are off the mattress. Put a pillow under them and see if you can get the doc to write you a prescription for heel protectors. Medicare should pay for them. If he is on his side, support his back with more pillows so he can't roll and put another pillow between his knees. I know this is a lot of work but it will be worth it. Also try to turn him or get him to move around once an hour and make sure the padding moves with him.

Something off the usual treatment. Bag balm. If you can get some, rub his heels, hips, elbows, shoulder blades and where his butt meets where he is sitting. It will help toughen up that skin.

If you have any questions, I am here. Just ask. I did this professionally. Never had a patient with decubiti ulcers/aka bed sores.

I had to do this with my son Richard when he had his surgeries. Paralyzed from the waist down he was quite susceptible to sores.
I also worked in a nursing home and Assisted home living. A lot of turning and padding for some.

 

[microchick]

I had to do this with my son Richard when he had his surgeries. Paralyzed from the waist down he was quite susceptible to sores.
I also worked in a nursing home and Assisted home living. A lot of turning and padding for some.

Cynthia I'm so sorry on so many different levels.

I learned more as a nurse working in a 165 bed nursing home/rehab facility than I ever did working in a hospital. I used to get so mad sending people to the hospital with clear skin and them coming back with bed sores that took me 8 weeks to heal up. I actually talked to one hospital nurse, giving her report on a patient I had just sent in and said, 'try to send this one back with her skin looking like it does when you admit her'. I was lucky, I was in charge of a bunch of really great aides who did their job and came to me the minute somebody's skin started to look even a little red.

When my mother was bedfast/dying and made frequent hospital trips I went through the same thing. I'm sorry, it's tougher when you are dealing with your own family. Truly a labor of love.