The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

Thanks everyone... This is a special diet... Only Two weeks worth... It ends a day or two before surgery where I will go on clear liquids only. chicken broth Etc.

After surgery again Clear liquids only for about 24 hours... then a gradual ramp to soft foods and eventually back to solids.

deb

It is great that you are doing this for yourself!

 

[ronott1]

Morning everyone.

Well, yesterday was Hell. Hopefully today will be better. No, gotta go for my Prolia shot so there goes today.

Where to [email protected]. Hang in there, sweetie. You may find you have to adjust your diabetic meds to accommodate the diet change. Always good to need less of that stuff. Lots of good advice that I agree with.Hang in there and remember we are here and rooting for you.

@CapricornFarm and @superchemical girl. I love the quilts. Beautiful as always. Makes mine look like a hack job. I have 4 rows laid out and basted together. I thought I was done with the embroidering and discovered I need two more squares.Can you tell I'm tired of embroidering?

Yesterday, officially Hell Day. We had 5 inches of rain here. It rained off and on all day and started with a constant downpour around 7 pm that lasted mostly all night. No internet although our HAM radio on the local frequencies was up and running. We barely had tv which helped. Lots of thunder and lightning but no severe weather. The area is pretty well and severely flooded. We are hoping we can make it to K'ville this morning.

I'm almost afraid to go out to the coop soon. Thank God for muck boots is all I can say.

Then yesterday afternoon one of the cats had made the bad decision to run across the livingroom floor while the pups were in. We have been careful to keep them segregated since the pups have such a strong chasing instinct that it never turns out well. They were trying to 'heel' the poor little cat who didn't appreciate the attention went into fight and flight mode which just spurred the cattle dog pups on. We tried to pull the dogs away from the cat and in the midst I encountered cat. The cat thought I was just another dog and latched onto my hand with her teeth. Yep, got bit and lacerated to the bone. One area needed a stitch or two but I said to heck with it. The weather sucked. I was bleeding copiously. We were grabbing dogs and stuffing them back in the utility room. The silly cat in the meantime figured out that if she stopped running the dogs would leave her alone. She seemed to be alright. Maybe some minor nips but nothing that was life threatening and nobody wanted to touch her at that point for fear of sustaining more injuries. Naturally the cat that this happened to is our psychokitty. Imagine SGC's turkey with teeth and claws and you pretty well have the picture.

DH got me patched up. I have an incredibly sore left hand along with scratch marks on my right arm. I need to get pictures of it later when I change the dressing along with pics of the quilt and hopefully the new chicks which are adorable. In the meantime I have a pretty useless left hand and antibiotics that I need to take.
What a day!

Psycho cats can be a bit of a bother to say the least.

I hope the rain, flooding and tornadoes calm down over there

 

[microchick]

Flooding is still pretty bad, Ron. Lots of road closures and the Chariton River, along with Old Miss is in a bad flood stage. What we need is less rain.

 

[drumstick diva]

Microchick Our sun just came out. I hope yours will too.

 

[Peep_Show]

"Cemetery Season" sounds like a great title for a movie or TV series!

 

[ronott1]

Flooding is still pretty bad, Ron. Lots of road closures and the Chariton River, along with Old Miss is in a bad flood stage. What we need is less rain.

I heard on NPR about a bad situation with a dam and levy system in Oklahoma. They are asking people to self evacuate

 

[getaclue]

I know I've said this before, and I know everyone thinks I'm nuts, but ALWAYS put straight CLOROX on any, and all animal bites. It doesn't burn.

 

[ronott1]

I know I've said this before, and I know everyone thinks I'm nuts, but ALWAYS put straight CLOROX on any, and all animal bites. It doesn't burn.

I have Irish friable skin. It is listed as one of the most sensitive types. Some members of my family have worse skin.

straight bleach would be horrible on my skin. Peroxide messes it up too

 

[perchie.girl]

I have Irish friable skin. It is listed as one of the most sensitive types. Some members of my family have worse skin.

straight bleach would be horrible on my skin. Peroxide messes it up too

Isnt her hubs a Doctor? If it were me Id clean the heck out of it and bandage it well. any sign of puffy skin or infection I would put it in an Epsom salts soak.

My mom had something similar with her arm... I told her to soak it but she didint. when she went to the ER... They said the Epsom Salts would have helped at the initial sign.... but not later. the infection spreat up to her shoulder puffy and red.

They could find no infection in her blood nor at the site through biopsy.... A specialist was called in and They put her on HEAVY iV Antibiotics.... it was an infection of the fat cells called Celulitis...

They got it cleared up... and no not even my suggestions would have worked.

deb

 

[getaclue]

Peroxide will mess up sensitive skin. Applying bleach to a bite wound, should not. I'm not saying take a bath in it. You're not the first to claim it would be horrible on your skin, but found out it's not. Alcohol, peroxide, antibiotic ointment won't do the job that is needed for a bite wound.