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Going towards town, no traffic, coming back out to the burbs? Traffic. DH is home, and glad to be out of the hospital bed, but no one told him the surgery was a failure. Until I did. He is not a happy hubby. Now to regroup, he wants soup and grilled cheese, and I have to feed the cats, then him, then do the dishes, clean the litter and walk the neighbors dog. Whooppeeeeeeeeeeeee

@dfishDo you have access to a Y? Dh did water exercises there and he was comfortable at 6 foot one. Hospital just called, Dh has eaten nothing, is in pain, and wants to come home, so off I go. Lets see what 5 o'clock traffic is like port covid.

I will accept long distance hugs, trust me. Sometimes I am not sure if I need them more as the caregiver, or he needs them more for the pain. Either way, all are accepted and cherished. And within one minute of getting the doctors call, they emailed me another bill. Jeez....

The doc just called, he is the Atlanta Heart and Vein Doc, he said that the laser was totally ineffective on the block, and that he is referring him to a vascular surgeon. But I did mention in the pre op room that Chuck was losing weight. He asked me about that, and said that he looked worse this week, than last week. More agitated, more confused. I told him about all the bad appointments he had last week, how many people told him they couldnt help him, and he too found it odd that the oncologist is saying the cancer is shrinking, when everyone else is saying its not. But when they started this new treatment, the doctor told us, this cancer was more aggressive than he had seen it. He told me to try and talk to the oncologist when Chuck goes in tomorrow morning. He told me that if Chuck wanted to, he could go to the symphony tonight, and I said that would be a no, as when he gets put under, he is totally out of it for several days.

Several months ago I suggested to the doc, that with Chuck's continuously blocked arteries, that he change his diet. But he said it is too late for that. Every week we go to a doc, and they weigh him, he is 6'1" and now today weighs 158 pounds with his heavy shoes on. This happened when he weighed 220, and was on chemo and had no appetite. Now he eats, but keeps losing weight. Way too rapidly, last week he was 165. The week before 168. HIs clothes are falling off of him, and he doesnt want to get new ones. Is it the drugs? Is it his cancer? I have no idea. Tomorrow he is supposed to go to his immunotherapy, but as of right now, I dont know if he will be able to walk. The blood flow is now going outside the artery, not through, and they could not unblock the artery even using the laser. I wish the doc had called me. This was their last resort.

It must be the day for surgeries gone wonky. I'm home, but Chuck is not. Surgery unsuccessful with complications, and NO the dr did not call me or stick around to talk with me. I was sitting in the lobby at the hospital because the first batch of nurses said I had to, He wouldnt be in long. When two burly men nurses came to get him for the surgery, they said 4 hours. I went and got some food, and sat in the car, and walked in the rain, went back to the lobby, called, before I left the car, they said he was not out yet. Sat back down in the lobby and the phone rang. It was one of the nurses to tell me that DH aka @catmando had to lie flat on his back for the next 4 hours, the surgery was unsuccessful. They would call but it wouldn't be before 5 today, so I came home. She asked if I wanted to come down the hall, I asked if he was asleep, she said yes, and I said no, I have thing to do, let sleeping puppies like. When awake all he does is curse and say OUCH a lot. If he is asleep he is not in pain, or if he is, he doesn't know it. And it is freezing back there. So if there are changes, they will call. Otherwise I am on stand by. @Nickelpenny I too would vote for milkshakes, but maybe some clear broth. Women cannot live off gingerale forever. Please do as the doc says, and maybe see if they can get a nurse for you when you get home. Time to give momma cat her special food, I hope everyone is having a good day.

@summer slope Happy Anniversary!

I tried to open the quilt picture, and my computer said I had to add something, to look and since our computer is slower than molasses in January, I figured I shouldnt add something else, so thank you @kochleffel and @SusieKIslandGirlits beautiful, the colors remind me of the sea/night sky. I did OK at the Pulmonologist, they had me walk for 6 minutes to see if my breathing got worse, and my oxygen go down, quite the reverse. The nurse could not keep up with me, so she just stood in the hall, and I would show her the oxygen level as I walked by. Seems I should get off my butt more. DH has gotten to the point where they can't do a breathing test because of the holes in his face. Doc just told him to quit smoking, or at least cut down. Tomorrow morning is his surgery. Be at the hospital at 9, surgery at 11. He wants to go to bed early, and I'm with him on that. I did go out to add litter to Munchkins box, and when I walked out on the porch, the kittens were all bouncing around in their box, sat down and stared at me when I said hello kittens. Reminded me of "the claw" in Toy Story. @kazuI hope you are feeling better @NickelpennyI hope that you are surviving today, even though -not admitted, I hope they feed you and take care of you. I hope all went well. Hugs to all of you

Good Monday Morning Dailyites! ITs cloudy, 63 degrees and when i took the cat food out to the strays, it was raining, just a bit. But only one stray showed up. I guess he gets to eat 4 plates of food. We took Donna out for lunch yesterday at her favorite Mexican restaurant. She gave me a lovely flower pin (she said it was from the cats) and another pin from the dog for mothers day. How sweet. Yesterday with Donna, (so there was a lot of supervision) we decided to let the kittens out of the box, and let them wander around on the porch. When we took the first one out, Momma cat freaked out, then we took another one out, and then the third, and momma cat was going bonkers, and when we took the littlest one out, she ran over and tried to stop him from walking around. Guess we will do that again this afternoon for just a little bit. They all slept better after the exercise. Today, it's shower, walk the dog, work, fix lunch, go to the Lung Dr's today, see if I cant send the oxygen tanks back, it turned out they are charging me 183.00 every three months. And neither of us are using it now. Need to talk to the lung doctor about it, as he never asked if and how we were using it. @richwmnNice to have you back. I hope that you had a wonderful cruise. The combination of sweet potato and black beans, add some onions, and it sounds like a good home fry combo, but I like meat. I have been hearing tree frogs at night, its a lovely sound, but other than a rather large frog/toad that got squashed on the road, I have not seen any of them alive this year. Yet. I like tomato juice. Leave the alcohol and spicy stuff out.

@grapau27A recent bomb or a left over war bomb? Either way, how scary. Glad you are safe!

Good Sunday Morning Dailyites! Its sunny, the computer says its 58 degrees, the weatherman said it would warm up to 80. Happy Mothers Day to all Mothers, and I am worried about the outcome with @RedneckBob with it being Limerick Day. I will celebrate Limerick Maine instead where I spent a wonderful week in 77 with a college friend at his Grandmothers house. Yes there was running water, and yes there was a toilet, but she would have none of it, so there was an outhouse, and to bathe? We had to use the pond in the back yard. I wonder how she survived winters.. I like baby bok choy, and since @dfish once recommended roasting veggies, I roast baby bok choy, and serve it with shrimp (along with other veggies) But not in soup. I will celebrate veggies, and all plants even algae. I read last night that scientists have created a new plastic with algae. It is biodegradable. That's not bad unless it dissolves before its use is done. We saw the ISS last night, but not the aurora, and I was in bed by 11. I was tired! I had to watch a zoom video on my next campaign, and while the video was one hour and thirty eight minutes long, with all the notes that I had to write down, it took me 3 hours to finish it. Sent in my hours, and my boss questioned me on why it took me 3 hours to watch a 1.38 minute video. And I dont even really get to work with them until 6/9. We still have not heard if DH's surgery has been scheduled yet. Neither the hospital has called regarding Tuesday, but Carrie Lynn at the doctors office cant find out if the laser is now operable. I hope everyone enjoys the day. Time spent with Moms or memories of Mom. My nick name for my mom was Mimsy Whimsical which I started calling her the day she decided to start dancing and singing "Who wears short shorts?" in front of my friends.

@VictOriannThe last picture looks like an angel going back to the heavens after paying earth with a beautiful rainbow of light. Thank you.

While scrolling along in google land I saw a quiz that said if you could get 15 right, you had a photographic memory. I thought what the heck...the questions were about TV. Apparently I watched too much tv. The results are in You scored 58 out of 60 RetryCONGRATULATIONS!You’re a classic TV show guru. You aced the quiz and demonstrated an impressive knowledge of the golden age of television. You’re a true connoisseur of classic shows, and your love for TV shines through. Keep up the fantastic work!

Good Saturday Morning Dailyites! Thank you @grapau27for the information on the rolling foam. I first thought it was taking the foam off the futon and rolling it back up and putting it in the closet. Which I always find challenging. Last night DH and I went outside to see the ISS go over, and we saw a lot of red in the sky. At first I thought it was a neon disaster, but it turned out it was the aurora. This far south! The solar storm in this area had increased, so I am thinking those up north must have had quite a show. The temps dropped yesterday, very low humidity, had to turn the heater back on on the porch. Kittens are trying to escape from the box, and Munchkin will have none of it. They stand on their back legs, get those tiny claws into the top of the box, and start pulling themselves up , poke their heads over the edge to see the rest of the world, and Momma cat runs over and bops them on the heads until they let go, and drop back down into the box. I followed the nurses directions on sleeping with my head elevated, it actually helped with the pain, so I slept on the sofa, with one cat (who had me pinned so well, that I had no idea who it was) and slept for 8 hours. The whole time sliding down off the pillows, until I became a ball at the end of the sofa, but I slept! 8 hours in a row! No waking up! No leg cramps! No one getting up and turning on all the lights. Sleep, it's so wonderful, if I didnt have to go to the laundromat today, I would consider doing it all day....

@StLouisCruisers Have a wonderful cruise! Bon Voyage!

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@1ANGELCAT I am so sorry to read about Houdini, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

@colbeThanks for the beautiful pictures. I have only seen the aurora one time, New Years Eve 1975 Minnesota. Awe inspiring! Welcome to the daily!

I'm back, I ate, I slept, and I am glad I didn't die at the oral surgeons, whether OK or not Being as hungry as I was though,and in no pain, Donna and Chuck ran off to get me some chick fil a strips, a vanilla milkshake that I ate with a spoon, and a bag of potato chips. My request. I still was not in pain when they returned, but was still very hungry, and I ate it all. My tummy was happy, my blood sugar didn't go sky rocketing, and I felt fine....for about 20 minutes. They decided to put me under, and not use the laughing gas, and there were 4 techs and nurses, and they all had a terrible time trying to find a vein...I hate needles, but when you don't let me hydrate the night before, then my veins just hide. So I had bandaids on both arms when I de- fuzzed I removed both of them, and my arms are pretty bruised up. I remember before we left, that they said I could chew real food on the right, and the mushy food on the left. Figured I was ok. After I ate, and took a nap,woke up and I read that I was only supposed to eat mushy food today. And I was in pain, BUT the pain pills are hard core, so I told DH not to get them filled, and then after that nap, I told him to get them filled. But then, I read the small print, that I would not be able to drive if I took them, and since in reality I am the driver, and he is having surgery next week, that's a no for me. I did not pick them up yet. And I will stop by tomorrow and tell them to put them back. Last week I washed too many clothes, and the washer took all that cat fur and clogged the drain. DH monitored every load, and then when I was drying the last load, it stopped in the middle of the drying, and everything was WAY TOO HOT! There was still 30 minutes on the count down, and i shut it off. So we are off sometime to look for a washer and dryer, and until then, I get to meet my neighbors at the laundromat. So that is what I will be doing tomorrow. The machines I have are over 25 years old. I bought them used from two guys who wanted to upgrade, and they have worked fine until about a month ago. But now I am scared that they will catch fire, and it turns out that DH never fixed the smoke detector that was part of the original built in alarm system. He says I worry too much, but there might be a good reason for that. @StLouisCruisers You had a lucky drive, seems the storms hit Tallahassee quite hard, and kept on heading east. And it got quite cool up here last night. @JazzyVIf there is a downstairs bed for your BFF, maybe the two of you can be together and help each other out. I take it you have gotten back to the upstairs bed, and I am so glad that you are sleeping now. Speaking of sleeping, I have been told by the nurse that I have to sleep with my head highly elevated this evening. Bleeding should stop in 2 days. Sofa time with the cats again! For those who get to see the aurora tonight I am jealous. The scientists did say it could interfere with radio and broadcasting, but I am still jealous. I get to see the International Space station tonight -if I can stay awake. If you are interested in seeing the ISS, you can google ISS and register. They will send you notices of date and time when it can be seen in your zip code area. I have notices set up at 12 hours in advance. There was a 7 minute viewing this morning, I was up, but the clouds were too. It's clear now, and the viewing will be a 6 minute sky view. I always wave as they go over. I doubt if they see that. @erewhonI have seen that notice years ago. I shut off the computer, and DH put black tape over the camera hole. Now we have weekly zoom meetings for work to go to, so the tape is gone. Our sound is always turned off, unless we are listening to Father David.

Good Friday Morning Dailyites! I thought I'd pop in to say "Hey" before we left for the Oral Surgeon, and I plan on sleeping the rest of the day. I think we got 3 hours sleep, not from nervousness, just DH couldnt settle down to sleep. Which with the lights coming on, and going off made it like a lightning storm. Speaking of which, we had several huge bangs and crackle yesterday, without rain involved. Just "out of the blue" no pre rumblings. The storms were heading south so I do hope that @StLouisCruisers is having a safe drive south. I was doing really well trying to make a sale last night, and the very nice man said, well, I really only want one production. So after 34 minutes of giving price quotes and seating availability, I said if he really only wanted the one, I would erase this info, but he would have to call or go on line to just get one opera, as I only can sell a 3 pack. We parted ways, and DH said he was sorry I really had my heart in on that sale. 10 minutes later my boss called me to commiserate with me, as the call had been monitored, BUT he said the man actually called the number on the phone back, which had been made active yesterday and asked for me, so I called him back and I made a larger sale than I had quoted. And once again, the computer screen did not add correctly. So I worked more than 8 hours yesterday, and the bosses have to make some adjustment for me to get paid the extra 30 minutes. Poor bosses though, they had to make adjustments to get the total right. The computer keeps charging more than the sale. Talk about hidden fees, we cant see them. I had a hamster (due to cat allergy). HIs name was Hubert Horatio Hamster. They are cute, but you really cant snuggle up at night with one, and they lack a lot of personality. Huberts's biggest adventure was escaping from his cage, when we were on vacation, and he took all of his bedding and food and moved into my mothers' shower. I dont think a Hostess cupcake is on my menu today, but I ate my fair share when I was in high school. I prefer to never eat ground turkey, and I have never been to Nova Scotia, but would love the visit. I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Friday. I hope I can eat something once this is over this morning, and I really NEED coffee, but again, no food or drink until post surgery.

Euripides ? Eumendides? sorry...dad joke. Good Thursday Morning Dailyites! Currently 72 and cloudy. The computer says its mostly cloudy. It is completely cloudy. We are under a tornado watch until 1, the rain they said would be in Stone Mountain at 3 am never came this far south. But they keep saying it will get here. My neighbor doesn't like to leave home or the dog when the weather is bad, so she is home today. Since DH has informed me that if he takes his pain pills the night before, he wont be able to drive me to the docs tomorrow morning, I asked Donna (the neighbor) if she could take me, and she said yes, so I guess she gets two days off. I am so grateful to have her as a friend and neighbor. I thought that if they gave me "laughing gas" I wouldnt have a problem driving home, but have been informed by my friend Penny, that it will put me in a twilight sleep, and I wont be able to drive home. Years ago during a tornado watch my boss told us to flip the shutters in the office to up, not down, in the event that the building was hit. This would keep glass flying all over us if we got hit, so last night I turned our shutters to the up in the bedroom. I felt safer, but way too warm. Yesterday while we were out, we had lunch at Pastries a go go. They make a great chef salad, and when they reopened for seating after Covid, they didnt have a baker, and the pastries were gone. But they must have hired someone because they had pastries again! And free samples of Conchas (Mexican Sweet Bread). I bought two for our breakfast this morning. They are about the size of a mid size bagel, and while not very sweet, they were good, so I cant wait til my stomach gets hungry. I hope you all stay safe today with the weather and the world, have a wonderful day!

Back from todays adventure-DH is scheduled for another 4 hour procedure next Tuesday to replace or clean out the stent in his leg. They are going to call to verify. They were unable to finish the procedure last time because they needed the laser to work, and it didn't . Hoping that they verify that it is working before the next surgery. I almost forgot about work this morning, as I stopped to talk to the kittens after walking the neighbors dog. They are SOOOO CUTE! More pictures to come soon.