In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:I hope to read it some day, too!
Originally posted by Brenda:
I've heard back from the lady that I emailed my manuscript too and she will have to snail mail it back to me as she doesn't drive into the city any more. Also since I don't drive and I doubt I would be able to get a ride out there this is the best way for now. She's found some things I missed and I will have her notes and be able to read them. She said she is liking it, which is nice to hear.
Oh BTW, congrats on the mah jong win.
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Pity would be no more,
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I hope so as well.
Thanks. It has been quite a while since I got first place at mah jong.
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Back from my walk and got a small package of chicken wings for supper tonight and tomorrow. I am adding some brussel sprouts to them as well.
The rain went away and the sun is out now but there are a few dark clouds around.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:OMG yes. My dad was hallucinating for a week afterwards. He kind of knew where he was, but he hallucinated that hospital was on the verge of bankruptcy and the basement was full of telephone answerers trying to fend off calls from concerned relatives and creditors. He was so concerned about being left alone in a dark hospital that IRL he was going to get in a wheelchair and sign himself out AMA and get a taxi to go home.
SIX: So anesthesia can keep you down for a while too then?
A friend of my MIL's went temporarily paranoid ... this was a few days AFTER she was discharged and being taken care of by MIL at home... she threatened MIL with a knife. Delayed anesthesia reaction.
A colleague's dad repeatedly hallucinated eating oatmeal... AFTER he was sent home.
Hubby's "3-day" hospital stay turned into a 6-day stay because of disorientation from anesthesia and pain meds. This doesn't happen to everyone, but it happens enough, and it can occur unexpectedy after a time lag of days or even a week. If it happens to your g'ma don't get thrown. Of course, call hospice but it could quite likely just be a reaction to anesthesia.
And there was a time my dad had gall bladder surgery ... this was the days before scopic surgery when they did a whipple incision ... I went to visit him in the hospital and I literally didn't even recognize him at first. It was like he had aged 20 years in one week, he looked so gray and frail and small. But as he got better he was back to his former self.Quote:Good for you!
I'll tell you one thing though... I'm not going to let her watch FOX News all day when I'm over there.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
I can't get a straight answer if she was anesthetized or not. Doctor's suck.
My dad thinks she just got a local, and asking my Grandma isn't going to help. She's already forgotten she has an extra hole in her body.
I find out when I got where I needed to be today that everybody took off work because she fell out of her chair at 3:30 AM and my aunt had to call my Uncle to come pick her back up. Dad's all doom and gloom to start my day off, and when I get back home I call to get a status update and my Dad's in the middle of talking with nurses and he'll call me back whenever.
I guess I can't judge, because when it's my Mom's time I'm going to have nothing to do with it, but Grandma was always good to me. Maybe there's some family history here that I'm not aware of because I get the feeling that everybody else just wants her to die now.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Maybe family history. My g'ma was a lovely, wonderful grandma (babcia) dearly loved by all of her grandchildren. But at her funeral, when all of us (adult) grandchildren were bawling, our parents -her children- were remarkably dry-eyed.
Apparently she was something of a task-master and nag, but had a different view of her role as grandma.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Maybe. My niece loved my mom back before they moved 2,000 miles away and hardly ever saw her again.
Now that I've talked to everyone the day had it's ups and downs.
My dad played Upwords with her and she only lost by 35 pts. She was only down 20 pts when my Dad went out, but she lost 15pts for her remaining pieces. They've always been fairly evenly matched with my Dad winning more often than she did, but 35pts is not a bad spread for a loss. My Dad doesn't ever play a game and not play to win.
So... That's great. He told me last night and again this morning that he didn't think they'd ever play again.
Her strength is completely gone. She can't walk right now. I won't go into any details about how the bathroom situation went today.
She's still not eating much either.
We finally talked on the phone about 10 minutes. My aunt said earlier when she heard I was calling that she wanted to talk to me because she hadn't talked to me all day. This is also a huge improvement since yesterday I called 3 times and she didn't want to even talk on the phone until the 3rd time and it was only about 2-3 minutes before she had to say goodbye.
She sounded a little loopy. My aunt says she's just tired after a hell of a day, but I think she's on something. But at least she was laughing and could hold a conversation. Since nobody now thinks that anything bad is going to happen in the next two days, I'm planning on heading right over there for at least two nights after my dentist appointment on Monday.
She's really looking forward to watching those movies with me.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Laundry day and a walk in the rain by the looks of it.
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It looks like we're due for another half inch of rain a few days from now. That would put us slightly above our yearly total.
Correct me if I'm wrong, BRENDA, but it seems like you've had an unusual number of sunny days so far this winter?
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Not sure what to say about your g'ma being weak. If she's not eating is she drinking enough water and getting enough salt? Or getting IV saline?
She may be dehydrated. And it could still be from surgery. When I had a port put in, which is probably like putting in a drain, it was under local PLUS sedation (not total anesthesia). I was awake but very, very ...VERY... relaxed. I heard and remember everything. But I kinda drooped for a few days afterwards.
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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:
It looks like we're due for another half inch of rain a few days from now. That would put us slightly above our yearly total.
Correct me if I'm wrong, BRENDA, but it seems like you've had an unusual number of sunny days so far this winter?
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
You could be right SIG. In fact I missed whatever rain fell as it was dry for my walk and errands. Also the sun is trying to come out now.
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