Halloween is always a lot of fun. The kids get so excited and some of their costumes are so creative you can't help but smile, I even have some candy left over. this year we had a lot of kids come to the door.
Tomorrow I'm going to stay in bed and rest, still battling pressure sores.
The next holiday is Thanksgiving, I love Thanksgiving. Stanley, Janet and the kids are going to come down and hopefully my Uncle Dick, Aunt Kathy and maybe even Rich, Vanessa and their kids will join us.
Next week David and Deziree are going to come down and go to a concert with my mom and I in San Francisco and stay for a couple of days. It has been a long time since I have seen them and I'm really excited.
Rich, the trainer came by today and said that he thought Brodie had a stroke. When I saw her on Monday morning that's what I thought also. The doctor said it was an inner ear infection but you could touch her ear and she doesn't move away, it's her ear was really infected I think she would be screaming if you touched her ear. Regardless of what happened she's getting back to be her old self.
Corinne called me last night to see if I felt the earthquake. They did not feel it in Modesto but they heard about it and wondered how we were doing.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Shake, rattle and roll
I was woken up at around 8:00 p.m. by the sound of rattling and by bed shaking, talk about a rude awakening. I wasn't as scared as I thought I would be and it really didn't seem to last very long. My mom called me to make sure everything was OK and to let me know that everything was OK with her except that she can't find one of the birds, Sweet Pea. I immediately turn the channel to CNN and found out that we just had a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, 9 miles from San Jose- Epicenter is near Alum Rock, CA. My niece Corinne called to see if I felt it and if everything was all right.
Today was a good day. My pressure sore is almost completely gone so I got up today and went to the mall. I was talking to my mom on the phone and she said that she needed to go to the mall and to go shopping and since I had to go to those two places also I stopped and picked her up on the way. We only made it to the bank to and to the mall because Brodie was looking really tired and I didn't want to overdo it with her. Tomorrow the trainer is coming so I guess I will go grocery shopping on Thursday.
Today was a good day. My pressure sore is almost completely gone so I got up today and went to the mall. I was talking to my mom on the phone and she said that she needed to go to the mall and to go shopping and since I had to go to those two places also I stopped and picked her up on the way. We only made it to the bank to and to the mall because Brodie was looking really tired and I didn't want to overdo it with her. Tomorrow the trainer is coming so I guess I will go grocery shopping on Thursday.
Brodie scare
Monday morning scare
This morning right after the massage therapist showed up Brodie started acting really weird so she said that she would take her to the vet for me so I called Lulu to meet her down there. I have noticed since Friday night, everything always happens Friday evening after 5 p.m., Brodie's acting really lethargic, the left side of her face was really droopy and she was sleeping all the time. It was even hard to get her to go outside and go to the bathroom. She was still drinking a lot of water but not hardly eating anything at all. At first I thought that she had had a stroke. After a couple of hours the doctor called and said that it looks like either Brodie has a really bad deep inner ear infection or something wrong with her brain so they sent her home with some antibiotics, steroids and some cream, five different prescriptions, and said to watch her for a couple of days and did she was not any better I need to take her to Santa Rosa for a MRI, that sounds really expensive.
When Lulu brought Brodie she seem to be a lot better, back to her old self. She is still sleeping a lot and the left side of her face is still a little droopy but she is eating again and even trying to play a little bit. I never had children but it is really heartbreaking to see something that you love so much miserable or in pain and not knowing what to do. The doctor said that her face would always be droopy and she would never be able to blink her eye again. Last night I saw her blinking her eye and her face was less droopy. the doctor is going to call me today and give me the final results of her tests.
I called Rich, the dog trainer, and she said to go ahead and see how she was doing this afternoon and if she's doing better he's going to come over and work with her again tomorrow.
This morning right after the massage therapist showed up Brodie started acting really weird so she said that she would take her to the vet for me so I called Lulu to meet her down there. I have noticed since Friday night, everything always happens Friday evening after 5 p.m., Brodie's acting really lethargic, the left side of her face was really droopy and she was sleeping all the time. It was even hard to get her to go outside and go to the bathroom. She was still drinking a lot of water but not hardly eating anything at all. At first I thought that she had had a stroke. After a couple of hours the doctor called and said that it looks like either Brodie has a really bad deep inner ear infection or something wrong with her brain so they sent her home with some antibiotics, steroids and some cream, five different prescriptions, and said to watch her for a couple of days and did she was not any better I need to take her to Santa Rosa for a MRI, that sounds really expensive.
When Lulu brought Brodie she seem to be a lot better, back to her old self. She is still sleeping a lot and the left side of her face is still a little droopy but she is eating again and even trying to play a little bit. I never had children but it is really heartbreaking to see something that you love so much miserable or in pain and not knowing what to do. The doctor said that her face would always be droopy and she would never be able to blink her eye again. Last night I saw her blinking her eye and her face was less droopy. the doctor is going to call me today and give me the final results of her tests.
I called Rich, the dog trainer, and she said to go ahead and see how she was doing this afternoon and if she's doing better he's going to come over and work with her again tomorrow.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Closer and closer...
Wow, the progress on the House in Santa Cruz is amazing. I haven't been able to get updated pictures for a while and I can't believe how great it looks. They have the apartment above the garage framed so you can see what it's going to look like and the stairs inside are done. I didn't get to go check it out because my Sunday attendant didn't show up again and Brodie is looking really sick, I'm going to take her to the vet first thing in the morning, I feel so bad just looking at her and I wish I could take the pain away is.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Santa Cruz
Today I was supposed to go to a support group in Los Gatos but I didn't make it. Lulu is filling in for her cousin, Gracie, who had surgery and wasn't able to get here until noon, that's when the support group started.
I went to Eastridge Mall to get a toe ring sized because it was too big, they told me that it would be ready on Monday. While I was there I went to Clare's and got a couple of ankle bracelets with matching toe rings.
Tomorrow I'm going to Santa Cruz with Angie, Rosie and my mom. I haven't been there for several weeks and I hear there's a lot of progress being made. The roof is on, that is a big relief because it looks like it's going to start raining, and the stairs are put in so my mom can see what her upstairs apartment is going to be like. I'm so excited that I cannot sleep.
I'm trying to drink a lot of water because I've had a real dull headache the last couple of days and I think I have a bladder infection. My whole body, or what I can feel of it, feels like a million pins are sticking in me and everything hurts. sometimes I just get tired of drinking water all the time but I need to make myself do it anyway. I haven't been drinking my juice in the morning and I can really feel it. I have a pressure sore and two really big blisters on my foot and ankle. In order to lay on my side I need to strap my leg and see if you don't do it just right I end up getting blisters.
I worked with Brodie for a little bit today and she did really good, I just need to keep it up and I plan to.
I went to Eastridge Mall to get a toe ring sized because it was too big, they told me that it would be ready on Monday. While I was there I went to Clare's and got a couple of ankle bracelets with matching toe rings.
Tomorrow I'm going to Santa Cruz with Angie, Rosie and my mom. I haven't been there for several weeks and I hear there's a lot of progress being made. The roof is on, that is a big relief because it looks like it's going to start raining, and the stairs are put in so my mom can see what her upstairs apartment is going to be like. I'm so excited that I cannot sleep.
I'm trying to drink a lot of water because I've had a real dull headache the last couple of days and I think I have a bladder infection. My whole body, or what I can feel of it, feels like a million pins are sticking in me and everything hurts. sometimes I just get tired of drinking water all the time but I need to make myself do it anyway. I haven't been drinking my juice in the morning and I can really feel it. I have a pressure sore and two really big blisters on my foot and ankle. In order to lay on my side I need to strap my leg and see if you don't do it just right I end up getting blisters.
I worked with Brodie for a little bit today and she did really good, I just need to keep it up and I plan to.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Dog trainer
The dog trainer came out today and he really seem to know what he was doing. He taught me how to get and keep Brodie's attention, I was really shocked at how easy it was. He said it would probably about four to six months to get rid of her aggression towards other animals. I was very impressed with him and I'm excited about working with Brodie every day that I can. He is also a big fan of the Dog Whisperer, Caesar Milan, and wait to see him last Sunday at the Flint Center here in San Jose. I was so bumbed that I missed the opportunity. I have been watching the web site and I get the newsletter and I don't not how I could have overlooked it. I hope he comes back this way again.
For me one of the hardest issues after my injury is time. Before my injury I lived 150 miles from my job. By the time I commuted to work, worked, commuted home and did the laundry, the dishes and clean the house and the yard I really wasn't much time left to do much of anything else but I did not mind at all. Since my injury it seems that I have nothing but time. A lot of time to sit around and think about what I used to be able to do that I can do now. Do my own laundry, clean my house, get dressed and ready to go within 20 minutes, now takes about three hours, drive, walk... When you have a problem or something bothering you it's nice to get up and stay busy and not have to think about it, I can no longer do that. it is especially hard when there is a problem or you're worried about something. Most of the time since I'm not very active during the day, even when I do get up and get out, I don't sleep very good at night. I used to really panicked me but now I just try to watch TV, play cards or chat on the computer.
For me one of the hardest issues after my injury is time. Before my injury I lived 150 miles from my job. By the time I commuted to work, worked, commuted home and did the laundry, the dishes and clean the house and the yard I really wasn't much time left to do much of anything else but I did not mind at all. Since my injury it seems that I have nothing but time. A lot of time to sit around and think about what I used to be able to do that I can do now. Do my own laundry, clean my house, get dressed and ready to go within 20 minutes, now takes about three hours, drive, walk... When you have a problem or something bothering you it's nice to get up and stay busy and not have to think about it, I can no longer do that. it is especially hard when there is a problem or you're worried about something. Most of the time since I'm not very active during the day, even when I do get up and get out, I don't sleep very good at night. I used to really panicked me but now I just try to watch TV, play cards or chat on the computer.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Another weekend
Lulu ended up going home early on Friday because she could not find a masks to wear while she was spraying the material adhesive. She started getting really quiet and squinting her eyes so I knew that something was wrong. I finally asked her what was wrong and she said that she was very sick and very dizzy and needed to sit outside for a while and she was going to call her husband to come and get her. Her husband came in and said that he was going to take her home and leave her car here so I told him to tell her not to come in on Saturday. She looked really bad. She came this morning, Sunday morning, to pick up her car and said this to his feeling much better and that she will be in tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. so I can go to the support group at Valley Medical Center.
My mom came over and maybe some breakfast on Saturday. I remember growing up one of my favorite breakfast was Rice with warm milk, butter and a little bit of sugar so that is what she made for me, it was perfect for the cooled morning. The rest of the day I just sat around and watch movies and played cards on Pogo.
This morning Leticia called and said that she wasn't feeling very well and she didn't get much sleep last night so she wasn't coming in. She called at 6:30 a.m. and I can't believe that I slept right through it. I woke up at 9 a.m. and I was looking at the monitor, I have four cameras set up around my house so I can see what's going on, and I didn't see her moving around and then I noticed I had a message on my telephone.
My brother David called me yesterday to see if my mom and I would like to go with him and his daughter to a concert in San Francisco on November 5th. He said he was going to find out for sure if he could get the days off so that they could fly down here for a couple of days, go to the concert with us and then go home. He called me this evening and told me that he got the days off so I ordered the tickets. I haven't seen Dave or Deziree for a long time and I'm really looking forward to it.
I was going to call and see if Deziree wanted to come and help me decorate for Halloween, they are not allowed to celebrate it in Georgia because they believe it is evil. She is very creative and I know she would have done a great job but it just seemed like time flew by so fast and I never got around to asking.
I've been having a really hard time trying to pick out what colors of granite, tile, stucco... everything for my new house. It seems like every time I go I see a different color that I like. Finally my aunt suggested that I just let Charlie pick everything out and what a relief that was. I assume that Charlie was busy building my house and didn't really have time to help with stuff like that but he said that between him and his tile and flooring guy they could put together a great place, I am so thrilled because they have been doing it for several years and I know that Charlie has really good taste.
My mom came over and maybe some breakfast on Saturday. I remember growing up one of my favorite breakfast was Rice with warm milk, butter and a little bit of sugar so that is what she made for me, it was perfect for the cooled morning. The rest of the day I just sat around and watch movies and played cards on Pogo.
This morning Leticia called and said that she wasn't feeling very well and she didn't get much sleep last night so she wasn't coming in. She called at 6:30 a.m. and I can't believe that I slept right through it. I woke up at 9 a.m. and I was looking at the monitor, I have four cameras set up around my house so I can see what's going on, and I didn't see her moving around and then I noticed I had a message on my telephone.
My brother David called me yesterday to see if my mom and I would like to go with him and his daughter to a concert in San Francisco on November 5th. He said he was going to find out for sure if he could get the days off so that they could fly down here for a couple of days, go to the concert with us and then go home. He called me this evening and told me that he got the days off so I ordered the tickets. I haven't seen Dave or Deziree for a long time and I'm really looking forward to it.
I was going to call and see if Deziree wanted to come and help me decorate for Halloween, they are not allowed to celebrate it in Georgia because they believe it is evil. She is very creative and I know she would have done a great job but it just seemed like time flew by so fast and I never got around to asking.
I've been having a really hard time trying to pick out what colors of granite, tile, stucco... everything for my new house. It seems like every time I go I see a different color that I like. Finally my aunt suggested that I just let Charlie pick everything out and what a relief that was. I assume that Charlie was busy building my house and didn't really have time to help with stuff like that but he said that between him and his tile and flooring guy they could put together a great place, I am so thrilled because they have been doing it for several years and I know that Charlie has really good taste.
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