Turning the corner for the better . . .

[lavendertook]

. . . on the macro, and, we hope, on the micro. Things are much better than when I posted last week--my dad's bleeding problems haven't come back since Saturday. My dad is still in the ICU, but he's been stable and on the up and up since Saturday morning, when he had GI bleeding and his blood pressure dropped like crazy. When I last saw him Sunday morning, he looked much stronger and alert than he had since the operation. His endoscopies and colonoscopies have come back clear. His breathing has been strong enough that they don't think they'll need to do a temporary tracheotomy anymore.

This morning they took out his breathing tube and he has been holding his own since. Even he had to nod yesterday when my mom said to him, "You know you're getting better," so his spirits are better than what I told you about in the locked post and we've all rallied. When my mom and brother went to see him this evening, he was already aware that Rumsfeld had been canned and seemed to be watching a TV some about the elections--so this election has been good for the health. So a frabjous day.(-:

There could be another set back we have to be ready for, but if we're lucky, we'll be getting dad out of the ICU soon. Mom had a health scare last week, but we're pretty sure it's from stress--and she went to the doctor, so good to see her making moves to take care of herself again.

It took a couple of days, but the methylprednisolone made all my hives go away, plus I think it gave me a little bit of a high, which was useful for getting through last week. My foot has been unhappy since I took it for a test walk around the lake on Friday, so I'll be going to PT for a bit longer. I like my phys therapist, so that's fine. I'm taking care of myself emotionally by making my stays up in NJ shorter.

I've gotten an email and a call from people interested in the strays, but still waiting to hear back. Tuxie has become such a huggy little thing; I just pick him up and curl him under my chin, and he just stays there purring raucously.

And for fun, I went, oxymoronically, to a huge miniatures show for an hour when I was up in NJ--it was being held at a hotel really near my folk's house. All the gorgeous, pain-staking, tiny crafts--it's just wonderful to look at them, and I only got a chance to see less than a third of the tables. I did get me an action-figure sized embossed copy of The Silmarillion and a set of tiny embossed gardening books.

I voted absentee ballot since election officials in MD suggested it due to our lack of paper trail. I hope the Repug candidates here who hired homeless out of towners to tell voters they were Dem's go to jail. But Yay for the elections!!--Yay S. Dakotans!!--excepting for the many Americans still hating on me queer self.

And I'm almost caught up on the HP books--they've been such great stress relief through my dad's crisis.

Comments

[spookystoy.livejournal.com]

Glad your dad is looking better!

I did get me an action-figure sized embossed copy of The Silmarillion

!!!!! Must. see. Photos, please?

[mirandaflynn.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad things are doing better. I hope it continues.

[londonsound.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you and your dad are feeling better :)

BTW, how come you can't keep the cats?

[tinyshel.livejournal.com]

Horray for Election Results and Harry Potter helping you and your family pull through a rough time!!! Lovely combination, if I do say so myself!!

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Ty.

Will do. My camera isn't that great with zoom, so I won't be able to get much detail, but I will get a pic. (-:

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Ty. Today they moved him out of the ICU and into the Cardiac Care Unit, where he has a view that overlooks our town in the distance. (-:

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Ty.

I already have two. My lease only allows two cats, but even if they allowed more, it really isn't right to keep 4 cats and one human in a one room apartment--I've felt bad enough about Milli and Saki living out most of their lives in such a small space. And though Tuxie is fine when I take him in on cold nights, Moo is not going to adjust to indoor life easily--she cries some to be let outwhen I have kept her in, so one room for her permantently would be horrible--I'd really like to find her someone who has a house rather than an apartment. And it can't be that all much fun for the strays to stay in a room with two big fat old cats who hiss at them in unison. (-; Next year I'm going to move into at least a one bedroom apartment, but there are few apartment situations that will allow more than two cats. If I wind up being able to afford to take a mortgage on one of the cute old duplexes here next year, and I haven't found the strays homes yet, then I will take them in then if I haven't found them a home.

And I'm hoping I don't run into any trouble with my land lord's over the nights I do take the strays in when weather is bad this winter. But the good part is that the town's new animal control officer is a friend of mine, so if the landlords tell me to give the cats to animal control, she'd give them right back to me--and I'm hoping will talk to them about the situation. I would give them to her right now--I've asked-- but she doesn't have room--the animal shelter is overflowing with cats, and it is, thank goodness, a no-kill shelter.

So that's the long answer.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Heeee! Down with Ministry of Magic corruption! (-;

[seawings.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear things are going better. Take care of your foot, please. You don't need physical injury on top of stress. Hopefully, this are turning around politically but we should still watch Georgie. He may still try to push something through before January.

Give my regards to your family. You and they are in my thoughts.

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if you were still reading the HP's. I'm glad you found something to help with the hives, etc., and I'm really glad that your Dad is doing better; I hope he keeps doing better.

*crosses fingers for the cats - although I know it's going to be hard to give them up!*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I'll still take pics with my action figures, but here's from the website: http://www.dollhouseminiatures.com/images/books/swjrrtolkein5.jpg

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Ty. I'm trying to, but the problem is staying up there two nights or more is much better for my foot than turning around and driving back the next day, but staying more than one night at a time is really bad for my mental health--you know how that goes. So I'm sacrificing the foot for now. (-; I really can't keep going up every weekend though if I want to be able to go on walks again come spring. And I miss our dinners!

I don't know if it's that big a political turnaround--but at least it's a cease and desist notice to the Republicans. The Dem's are still selling our queer asses down the river.

Ty--will do.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Yup--rationing them out. Ty--me too--though I'm still not pleased the doctor wouldn't give me a shot so I could have gotten rid of them faster. Ty--we hope so too. Today is not as good a day as yesterday as he seems to be more tired and isn't eating.

Ty. It is. They escorted me to the gym and back again tonight and I'm getting spoiled by this furry escort service.

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

*G* Maybe you could hire them out as "escorts"? *G*