Holy crudmosis is the word. Seriously. CRUDMOSIS! dangit! We’ve missed several Caturdays because of the holidays and then life went really goofy on us. Lastech was putting in bunches of overtime and Pepi and I went off to house sit, and then…
In the midst of all that, the crudmosis kicked in. My mom fell and broke her hip. She had gone outside to the porch when she fell down the steps. She landed on the bricks under the roof valley. It was night and it was pouring rain, which meant she was in the path of the heaviest flow off of the roof. It was also very cold and rain was just short of icy. Daddy and a friend rushed to find an umbrella to shelter her until the paramedics showed up. Since they live in the desert and normally get little rain, umbrellas are not a normal household item. While in the hospital, she had surgery, after which she developed a case of delirium. It was more commonly called ICU psychosis in the past, but delirium is the more proper term for it. She finally got past all that and is in rehab. She’s sounding a lot more like her old self.
Just before I went house sitting, Lastech developed a rash on his face. It was getting better by the time I got home again. Then it got worse. A LOT worse. He got home from work on Sunday morning and his face was swelling, so we called the doc. He was in the doc’s office for less than 5 minutes. They walked us straight over to the ER. They kept him until noon on Monday, pushing meds through IV and orally. Between the dermatologist and Lastech, they were able to figure out the cause and treat it, so it’s healing nicely now. Oh and they also put him on meds for diabetes. Holy crudmosis all over again.
Last, but not least. Pepita went in for her spay yesterday. She did fine and will not have to cope with being in heat ever again. Our sanity (and hers) are saved for the moment. Sanity is subject to change at any moment.
While I don’t have any good pics of our beasties at the moment, I did take pics of my friend’s fur babies. 🙂
This song sort of sums up the last couple of weeks.
I wince when I think of your mom down by the tree in that rain until the ambulance arrived…
Yeah, me too.
Holy crap!! That’s a whole lotta nasty karma getting it’s hooks in you and yours… Fingers crossed that it’s all done messing with you.
Hold on… February’s coming… things gotta get better. It’s been a nasty bit of luck for the bloggers I know. Beginning to make me peek over my shoulders and look for my turn with bad luck. 😉
Lordy I hope not! Hopefully all the bad karma is used up and you won’t have to deal with any. 🙂
Gosh! Just one disaster after another! Glad Pepita is doing well after her spay though! Your friends have beautiful pets!
They really do have lovely pets. I enjoyed taking care of them. 🙂