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Post by Smoke on Feb 22, 2015 16:01:56 GMT -6
So they tried to put the drain back in and couldn't do it. He is scheduled for surgery again for another shot, I suppose to make a new hole for it.
Dad has water...Thankfully it was just froze.
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Post by fish on Feb 22, 2015 20:13:34 GMT -6
good luck to your brother, hope he gets out of there safe and sound ASAP.
as for your dad's pipes, when it gets really really cold around here i hang drop lights at critical points of the plumbing.
the heat from the incandescent bulb keeps the pipe from freezing.
if you still have any incandescent bulbs.
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Post by Smoke on Feb 23, 2015 2:23:56 GMT -6
Thx Fish.
Yes we do the lightbulb trick around here too. No way to get under where the pipe is. ( no crawlspace) Heat tape still worked after 45 years so that was a good thing.
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Post by Pam on Feb 23, 2015 19:25:05 GMT -6
Never would have thought of the light trick. I'll have to tell jack about that one.
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Post by fish on Feb 27, 2015 16:24:18 GMT -6
my mother's centenary is tomorrow, February 28. She died on March 1.
my father was murdered on October 18, my sister was killed on January 30.
anniversaries.
visited nc's mother.
she will be 91.
she suffers from dementia, has had multiple surgeries, has an ostomy bag, is occasionally incontinent, and so on and so forth.
she lives with her son who does not want any visiting nurses or such.
nc now goes over and provides for her mother's hygiene, et cetera.
it's a 90 mile drive.
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Post by Smoke on Feb 28, 2015 10:04:56 GMT -6
What ever happened to the theory of we need to take care of our elders???
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Post by Pam on Mar 2, 2015 21:42:19 GMT -6
Makes my 40 minute drive seem like nothing.
I'm glad my kids are seeing the way aging parents should be taken care of.
It's not always fun but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Fish, I'm sorry I missed those anniversaries.
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Post by fish on Mar 3, 2015 14:52:24 GMT -6
no, no, no, dear Pam, don't remember those things.
we each of us have enough of them, too damn many, in fact, and maybe we can get lucky and not remember them all if we are not reminded.
there are too damn many.
for example, today is the anniversary of my "who are your next of kin" incident.
i can't help but remember that my sister and i suffered pretty much the same injuries, but she died.
i can't help but remember these things, but i make as sure as i can that i don't fixate on them.
so i remember them on the day, and then put them back in the memory drawer until next year.
i just don't have enough time to spend on them.
i'll be done and gone all too soon, and forever.
trite to be sure, but worth remembering.
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Post by Smoke on Mar 6, 2015 14:04:14 GMT -6
OMG..like pulling teeth to get on here! My computer is soooo tempermental...or maybe it's just me that is mental...lol
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Post by Pam on Mar 6, 2015 15:06:59 GMT -6
See part of me feels like if I DONT fixate on it, if I dont torture myself with those awful memories of the accident, that I am not honoring Ryan. I know thats not true, but I can't stop feeling that way. But you've given me a new perspective. I don't have to torture myself everyday, I can remember it on the day, then as you said pack them away and fixate on the happy memories.
Seems so simple. I am going to try to give myself permission to not fixate on those memories.
You are very wise, I'm so grateful for you.
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Post by Smoke on Mar 6, 2015 16:43:11 GMT -6
Ya know I know it isn't the same but I think about my Mom everyday but I have to actually "Think " about the Date that she died.
I agree with Fish, the older we get the less important the "Day" is.
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Post by fish on Mar 6, 2015 17:41:28 GMT -6
last two days driving back and forth from the visits to nc's mother in the hospital.
Grace has promised to make us her smoked shoulder boiled dinner for st. patrick's day.
we'll see.
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Post by fish on Mar 9, 2015 17:26:58 GMT -6
nc's mother still in hospital and will be there for at least two more days.
more than a week is a long time in hospital, especially by today's standards.
i think she will make it home, but at her age, there is no really good news.
her 91st birthday is tomorrow.
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Post by Smoke on Mar 10, 2015 1:07:24 GMT -6
I saw where you mentioned nc's Moms other issues but what was she in the hospital for? Yes a week in is a long time..they want that bed for more $$
Hope she is able to get out soon.
Our thoughts are with you all.
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Post by fish on Mar 10, 2015 17:55:24 GMT -6
went in because trouble breathing.
has had courses of antibiotics but little or no improvement.
nc is not on the papers, so she does not speak directly to the dr, so our information is limited.
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And so my week begins.