Thursday November 17th 2022

Editorial Team / Admin · Nov 17, 2022

Hello all!

Joe, kind of a relief to have the Zoom meeting changed, that gave you more time yesterday! Seems understandable to be anxious about your first meeting with J. You have a good head on your shoulders and a good heart, you will probably weather it well, as you anticipate. (((((((((((((( Joe ))))))))))))))

Yesterday we drove to a friend's house, 45 min away, to spend the afternoon practicing 10 songs for her. She has a great country voice, and wants to make a CD of her singing her favorite songs, to give to family. We are her "back-up" band. ? We started this project before Covid hit and, of course, put it down for a couple years. I'm glad, for her sake, we are "at it" again. I do enjoy hearing her sing!

After the practice, we went out to dinner with her, her dh, and her oldest ds (40-ish years old). We ate at a little diner near her and BOY, was it GOOD!!

Today I plan to finish up laundry I started yesterday.

Looking forward to hearing about y'all's plans/day. Have a good one!

No Stars In My Eyes · Nov 17, 2022

In the low 40's and sunny today. Hubby went out to get a haircut and as far as I can tell, he is currently sober. He and Nannie are doing their afternoon siesta.

I was so sleepy this AM I didn't want to get up today, but once again, my lower back was too achey to find a comfortable position....so I got up and put on one of those Thermacare lower-back wraps.I was going to do the banking errand and pick up more of Nannie's disposable incontinence supplies, (Gawd, she runs out of them so fast!) but I can put it all off until tomorrow. What a good procrastinator I am, sometimes.

The next week or two I have appts...one for me to get my hair trimmed, then hubby's appt w/ the PCP, and Nannie's appt w/ the PCP. She also needs her hair done, not that it will help any; the hairdresser gives her a REALLY GOOD style and then she comes home and sleeps on it and she never combs it back into the style it is cut for. She combs it straight down instead of combing the sides back. I have given up trying to get her to do it the "right" way. And as many little old ladies do, the back of her head is a mess after she sits in her chair with her head resting on the headrest. (oh my, what an odd concept, a head on a headrest.) She will probably go bald there in a couple of years, if she is around that long.

I saw that "life-like" cat (toy) that purrs, chirps, and moves its tail in a lazy swing, but the thing costs $149.99! Guess I won't be getting THAT!

My horoscope said that today would be a good day to take care of things around the house. Hahahahahaha! Like that's going to happen today!

Early Happy Birthday, Joe! Hope your mtg up with J is not uncomfortable for you. Like dianah said, "you will probably weather it well."

I am feeling rather "BLAH!" mentally, emotionally and physically, but that's nothing new. There is something to look forward to: in eight more hours I can go back to bed. ?

Editorial Team / Admin · Nov 17, 2022

Stars, I am a great procrastinator too! I saw something the other day that applies:

I used to crastinate, but I have now advanced to the "pro" level!!

I hope the day continues quietly for you.

No Stars In My Eyes · Nov 17, 2022

More "Adventures"----

Nannie wanted to go to the bathroom. As I was using the remote to let her feet down, she said "There's a puddle right there..." (It was about 3 ft in diameter) I threw a towel down on it, and she went in to sit on the toilet while I got another pair of pants to put on her after I changed her pull-ups and pads. Then I noticed the whole BR floor was wet. Then I noticed the inside stuffing of one of her pads, all wet and gelatinous, on the side of the toilet and all along the side of the bathtub. YUCK! Apparently she had tried to flush one of those pads and the toilet over-flowed. The cardboard box in which we kept the packages of the absorbent products was also soaked. Got it all cleaned up, which was when hubby came in and asked if he could help. (Uh, a little late on that!)

Hubby said we needed to have her pads, etc. NOT in the bathroom, so she would have to ask for us to help. I said, "But she does this stuff before we get up." He said that he guessed "it will have to be a nursing home for her". Yuh, uh-huh. Same problem with that, as always, of course, is the $$$. I think even w/ her husband having been in the service during war-time, the fact of which supposedly would reduce some of the charges, the monthly cost for her care would still be outrageous and un-do-able.

Hubby has gone to the grocery store (!) to get our supper, which he decided was going to be canned Dinty Moore beef stew. Oh well, at least It fills a hole, etc. I'm getting so sick of having to coordinate supper choices, that I don't hardly even care what, or IF, I eat any more!

Sunset. Have to close the drapes so Nannie won't be thinking people are out there looking in at her. Ppfftt. Yesterday when those guys from across the street brought hubby in after he fell, Nannie was convinced that people were going down the small side yard beside where her bedroom is. The outer door to that room is not only double-locked, it is also STUCK shut. Nobody could get in there. And they couldn't see in through the blinds, even though she thinks that's what they're doing. I have to tell her, there is/are NO any-ones out there! Who the heck cares about peeking at a 93 year old woman????

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Nov 17, 2022

Joe, it's understandable to be a bit nervous. Change is usually uncomfortable. But I'm sure it will go well -- you are friends, after all. Hope you have a great birthday.

Stars, I don't think the life-size cat would be worth it, since it still wouldn't be "real". But then again you wouldn't have to feed it or clean its litter box or take it to the vet. Plus, one of mine vomits all the time these days.

Yesterday I let the podiatrist do a steroid shot in my ankle. I was really on the fence about it but was tired of limping around. He said not to judge it today or tomorrow, but wait until next week. Nevertheless, I do think it is slightly improved today. Here's hoping.

Got texts from stepson out of the blue. He is going to start a new job. Says he's making real progress in therapy. Didn't apologize for wishing his Dad dead. Of course, that apology should go to Hubs, not me.

I'm going to work the med/surg floor Saturday morning. Another nurse will relieve me at 1300. Currently there are 2 inpatients. If my sister and her son and daughter-in-law leave Saturday morning they won't be here until late afternoon at earliest. There's a monthly med staff meeting Monday and I need to get that report ready. If I ever get to where I stay on top of things daily, this report will be much easier. As it is, I end up having far too much to do in a short time.

I was given the deficiency report from the 2019 visit by CMS and it isn't too bad. Will verify that certain items are still corrected.

No Stars In My Eyes · Nov 18, 2022

I don't miss puppy-urps on my bed or the floor. I'm not going to get the fake cat; it just felt like a good idea because it purrs.

Ado, I hope your ankle continues to improve. I'm glad to hear about your stepson making good progress.

Guy across the street ( the 'good' one.) is out of work due to a bum knee, and the doc his workman's comp insurance wants him to go to, was the one who I walked out on a few years ago when I was told I had bone-on-bone in my hips, and needed a hip replacement. He also has a problem with his L-4, as the 'wings' have broken off the vertebrae , the column of his spine kind of shifts some mm off-center and they want to fuse it. HE doesn't want them to do that. I forget what he said he wanted done instead.

Oh, it seems that everybody's got something that needs taking care of......

Editorial Team / Admin · Nov 18, 2022

I agree about the "fake" cat. It's nice when our cats purr when we pet them /due to interaction. And yes, with our seven (yes, seven) cats, urping is pretty routine, I'm afraid. But we do love them.

Ado, that's good news about your stepson, hope he continues to make good progress, and that his job is a positive thing for him. Agree, the apologies need to be between him and his dad. Good the 2019 reports were located and that you have been able to review them (and that they weren't too bad). Hope you can get off at 1:00, when you need to. You have a lot of things scheduled one right after the other! Just breathe and plunge in. Hope your ankle continues to improve.

We did the online jam today, it was small but fun. Time to take the little dog-breath (as we call him) for a walk. Dh does that, and grabs the mail when he is out. It's nice to have cool evenings rather than 90 degrees!

I have to prepare a list of songs to do for a Dec. 10 Sabbath School, as the band was invited to do 20 min of music for a music-only event. Plus we need to practice. And I need to schedule two afternoons in the recording studio, for our friend with the country voice, to get her songs recorded. Am just talking out loud, as it were, here, to organize myself. ?

Have a good evening!

nursej22, MSN, RN · Nov 18, 2022

Good evening. I’m sitting in my car waiting for hockey practice to end and then we are taking grandson out for pizza. I drove my sis to Seattle to establish care with a new electrophysiologist, the same one I see. Sis likes her, so far. Doc didn’t think the ongoing symptoms of dizziness are related to her heart, suggested a neuro or neuroendocrine consult. Anyway, she gets an echo next week and sees my cardiologist is January.
oh, hockey is over, see ya tomorrow.