Tuesday, January 17, 2012

WHAT A MESS!!!

I COULD HEAR PRESLEY DOING HIS "NEED TO GO OUTSIDE DANCE" AROUND 3AM.  I KEPT HEARING IT (AS THE DR. GAVE ME COUGH SYRUP WITH CODEINE  IN IT SO THAT I COULD GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP) TILL AROUND 4AM WHEN IT STOPPED, AND A VERY STRONG ODER CAME DRIFTING INTO MY AIR SPACE.  YELP, PRESLEY POOPED BIG TIME, AS HE HAD DIARRHEA!!  I GOT UP, AND CLEANED IT ALL UP, THEN CRAWLED BACK INTO BED.  THEN I STARTED HEARING THE SAME DANCE FROM PRISKA.  THIS TIME I GOT UP RIGHT AWAY, AS I WAS IN NO MOOD TO CLEAN UP ANOTHER MESS.  SINCE I WAS ALREADY UP, I DECIDED TO FEED THEM AND TAKE MY PILLS, AND MY NEW ATOMISER THE DR. GAVE ME YESTERDAY.  OH YEAH, I WENT TO THE DR.'S YESTERDAY, AS I HAD A TERRIBLE COUGH THAT HURT MY BACK AND MY HEAD EACH TIME I COUGHED.   HE SAID IT WAS TOO SOON TO TEST FOR PNEUMONIA SINCE I HAD JUST STARTED WITH THE COUGH, BUT HE DID SAY HE HEARD SOMETHING-INCLUDING A WHEEZE.  SO HE GAVE ME A STEROID SHOT, A BREATHING TREATMENT, PUT ME ON ANTIBIOTICS, AN INHALER FOR HOME, AND SOME COUGH SYRUP WITH THE CODEINE SO THAT I COULD GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.  YEAH RIGHT!!!  HE ALSO TOLD ME IF I WAS NOT MUCH  BETTER IN A WEEK I NEED TO COME BACK AND SEE HIM.  OH,  I ALMOST FORGOT THAT MIKE GOT UP AROUND 1 A.M.. SAYING HE THOUGHT THE T.V. IN THE LIVING ROOM WAS ON.  I ASSURED HIM IT WAS NOT, AS I CHECKED IT AFTER I LET THE DOGS OUT FOR THE NIGHT, AND  WENT TO BED.  HE SAID "WHAT'S MAKING ALL THAT NOISE THEN"?  I SAID "I DON'T HEAR ANY NOISE", BUT HE WENT OUT TO CHECK THE T.V. ANY WAY ONLY TO TELL ME WHEN HE CAME BACK TO BED THAT I WAS RIGHT-T.V. WAS  OFF.   I SURE HOPE THAT WHAT EVER I HAVE GOES AWAY AS QUICKLY AS IT CAME, AS I ALREADY HAVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SERVICE ON SAT., AND I SURE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.  MIKE AND I DID MAKE OUR MEETING YESTERDAY, AND HE WORE THE TIE OUR DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW GOT HIM IN AUSTRALIA.  IT IS VERY CUTE WITH LITTLE KANGAROOS ALL OVER IT.   MIKE HAS LOST MORE WEIGHT-HIS THREE NEW SUITS (WAIST 34) NOW ARE SWIMMING ON HIM, SO I WILL NEED TO TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE TO HAVE THEM TAKEN IN.  OUR OLD FRIENDS TERRY  AND HIS SON PAUL MICHAEL (NAMED AFTER MIKE), CAME FOR A VERY SHORT VISIT.  IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THEM, BUT I THINK THEY WERE A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BY BOTH MIKES ENORMOUS WEIGHT LOSS, AND HIS QUIETNESS.  MIKE HARDLY SAID TWO WORDS.  AFTER THEY LEFT I ASKED HIM WHY HE WAS SO QUIET, AND HE SAID BECAUSE HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THEM.  HE DID NOT REMEMBER PAUL, AS HE ASKED ME TWICE WHO HE WAS, BUT THEN HE SEEM TO REMEMBER ONCE I TOLD HIM HE WAS TERRY'S SON.  WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT TERRY, AND WHEN I MENTIONED TERRY HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY A FEW YEARS BACK, MIKE WAS TRULY SHOCKED-EVEN AFTER I REMINDED HIM THAT HE WAS THERE AT THE TIME.  I HAVE BEEN SO AFRAID THAT ONE DAY MIKE  WOULD FORGET WHO I AM OR WHO THE KIDS ARE BECAUSE OF THE ALZHEIMER'S.  NOW MY GREATEST FEAR IS OF LOSING HIM TO THE CANCER .  IT TRULY IS AS THEY SAY "THINGS COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE!!  ANY HOW, I LIKE TO THINK OF THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT "THINGS COULD ALWAYS BE BETTER"!!  I KNOW SOMEDAY THEY WILL, AND MIKE NOW SHARES THAT HOPE AS WELL.  I GUESS I SHOULD GET DRESSED NOW, I NEED TO PICK UP FELINA FOR WORK LATER, AND I HAVE MANY THINGS TO DO AROUND HERE FIRST.  HAVE A DELIGHTFUL DAY-JUST ME.

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