What's happening in your neck of the woods??? Come chat...

Oh Brenda!!!! I tried to phone you, but the line is busy.
Lots and Loads of prayers for you, dear lady!

What time is the surgery?

Storm is just approaching now..rain turning to snow..

Yikes on the SNOW/rain/sleet.......... in Ontario!
Today it's supposed to get to 26c here............. it's already 20c...........

Bob got a call re: resume he sent on Friday - Elite International Foods. They called him in for an interview tomorrow at 9am. They need someone to drive a 5 ton cube van 2 days a week, and be Warehouse Supervisor the other 3 days. Bob's driven a 1 ton, and also personal school buses and U-Haul trucks........... so maybe that would qualify him for the 5 ton truck?!?! His driver's licence allows him to drive them - we'll see.about the interview and what transpires.

Let's hope they hire him tomorrow, am sure he fits the bill..sounds as though they need a multi talented staff member, one who can do everything..

Throat is sore, off for hot chocolate!

This message was edited Apr 23, 2012 1:57 PM

"thread" - you mean "throat"..........?!
Are you coming down with a cold, Betty!?
I'll join you in a hot chocolate. Usually have one late at night, but I've been out clearing up my front berm, so need something hot to drink (it's hot outside now! 20c, and promises to be 26c before end of day!)

Hard to believe we have snow and you have shorts weather..no wonder everyone is fighting colds, we go from hot and humid to cold brrrr within days if not hours!

It's supposed to get cooler tomorrow, with rain on Thursday high of 12c and rain on Friday, with a high of 6c!!
Friday's our Movie Night - hope people come, regardless!
btw - I'm having Ovaltine, not hot chocolate - just seemed more appealing somehow.......

Hope all goes well with you Brenda!

Abby was dropped off at the vet at 8 this morning. The vet called about 11AM to say she was finished and Abby was awake and she did not remove all the teeth - left her something to chew with. I will pick her up in an hur or so.

A gardening friend came over this morning and helped me clean up a couple of the flower beds and get the potting soil in all the pots on the patio. She will come back next week and a couple of others have volunteered also. I have some pansies I can plant right now!

New neighbors (renting) next door - -seems like a nice young couple - we are having an interesting time- they have a young French bulldog named Fara and an older English bulldog named Bronx! When they come out in the yard Fara runs over to the fence and starts barking and one of mine of course has to go to my side of the fence and join in.( there are gaps between the boards) We are working on not letting them learn this behaviour but it is slow going. I usually check to see if their dogs are out before mine are or sometimes I just put mine in the house when they come out. Farah will get tired of running the fence if she does not get any reaction. Sassy is good with 'NO' but of course Bailey cannot hear me so I have to go pull him away.

I spoke to Brenda, and her surgery is tomorrow afternoon. She will be staying in the hospital approx 1 week.
Her DH will be posting periodically to Facebook, so guess who will be going onto her facebook? (me, natch!!)
She says he won't be posting right away, but he will do so, periodically...

Good that you're planting now, Carol - it's supposed to rain by Thursday (isolated rain tomorrow?!?)
By now you likely have Abby home - Is she groggy from the anesthetic (sp)?
At one point, weren't you going to learn "doggy sign language" for Bailey? I remember a friend in Winnipeg had the same issue with her hearing-loss dog, and sign-language was fine, as long as she was looking at my friend........... lol
I'd never heard of a French bulldog...... will have to google to see what the difference in looks are........

Bags are packed, just a few more little things to take care of tonight. All ready for the "Big Vacation". I hear they bring you food and drinks, and rub your back. You can just sit back and relax. Sounds like a week at a resort, right?

Thanks for all of your good wishes and prayers. I really appreciate them.

B

Brenda - yes, hope they treat you well! Bring your laptop, write a famous short story, write your Thank You speech to Yale and Harvard for their honouring you with a dinner........... oh, I could go on and on about the relaxing things you can do!
Well, enjoy your time rehabing, and know we'll be thinking of you as you have your surgery, and recovering......
I'll check FB for your DH's updates..
btw - do they bring you Mojitos (you Did say drinks)?

Know that I will be saying prayers for you tomorrow afternoon and afterwards during your recovery - the Greatest Surgeon of All will be watching over your earthly surgeons.


This message was edited Apr 23, 2012 4:25 PM

You will also be in my thought and prayers..guess it could be seen as a vacation of sorts, once fully recovered you'll enjoy all the things you've put off due to lack of energy..you'll be doing the happy dance before long..

Rest well tonight..we will all be waiting for updates!

Brenda told me she won't be on DG, but her DH will be posting updates on FB - I'll pop on there and see what he puts there. I'll copy/paste for here.

Thanks Susan!

Susan Bailey knows - and has always known - lots of hand signals - but they dont work if the dog is not looking at you! LOL! We manage!

Abby was a bit wobbly when I picked her up - 8 teeth out so she still has some. She got out of the car and peed for what seemed like about 5 minutes! ! She ate a small supper and has slept most of the rest of the time. She will be fine.

Next week I will take foster Sassy in and see what the vet thinks. Previous vets have not wanted to give her an anaesthetic because of the tumor on her chest. But she has lived so much longer than anticipated that probably we will do the dental anyway - if she does not survive it will not be a big surprise, if she gets thru it OK we may consider putting her up for adoption as a special needs dog.

To cancer clinic tomorrow to see doc. Start of last chemo cycle on Wed!

Yes Carol - I know, from my friend in Winnipeg with her deaf dog, that she used to get so frustrated when she wasn't looking and couldn't see the hand signals lol
They say that furries won't "go" until they're home and safe, so I guess Abby "held" it until then.......... must have been a Great Relief lol
Hopefully they will agree to do dental work on Sassy - I'm sure she'll feel better for it!
Well, last of the chemo cycles, eh? How long is a cycle again? 3/4 weeks?

Carol
Wow, LAST one. Good job on forging through these weeks and weeks of treatment! Now the end of that is in sight.
All of us feel better when our mouths don't hurt so I'm sure that would be the same for our pets.

Susan , yes please, on keeping us in the loop from Brenda's facebook. I do know that when my Dad had bypass surgery years ago he felt so much better after the initial "get better" from the operation that he couldn't believe how awful he had been feeling before.

We had a great day today, not the 24 that was promised but a much happier temp for the G house. Have about 400 plants growing on and seeded about another 80 tonight. So will hope we don't have any snow in the forcast.
Alberta Ann

Oh Ann last cycle but still 3 treatments to go and then it will probably take another couple of weeks before my taste buds start to get back to normal. Am sure looking forward to that!

Thats a lot of plants-where will they all go - mostly in the containers?

As her surgery isn't until tomorrow afternoon, and her DH likely won't be posting on FB until maybe the next day, I will let you know as soon as I have anything.

We got to 26 today! It's almost 9:30, and still 20c! What a day!

https://forms.manitoba-ehealth.ca/sbh/wellwishes/default.php

The above link will allow you to send Brenda an email to the hospital ... her name is Brenda Magill .. you do NOT need the room #, the volunteers at Saint Boniface will take the email to her, or her hubby.
Most likrly she'll be in ICU for a couple of days .. all I can say is I feel bad fretting over a dental extraction while Brenda and Carol are facing their health issues .. time to BUCK UP ^_^

~M~

Thank you, Marilyn, for posting this!!

Thanks "M".. Isn't technology grand...
How right you are, laying cuddled on the couch with flannel blanket throat sore, feverish etc what a winner I've become!!

Enjoying between naps rain then sleet, few furries then wind, then hint of sunshine all in one hour!

Betty - how did you get this nasty cold? Lots of hot ginger tea......... do you like hot toddys?
Lets hope it warms up - sure that's where you got chilled........... the weather change.
If you were already feeling "low" then the chill would make worse what you were getting anyway.
What's the temp there now? Keep warm!

Likely from Cathy whose father was deathly I'll with it..remember I had to go pick up the geese right? She called me yersterday and she was down with it!

Just can't warm up..no ginger tea but another neocitrin might hit the spot!

Are you taking the Nighttime Neocitron? I love that stuff.......... and nightime neo will "knock you out" lol

btw Betty - I added you to the Round Robin Quilt 2012 - you're in #5 spot, and Anita joined us too, so we have 6 people and I'm looking for one more.........