Wow, it’s been quite awhile since my last blog post. Things have been crazy & busy here at the same time. And, this crazy, busy has not always been good either. Now….where to start.
It all started in February. I found out that I had to find a new place for my parents & 2 uncles to live. Who on earth moves in the middle of winter?! That wasn’t even the half of all of our stress. Marty, also had to go in for a biopsy/ day surgery thing. Let’s add stress upon stress. That went well. It was a long day, but all is good. There was nothing serious. Thank goodness!
By mid February, found my uncle becoming ill. He went into the hospital for about a week & was then released. He was home for about 2 days, then the ambulance had to be called in. Still something was not right. He had another infection! Not good at all. It was found, through tests, that he had a single gall stone, that was stuck. They transferred him to Winnipeg to do this procedure to “blast” it. That went well. He started getting better. The doctors moved him up into rehab unit, to evaluate him. They needed to see if he was strong enough to ever go back home or if a nursing home would be the next step.
He was doing quite well….for awhile. We then found him getting ill again. Another infection!!! This was just not good at all. By then, we were into March & I still hadn’t found a place for my parents & uncles to move to. They moved him back to the ward, in the hospital. He was not doing well at all. He was very ill & weak.
Sad to say, he did not make it. From the time that they moved him from rehab back to the ward, to the day that he passed, was only a few days. So, now amongst all of this stress, more stress was added. It was very hard on my dad. This was his identical twin brother.
On a good note, I did find them a new place to move to. They moved exactly 1 week after my uncles funeral. They like where they are living now & it’s perfect for them. There are no stairs to climb. Everything is on 1 level.
Now, we’re into end of March-April. The weather here is really nice. I’ve never seen it so nice this early in the spring! All of our snow is gone already & it’s really dry. That’s not good either. The wood ticks are starting to emerge & I really dislike those! My perennials are starting to come up already. The robins are back & singing happily during the very early mornings.
I took a few pictures a few weeks ago of a beautiful spring sunset. Here they are.
And now, an update on Chance & a few pictures of her.
Chance isn’t doing too badly. She is, however, having a tough time with her nails again. They’ve started to separate…again. They’ve been like this for a couple of weeks now. She’s been trying to remove the offending nails, but they’re just not ready to come off yet. So far, there haven’t been any infections. That’s good. She has had a few tummy issues, but nothing serious. I’m thinking that it’s all related to her sore feet. She’s still playing with her toys & eating her food. That’s a good sign that she doesn’t have any infection. You all will be informed, if she does develop one. We know it will happen, we just don’t know when it’ll happen. Now, here are a few pictures that were taken of her.
Here she is, relaxing with her head on the ottoman.
Same position, just taken further away.
Here she is lying on her couch, burying her nose in her blanket.
Just closer up. You can see just how comfy she is.
That’s all there is for now. Hopefully, it won’t take me so long to do another blog. Let’s hope that all that stress is finally gone now.
Have a good week.
