In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Laundry day for me once I get a move on. Then out for my walk on a bright sunny day after the rain yesterday.
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Oh no! Too bad for your friend's dad. And your friend, of course!
Not sure from your description of it's one or both legs. If one leg, especially if it's sore and kinda purple-ish, they would probably be looking for a blood clot in a return blood vessel - a vein. He could have a DVT - deep vein thrombosis. But normally ppl get that from sitting long periods- truck drivers, airplane travelers etc
If it's both legs ... well, best not to speculate. One possiblity that's an easy fix, tho: If he's been drinking a lot of Powerade, it contains phosphate which is very hard for the kidneys to clear and causes a LOT of water retention. Hubby was drinking three bottles of Powerade when he was building the beds is summer, and his feet looked like sausages. When he stopped drinking it, they went back to normal.
I'm a little disappointed that a nurse would turn him away w/o running any tests. I hope he gets better soon.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh no! Too bad for your friend's dad. And your friend, of course!
Not sure from your description of it's one or both legs. If one leg, especially if it's sore and kinda purple-ish, they would probably be looking for a blood clot in a return blood vessel - a vein. He could have a DVT - deep vein thrombosis. But normally ppl get that from sitting long periods- truck drivers, airplane travelers etc
If it's both legs ... well, best not to speculate. One possiblity that's an easy fix, tho: If he's been drinking a lot of Powerade, it contains phosphate which is very hard for the kidneys to clear and causes a LOT of water retention. Hubby was drinking three bottles of Powerade when he was building the beds is summer, and his feet looked like sausages. When he stopped drinking it, they went back to normal.
I'm a little disappointed that a nurse would turn him away w/o running any tests. I hope he gets better soon.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
I'm not exactly sure what the situation is...
He's told me it was one leg that was swollen, then I've heard it was both legs that were swollen. He's in great shape for his age because he never stops working, but he has had a few health issues from time to time as well.
He's in the right place now. I actually feel better that he's in the hospital than not in the hospital. When he didn't come over to help me on Thursday because his nurse told him to put his feet up and not do anything, he tells me his sister in-law came over and needed some sort of step built with lumber she brought and he spent an hour doing that. Then when his swelling went down yesterday he went to his son's house to do some cleaning and ended up in the hospital. He's stubborn... and I know about stubborn.
The nurse didn't turn him away. He talked to her on the phone and said the doctor would call him. The doctor DIDN'T call him. He/She is the one I'm pissed off at.
My buddy told me his dad is getting a lot of sleep and plenty of fluids. That was this afternoon. I don't want to bother him again today unless he calls me to talk. We're still on for working on his house tomorrow as far as I know. If I can get a full day in I should be able to get all the toxic stuff out of that basement.
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Very productive day today...
I got 8 door/window casings with a finish coat of paint drying in my garage now. Monday I'll bring them as well as the jambs into my basement for staging and get another 8 casings painted (if nothing else comes up).
I spent a lot of time washing the walls, studs and large shelving units in my shed with water and a sponge before starting any paint. 6 five gallon buckets were black by the time it was done. Without going into detail of exactly what's been done out there, I got a gallon and a quarter of paint up. I'm kind of working my way around the room after starting with the wall that will have the insulation for the porch on the other side, and a good deal into painting those shelves. It's going to look awesome when it's done.
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Just a Sunday around me and my do nothing day.
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Got all the STUFF out of the basement finally at my friends. But he had to call it a short day so there's still a ton of cleaning to do. I told him that next time he has me out to do it is going to be the last time I'm going to be in that level of disgusting, so he'd better make it a long enough day to count. I'm ready to burn these clothes and shoes.
But getting home early had one benefit. I was able to get 8 more door/window casings on the horses and get the first coat of paint on them. That will be 16 of the 18 I need to do the porch, so the last round for now will be the 2 I still need and all the baseboard.
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Out for my walk in a bit on a sunny day. Temp is sitting at around 50F.
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Back from my walk and all is well for today.
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Hi guys. Just checking in... been busy organizing stuff with dear daughter. Since organizing isn't her strong suit it takes longer, but we're getting there!
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You're gaining on it.
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