My leukemia's back.

[Blooie]

Doing fine here...cold, snowy, windy....but all are snug and safe! Glad your breathing is better!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Doing fine here...cold, snowy, windy....but all are snug and safe!  Glad your breathing is better!

Yeah snowing here....Winter seams to finally be settling in....hi Blooie....hope your clan is well....

 

[Suzie]

Praying for healing and sending love to everyone here.....and to their families too!

 

[3goodeggs]

I hate ladders too...I am terrified of heights...that is not me smiling...it is a frozen look of fear..!

This morning my husband said, 'Do not use the extension ladder or I will be furious,'

okay. deal.

you are braver than me. I can use the ones that fold out and i have something to hold on to. That looks terrifying.

 

[Blooie]

I hated ladders until we got our Little Giant. I'm still very careful up there but the stability and flexibility of the ladder is so reassuring. And no, I don't work for Little Giant!

 

[Suzie]

Going up......



To the roof...taking tiles off...to replace all with slates...in a heatwave..! Did not want my Husband to do it all alone...

 

[3goodeggs]

lovely place!
We did our little home with asphalt shingles when I was much younger, but I could not get close to the edge.
I am not sure I could get the courage up to put in slate tiles, especially on a two story building.
Brave lady.

 

[donrae]

This morning my husband said, 'Do not use the extension ladder or I will be furious,'

okay. deal.

you are braver than me. I can use the ones that fold out and i have something to hold on to. That looks terrifying.

Okay, sure honey, just cause I love you so much and respect your wishes in this matter

Phil, glad your breathing is doing better. I think the prednisone has started helping. I was taking a good 20 minutes to recover from feeding in the mornings, now it's just a few minutes. I'm also using my albuterol MDI before I go out, not sure if that's making much of a difference. I feel the shortness of breath is less, but I'm still not feeling great. Just kind of run down feeling, no energy, I'd be pretty content to sit on the sofa all day, honestly. That's a big step backward. I also have an ache behind my right shoulderblade, worse with breathing in. I had a chest X-ray yesterday and see the lung doc today, so we'll see if there's something else brewing there. I'm on Zithromax every day and Septra twice a week, you'd think nothing could start growing. And Noxafil to prevent fungal infections, and Zovirax to prevent viral issues. You'd think I'm armored against pretty much anything, right?

Honey lost his wedding ring yesterday

. He's lost so much weight we should have seen this coming, but he never said anything about it being loose. He doesn't know where, he was in and out of homes and assisted living facilities. He's making calls to see if anyone found it. Keeps going on about how naked he feels without it. I have credit at a local jewelry store but it's about 5 years old. I hope they don't give me a hard time about using it for a new ring.

speaking of hard times....we'd been working with a builder about getting a new house here. We'd decided it wasn't going to work due to the size of our lot and the required set backs, our lot is just too narrow. After trying to get an answer for about a month, the builder finally said our deposit is non-refundable

. the problem is having someplace to live during construction. The current mobile is in the way of building a new home. The company said it can be moved, they just need a few feet. I'm pretty sure the structure won't tolerate being moved. It's a single wide with tip-outs for the living room and one bedroom, and the space between the two tip outs (at both ends of the house) was enclosed to make a third bedroom. I don't see how they can move it, but I'm willing to give the guy a call and have him come look at it. I'm just not sure we can afford rent someplace for 4-6 months while they build. The company suggested a travel trailer---yeah, right. 2 adults and 3 teenage boys and 2 hundred pound dogs in a travel trailer? Sounds like a really bad reality show, or a Hunger Games type thing where you all could bet on who would emerge alive. We're in less than a thousand square feet right now and things aren't always pretty. I cruised rentals and it seems to me they're very expensive, and most won't allow pets. The livestock would stay here and we'd just stop by and care for them, but the dogs pretty much need to go with us. Eve especially. And I don't know how Roscoe would do being left here alone. He's another reason I'm wondering if something else is going on with me....the last few days he's been very clingy. I'm literally tripping over him and he's jumping up on my bed, something he never does without an invitation. Wish I knew what he knows

 

[lazy gardener]

Rachel, I'm confused... can the builder build on your current property? Or do you need to find a new house lot? What about waiting until spring/summer and then camping out for the summer while they build? So sorry about hubby's lost ring. I'll lift your family up to the throne room, for a solution to the "place to live while new build being completed" as well as your ongoing resp. issues. May God touch both of these situations in such a way that His controling hand in all things great and small is so very evident. Are there any snow birds that you know who would like to have their homes "house sat" for the winter?

Thanks all for your prayers. GS is eating, his cough is not severe enough to keep him home an other day (Kid is a quick healer). Hubby is still under the weather, and feels like he's been run over by a truck. But he has some periods where the cough is under control, so he's able to rest those muscles!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Dang Rachel....drama.....prednisone is starting to work....that's good.
I never think abuterol does anything for me but I puff away. I used to used something else years ago....can't remember what it was called...it was harsher than abuterol....but it worked.
Stick with it....don't be do worried about energy....trust me I know went through all that myself. Back then I was on Bactrim and Diflucan....you've been through h e ll and back.
LG....sounds like the worst is over. Hope your family can recover now and have a healthy Christmas.