I reminded mum that she had promised me a post today, but she is complaining that after 3 days of being out for hours on end (without me, I might add) she just is not up to a lengthy post with picshurs!! She says this will have to do!!!
Her dr's appointments, etc., were good and bad!!! On Monday she was informed that she has to have some tests done and that if, indeed, her lap band has moved, she has to have it removed and then probably will have to have either bypass or sleeve surgery!!!! On Tuesday after her apt with attorney she went to the mall, and did not realize till she got home that she was missing a bag of stuff -- she uses the reusable bags and hangs them on the back of the wheelchair -- this one must not have been hung properly (she called Walmart and asked if it was there -- it was -- so she has to go back there to get it). Yesterday her first appointment was with the Nurse Practitioner on our side of town. Unfortunately, the surgeon who has done all her procedures is on the Northwest side of town, and she has to go there for THAT doctor to schedule it!!!!! While she was there she upchucked and partially missed the sink (she doesn't know what caused it, but it happens sometimes, but hasn't for a while). She was wearing white pants and it went all over them, and because it was coffee, it looked like poop all over her pants!!!!!! Luckily there was a Target close by, so mum stopped there and got new pants and t-shirt (yes, it got on her t-shirt, too), and put on the clean clothes there!!!!! She then cruised along in her chair to the hospital for her EMG -- she was early, so she went into the Starbucks there. She took a chance and got her favorite (caramel macchiato -- iced). Needless to say, she asked the tech to put a trashcan close by -- just in case!!! BOL Anyway, the results of the EMG showed that she does have more problems with her hands and elbow (probably partially caused by the muscle disease) and was recommended to go see her hand specialist and she authorized them to forward the results!!!! So, as I said at the start -- it was good new/bad news!!
The kitties are bugging mum because they want to show you their new climbing tree -- but that again is going to have to wait.
We have a stray cat that comes around (that mum has never seen). Mum leaves food out for it. This morning while she was taking me to the dogpark here, we stopped to talk to someone we see frequently and she has a beautiful black cat that she says comes around for treats -- wonder if it is the same one who comes to our place for food???
Mum has a WHOLE day where she does not have to go anywhere!!! Krista will be coming later, and she will take me for a little walk -- still too hot to go far during the daytime hours!!
So, I am gonna leave now -- mum has to pay her rent today, bol. May not be posting again until Saturday -- so everyone have a good couple of day.
ttfn and toodle pip
Cookie
p.s. when mum tried to schedule my Gotcha Day post, it some how go set for tomorrow, so if it does show up, I apologize for it -- As I said in my header for this post ....
Cookie's Comments
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
WATCH THIS SPOT
Watch this spot -- Mum has had lots of drs appts, etc., but promises me a post tomorrow -- hopefully with pictures!!!
ttfn and toodle pip
Cookie
ttfn and toodle pip
Cookie
Sunday, August 30, 2015
SIXPENCE HERE
Tigger: I thought I was gonna post again today!!
Sixpence: No, Cookie said that I could!!
Cookie: Go ahead Sixpence -- I did say I didn't feel like posting so you could cos Tigger posted yesterday.
Sixpence: Thank you Cookie. Well, Mum realized this morning when she took Cookie out one of the reasons she had been so crabby for the past couple of days!!! It was still dark so the FULL MOON was very bright -- she always gets cranky when it is a full moon!!!!
Anyway -- I am not sure if you know how I got my name -- I have six toes on each paw!!!! Mum wanted to use the "six" in my name, so out of nostalgia, she called me Sixpence. She contemplated calling Tigger "Farthing" also out of nostalgia, but decided that she looked more like a Tigger!!
I am the more friendly of the two of us. I like to sleep with mum -- on the couch or on the bed and I also chat with her a lot. We had a nice chat last night and we discussed what I would post about. I promised to make it sweet, and because nothing much has been happening around here, I think I am just about done. I promise I will have mum take some pics soon.
meowww and purrrrr
Sixpence
Sixpence: No, Cookie said that I could!!
Cookie: Go ahead Sixpence -- I did say I didn't feel like posting so you could cos Tigger posted yesterday.
Sixpence: Thank you Cookie. Well, Mum realized this morning when she took Cookie out one of the reasons she had been so crabby for the past couple of days!!! It was still dark so the FULL MOON was very bright -- she always gets cranky when it is a full moon!!!!
Anyway -- I am not sure if you know how I got my name -- I have six toes on each paw!!!! Mum wanted to use the "six" in my name, so out of nostalgia, she called me Sixpence. She contemplated calling Tigger "Farthing" also out of nostalgia, but decided that she looked more like a Tigger!!
I am the more friendly of the two of us. I like to sleep with mum -- on the couch or on the bed and I also chat with her a lot. We had a nice chat last night and we discussed what I would post about. I promised to make it sweet, and because nothing much has been happening around here, I think I am just about done. I promise I will have mum take some pics soon.
meowww and purrrrr
Sixpence
Saturday, August 29, 2015
REPORT FROM TIGGER
Tigger here. Cookie is mad at mum cos she forgot to send in pics for the demolition derby and for the drawing for Derby Queen (she swears she woulda won at least one if not both if she had!!). She is so mad at mum that mum asked me to do the blog today.
It is not gonna be a very long post tho -- I just wanted to tell you that we have a kitty that comes around and eats the food that mum leaves in a little container on the patio. She THINKS she has seen it a couple of times, but the kitty usually comes when no one is around. Sixpence and I have seen it but by the time we get mum's attention, the kitty is gone.
We really have got to get mum to take some more pictures (especially of us kitties).
Well, I promised this would be short so I will end here. Have a good day all and have fun at the demolition derby.
ttfn and toodle pip
Tigger (in place of Cookie who is being a spoiled big brat)
It is not gonna be a very long post tho -- I just wanted to tell you that we have a kitty that comes around and eats the food that mum leaves in a little container on the patio. She THINKS she has seen it a couple of times, but the kitty usually comes when no one is around. Sixpence and I have seen it but by the time we get mum's attention, the kitty is gone.
We really have got to get mum to take some more pictures (especially of us kitties).
Well, I promised this would be short so I will end here. Have a good day all and have fun at the demolition derby.
ttfn and toodle pip
Tigger (in place of Cookie who is being a spoiled big brat)
Friday, August 28, 2015
TGIF
Well, I got to go to Udall Park this morning, but no one was there until we were ready to leave,, then a couple of our friends showed up. Apparently, the park had been closed for cleaning, etc., for a couple of days. Good thing we didn't walk all the way there yesterday. It was after 5 am when we left so we went over to the Safeway store (which opens at 5 am). I think we were the only ones there!!! But mum did get a couple of packages of my marrow bones!!
Did I tell you our new Shark came on Saturday? (I actually thought it was a real shark until she opened the box and I discovered it was County Vacular) Anyway, Krista opened it yesterday and she was raving about the fact that it was a much fancier one than the old one and worked much better!!!! She took everything out of the box with the new cat tree, and took it in pieces to her car -- it was far too heavy for her to carry in one piece -- 80 lbs!!! Anyway, about an hour after she left, the doorbell rang -- it was one of the gardeners, and he asked if mum wanted the box thrown out. We discovered there were some parts of the cat tree there, which mum put on the patio, and then tried to call Krista. Just as she was sending Krista a text the doorbell rang again and the same guy was out there and told mum that there was a pile of stuff on top of a car in the parking lot. Mum realized that Krista was at the next door neighbors (she cleans for her too, but not as often as mum) so she knocked on the door. Sure enuf, Krista was there and had just forgotten she had left stuff out there and on her car!!!! Her husband is gonna put it together for mum.
Mum also received a book she had ordered from Amazon and then this morning when she went to get my food, she found that her Kuerig had been delivered!!! It never rains but it pours, lol.
I am still spending time in the bathtub!!! Monsoon season does not end for another couple of weeks, so there are still storms.
Incidentally, when mum went next door she ended up visiting with Joni for a while, and she came back smelling of another dog. This has happened before, and I have told Mum I have to meet this dog. Both she and joni are a bit nervous because of how I am around most strange dogs. Mum says that this dog is tiny and so we are gonna be careful!!!
My trainer was sposed to come over this afternoon -- I have not seen her in a couple of months cos of the heat. We will be starting training again soon. Anyway, she texted mum yesterday to say she would not be able to come today, but asked when would be convenient. Mum texted back that cos of dr's appointments, Tuesday is the only day. Hope she comes!!!
Well, mum just said that she has to end for now.
have a good weekend -- am gonna try to get mum to post over the weekend!!
ttfn and toodle pip
Cookie
Did I tell you our new Shark came on Saturday? (I actually thought it was a real shark until she opened the box and I discovered it was County Vacular) Anyway, Krista opened it yesterday and she was raving about the fact that it was a much fancier one than the old one and worked much better!!!! She took everything out of the box with the new cat tree, and took it in pieces to her car -- it was far too heavy for her to carry in one piece -- 80 lbs!!! Anyway, about an hour after she left, the doorbell rang -- it was one of the gardeners, and he asked if mum wanted the box thrown out. We discovered there were some parts of the cat tree there, which mum put on the patio, and then tried to call Krista. Just as she was sending Krista a text the doorbell rang again and the same guy was out there and told mum that there was a pile of stuff on top of a car in the parking lot. Mum realized that Krista was at the next door neighbors (she cleans for her too, but not as often as mum) so she knocked on the door. Sure enuf, Krista was there and had just forgotten she had left stuff out there and on her car!!!! Her husband is gonna put it together for mum.
Mum also received a book she had ordered from Amazon and then this morning when she went to get my food, she found that her Kuerig had been delivered!!! It never rains but it pours, lol.
I am still spending time in the bathtub!!! Monsoon season does not end for another couple of weeks, so there are still storms.
Incidentally, when mum went next door she ended up visiting with Joni for a while, and she came back smelling of another dog. This has happened before, and I have told Mum I have to meet this dog. Both she and joni are a bit nervous because of how I am around most strange dogs. Mum says that this dog is tiny and so we are gonna be careful!!!
My trainer was sposed to come over this afternoon -- I have not seen her in a couple of months cos of the heat. We will be starting training again soon. Anyway, she texted mum yesterday to say she would not be able to come today, but asked when would be convenient. Mum texted back that cos of dr's appointments, Tuesday is the only day. Hope she comes!!!
Well, mum just said that she has to end for now.
have a good weekend -- am gonna try to get mum to post over the weekend!!
ttfn and toodle pip
Cookie
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Mum thought she got away with it!!!
I told mum she had to post today, but she thought if she messed around enuf she could get away with not having to post!!!!! NO WAY MUM
Anyhoo, she agreed to post, but said there would not be any photos (AGAIN!!). I let her get away with not posting on Tuesday and Wednesday cos she had doctors' appointments. On Tuesday she had a CT scan and x-rays of her back and neck (the back doctor would have preferred an MRI but mum can't have those cos of an implant she has in her back). The doctor called her yesterday to say that there was not much change in her back, but that her lapband had changed position. This now means that she has to go see the doctor that put in the lapband to find out what is going on!!! Later yesterday, mum went to see the doctor who she saw when she first had her eye injury because her eyelid is much more droopy than it was. He is going to do surgery on it in October. She now has to call the attorney to see if these costs can be included with the lawsuit!!!!! Mum is not too happy about this, but it really needs to be done cos (expecially when she is tired) her eye completely closes and she has problems w/the Teevees -- not as bad as when she first hurt her eye, but bad enuf. She also asked the doctor about a procedure (that is not approved here by the FDA) that is performed in England. Apparently the doctor works with the hospital Mum wants to deal with and so it should not be too much of a problem. She is still covered by the National Health Service over there so it should not be too bad. We are planning (me and Mum) to go over for a few months after mum gets the lawsuit settled. She discussed with the doctor how, unless they saw her when she had the injury, that people do not seem to realize just how bad it was!!!! She almost lost the whole eye and the eyeball ruptured and so the first surgery was pretty extensive!! She had two more surgeries cos pressure on the eye kept building up until the pain was excruciating. During the third surgery the doc inserted a glaucoma drain and because of the extensive injury to the eye, it is very noticible cos the doc could not put it in the usual spot in the eye. This also caused problems when mum was at the point where she shoulda been able to wear a contact lens in that eye. The normal lens did not work so she had to have surgery to sew in a lens -- the surgery shoulda only taken 30 minutes, but, again cos of all the damage to the eye, took 90 minutes -- which then caused her back and neck to go into spasm (one of the symptoms of her muscle disease). I was only around for the last surgery. Apparently Cody was with mum on the way home when she had the accident. Cody had to go with mum to the hospital in the ambulance and stay there until Uncle Vic could pic her up!!!!!! Mum says that she was a very good girl until the orderlies came to take mum for a CT scan -- then she tried to drag and nurse tech after mum!!!!! Anyway -- enuf about all this -- sorry to take so long and go into so much detail!!!
Mum had said she would take me to Udall Park, but I forgot to wake her up until almost 5:30, which she says is too late because it STILL gets very hot here. In fact, it was in the newspaper and apparently on the news that a man took his dog on a hike and the dogs paws got burned on the hot ground. I guess if I want to go out more, I better start wearing the booties mum bought me!!
Anyway -- not much else has happened -- I have been spending a fair amount of time hiding in the bathtub because of the thunderstorms!!! Mum finally got the hint and put a towel on the bottom of the tub for me!!
Well, guess that's it for today -- will try to get my mum to post some pics soon.
ttfn and toodle pip
Cookie
Anyhoo, she agreed to post, but said there would not be any photos (AGAIN!!). I let her get away with not posting on Tuesday and Wednesday cos she had doctors' appointments. On Tuesday she had a CT scan and x-rays of her back and neck (the back doctor would have preferred an MRI but mum can't have those cos of an implant she has in her back). The doctor called her yesterday to say that there was not much change in her back, but that her lapband had changed position. This now means that she has to go see the doctor that put in the lapband to find out what is going on!!! Later yesterday, mum went to see the doctor who she saw when she first had her eye injury because her eyelid is much more droopy than it was. He is going to do surgery on it in October. She now has to call the attorney to see if these costs can be included with the lawsuit!!!!! Mum is not too happy about this, but it really needs to be done cos (expecially when she is tired) her eye completely closes and she has problems w/the Teevees -- not as bad as when she first hurt her eye, but bad enuf. She also asked the doctor about a procedure (that is not approved here by the FDA) that is performed in England. Apparently the doctor works with the hospital Mum wants to deal with and so it should not be too much of a problem. She is still covered by the National Health Service over there so it should not be too bad. We are planning (me and Mum) to go over for a few months after mum gets the lawsuit settled. She discussed with the doctor how, unless they saw her when she had the injury, that people do not seem to realize just how bad it was!!!! She almost lost the whole eye and the eyeball ruptured and so the first surgery was pretty extensive!! She had two more surgeries cos pressure on the eye kept building up until the pain was excruciating. During the third surgery the doc inserted a glaucoma drain and because of the extensive injury to the eye, it is very noticible cos the doc could not put it in the usual spot in the eye. This also caused problems when mum was at the point where she shoulda been able to wear a contact lens in that eye. The normal lens did not work so she had to have surgery to sew in a lens -- the surgery shoulda only taken 30 minutes, but, again cos of all the damage to the eye, took 90 minutes -- which then caused her back and neck to go into spasm (one of the symptoms of her muscle disease). I was only around for the last surgery. Apparently Cody was with mum on the way home when she had the accident. Cody had to go with mum to the hospital in the ambulance and stay there until Uncle Vic could pic her up!!!!!! Mum says that she was a very good girl until the orderlies came to take mum for a CT scan -- then she tried to drag and nurse tech after mum!!!!! Anyway -- enuf about all this -- sorry to take so long and go into so much detail!!!
Mum had said she would take me to Udall Park, but I forgot to wake her up until almost 5:30, which she says is too late because it STILL gets very hot here. In fact, it was in the newspaper and apparently on the news that a man took his dog on a hike and the dogs paws got burned on the hot ground. I guess if I want to go out more, I better start wearing the booties mum bought me!!
Anyway -- not much else has happened -- I have been spending a fair amount of time hiding in the bathtub because of the thunderstorms!!! Mum finally got the hint and put a towel on the bottom of the tub for me!!
Well, guess that's it for today -- will try to get my mum to post some pics soon.
ttfn and toodle pip
Cookie
Monday, August 24, 2015
I CONVINCED MUM TO BLOG AGAIN
I convinced mum that to make up for not blogging for a whole week, to blog again today. Not that anything exciting happened, except that just as mum was settling down to do the crossword in the newspaper, her friend Betty (who used to live next door) invited us for coffee!!! Well, given that mum's Keurig does not seem to be working, and she had to make coffee in the drip machine and that it was not tooooo hot for me, she decided we should go. There was a very nice man sitting at the only outside table that was in the shade, and he offered to share with us. He was very nice and he filled my dish with the water mum brought. Betty and her dog Fred (a pom who is now a certified service dog) arrived and she and mum had a really nice time. Mum then went to the grocery store and, among other things, she got me some more Frosty Paws. By this time it was almost 9 am and the ground was getting hot,, so mum and I hurried home. She learned a couple of weeks ago that when she puts her chair on the highest speed, I have to run to keep up!!!!! So she puts it on 3 (instead of 4) and we make it home just right!!!!!!
Well, I had a nice drink of water, and am gonna rest now (it is about a mile each way to the store/coffe shop where we meet) and so I have to wear my Gentle Leader so I don't pull mum too much. Hoopefully will have picsures soon.
ttfn and toodle pip
Cooki
Well, I had a nice drink of water, and am gonna rest now (it is about a mile each way to the store/coffe shop where we meet) and so I have to wear my Gentle Leader so I don't pull mum too much. Hoopefully will have picsures soon.
ttfn and toodle pip
Cooki
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