![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Improvement
Oct. 15th, 2019 09:40 amRandi's vastly improved. The doctor thinks a fungal infection is what caused the trouble. She's on 4 different antibiotics, I think, but she's almost all fixed up.
Back to the hospital
Oct. 12th, 2019 09:37 amRandi's cellulitis flared up again, so we're off to the ER. They're going to keep her a few days.
Randi's home again
Sep. 22nd, 2019 09:58 am After more than a week in a nursing home, Randi came home yesterday. She'll have some follow-up, from home health and wound care, but the cellulitis is cured and she's feeling good.
Before I fetched her home, I had breakfast with Bobby and Rhonda, who were on their way to an Eric Clapton concert(!).
Before I fetched her home, I had breakfast with Bobby and Rhonda, who were on their way to an Eric Clapton concert(!).
Randi's in the hospital
Sep. 6th, 2019 08:02 pmOn the advice of the home health nurse, I dragged Randi to the ER, and they kept her. She has a severe infection - in two days it's gone from just above her bandages (on her foot) all the way up to the top of her thigh. It could be cellulitis, and the ER doctor suspects possible gangrene, too.
This is really scary.
This is really scary.
I got my new teeth today! Partial dentures, to be exact. They feel really strange, but Randi tells me I look a lot better. I wanted to celebrate with a bacon cheeseburger, but I'm on soft food for a few days, before I can start gradually introducing "challenging" foods.
Not preggers?
Jul. 21st, 2019 10:09 am A lady with experience in pregnant horses visited us and looked Magic over closely. She is pretty sure this is a false pregnancy. Whew.
Magic is preggers
Jul. 18th, 2019 10:22 amI just discovered that our horse is pregnant. Not just preggers, but probably due to deliver any day now.
She's a round-bodied horse, so I didn't notice her getting any bigger. However, the Deed was done last year, apparently over or through a fence, by a little bay stud being boarded on the property next door. The stud was there despite Betty (the property owner) forbidding it. I hope I never run into those people again, because if I do, I'll probably end up in jail.
Anyway, yesterday while spraying Magic for flies, I noticed an odd wrinkling at her belly. When I looked closer, I noticed (gak) her teats were dangling and dripping milk.
So now I have yet another thing to worry about, and more chores to look forward to.
She's a round-bodied horse, so I didn't notice her getting any bigger. However, the Deed was done last year, apparently over or through a fence, by a little bay stud being boarded on the property next door. The stud was there despite Betty (the property owner) forbidding it. I hope I never run into those people again, because if I do, I'll probably end up in jail.
Anyway, yesterday while spraying Magic for flies, I noticed an odd wrinkling at her belly. When I looked closer, I noticed (gak) her teats were dangling and dripping milk.
So now I have yet another thing to worry about, and more chores to look forward to.
Doctors, doctors
Jun. 29th, 2019 09:43 amRandi had (outpatient) surgery yesterday to cauterize a vein which has been draining into her leg. It's been messy, swelled up her foot, and caused infections. She's doing fine today, but between the vascular surgeon and wound care, we've been spending a lot of time with doctor's appointments. Add in my dentist appointments, and I'm getting really tired of driving.
And speaking of the dentist, I've at least managed to find a way to finance my plates. Monday I got to get fitted.
And speaking of the dentist, I've at least managed to find a way to finance my plates. Monday I got to get fitted.
Housework (by contractor)
Mar. 21st, 2019 10:07 am We start our little renovation to the front and back porches. (Randi says those repairs have to be made before we can get the insurance to cover the roof replacement. I don't know why, but she's the expert.)
The back porch and deck have been useless for years, rotted out from weather and time. The deck is being stripped out, and the porch will have a ramp that will allow Randi to go out that way.
The front porch has two pillars that have rotted at the base.
Previous disappointments in hiring people have made me cynical, but Darryl (in spite of his name recalling Newhart) seems good.
The back porch and deck have been useless for years, rotted out from weather and time. The deck is being stripped out, and the porch will have a ramp that will allow Randi to go out that way.
The front porch has two pillars that have rotted at the base.
Previous disappointments in hiring people have made me cynical, but Darryl (in spite of his name recalling Newhart) seems good.
More weirdness
Mar. 1st, 2019 10:43 amAs if a bird in my bedroom wasn't enough... My dogs started fussing, sounding odd for them, so I went out to check on them. There they were at the gate by the porch, happy to see me as usual. And standing behind them, grinning from ear to ear, was a Rottweiler. A big one. Bigger than my German shepherds, and they are 80 and 100 pounds. He's just acting pleased to see me, as if to say, "I'm with them."
He went around the side of the house and I immediately brought my two inside. When I went back out, he was nowhere to be seen, but I found the fence partially down and the hot wire broken where he'd come in. Or out. Or both. I don't know. But I want to go back to bed.
He went around the side of the house and I immediately brought my two inside. When I went back out, he was nowhere to be seen, but I found the fence partially down and the hot wire broken where he'd come in. Or out. Or both. I don't know. But I want to go back to bed.