Sunday Christmas Ramble

It's a slow progress for my GF. I pray it won't be too long into 2018 before she comes home. Speaking of 2018. As we approach this new year, it always seems that the current year has flown by. And 2017 is no exception. Scientifically every year is the same amount of time. With an extra day thrown in every 4 years for leap year. So it's something about us humans that read years differently in regards to time. For me and many of the friends I share this with here, it's as we get older in years that the years seem to go faster. At this point it feels like we skipped over the entire Summer this year to get here. I just want to thank my friends that are here at blogger and the plus for their love and prayers through a most difficult year. This will be my last ramble for the year.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

This Sunday's Ramble

Not much to say today. Looks like a long recovery for my GF. But I will keep hoping she will be home for Christmas.
A classic video by the World's Greatest.....

Have a wonderful week.......

A Wednesday Ramble

An update. My GF is in a rehab facility for Physical Therapy. It's going to be slow going since she was in the hospital for a long time. It's stressful for both of us. Thanks for your prayers my friends, they do help.
I took more time off work so I could be there for her and see how this place is. It seems to me these facilities for PT rehab are understaffed and not what you would consider great when you look at the medical profession over all. These types of facilities are also hospice places too. Anyhoo it's still going to be a long time for her to get back to where she was before her hospital stays. Plus this center is farther away that I have to use the highway to get there. For some reason there is a whole more traffic during the day than you would figure. I mean most people are working right? So part of the highway I am taking has a speed limit of 65 mph. Before the snow got here I would usually do around 70 mph. I was getting passed by a lot of cars like I was standing still. I figure that means they had to be going 80 or better mph. Driving is insane anymore. It's hard not to lose it with the dumb things people do while driving. That makes me think we have failed to educate well enough. For a rich country like ours we are failing miserably. Don't get me started on people who don't know what a turn signal is.
There's just 12 days until...start singing...
 

The Twelve Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
A Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the second day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the third day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the sixth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
6 Geese a Laying
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the seventh day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
7 Swans a Swimming
6 Geese a Laying
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the eighth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
8 Maids a Milking
7 Swans a Swimming
6 Geese a Laying
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the ninth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids a Milking
7 Swans a Swimming
6 Geese a Laying
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the tenth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
10 Lords a Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids a Milking
7 Swans a Swimming
6 Geese a Laying
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the eleventh day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
11 Pipers Piping
10 Lords a Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids a Milking
7 Swans a Swimming
6 Geese a Laying
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
12 Drummers Drumming
11 Pipers Piping
10 Lords a Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids a Milking
7 Swans a Swimming
6 Geese a Laying
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 

 

Sunday Ramble..

When it rains it pours. That's how the expression goes. Monday my GF is going to get a scan. Seems there is a blood clot in the fistula (the port in her arm where she is plugged in for dialysis). Hopefully it will go smoothly and it will be taken care of. She has a long way to go and I still have hope she will be home for Christmas. It's heartbreaking to see her in such a weakened condition. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers...till we meet again...

 

Sunday's Ramble

Well my GF went back into the hospital Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The rehab facility is just awful. They didn't do anything for her and really they should be shut down. I write more about that at a later date. When she was sent over to dialysis Wednesday the team there found she was not in good shape at all. Her oxygen levels were low so they sent her to the ER. I did not find out until after I got home that she was there. At the rehab center after work they told me she was at dialysis. I was there to have her moved to a VA hospital. Now that's the plan after she leaves our local hospital. She's a vet btw. Saturday she seemed better. I helped her eat which is one of the things that she hasn't really been doing for the last month. This afternoon I helped her eat her lunch and she did pretty good. She wasn't doing so well today compared to yesterday. She was pretty tired so I've come back home while she gets some rest. I gotta tell you it's hard seeing the one you love in such a weakened condition. Just livin' day by day....
Have a great start to your week....

 

This Sunday's Ramble

This morning it looks like my GF is not improving at all. She was moved to a rehab facility to help her get her strength back. She still isn't eating hardly anything. Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get her doctor to visit her and get her. I think she needs to be moved someplace else. She told me today she hates the place and so do I. Not sure why she chose to go there and it was already decided before I got to put in any input. Life throws all kinds of things at you and this is one of the worst situations you can think of that happens. For me it's hard going. My mind is not on my job either. I took off a lot of days so I could see her when she was in the hospital. If I had that winning ticket I would quit working today. Before all of you get depressed reading all of this, let's move to the next paragraph.
One of my friends posted about the stupid things people do while driving. Well yesterday and today one of those happened that really annoys me. People not doing the speed limit. So two days in a row I'm behind some such driver. And this is what happens most of time. It happened yesterday and today. They are going slow enough that you know you won't make the green light ahead. You would if they were going the speed limit. So what happens, that slow moving car sees the light turn yellow and of course runs it while it turns red. WTH? Of course I've got to stop. It annoys the hell out of me since it would have been plenty green if the speed limit was followed. I could go on and on about stupid drivers but I think I'll just do this one until my next post. 😉
Hope your week starts with lots of smiles...till we meet again...

Sunday's Ramble

Finally my GF was discharged from the hospital today. She's still not doing that great. Mostly the ordeal of being in the hospital. It's going to be a long recovery. So glad to have her home. 
It warmed up a little today which is good after some pretty freezing days. Not much to say today really. I was going to comment about some of the driving I saw this weekend. Drivers are getting much worse. Everywhere. I'll write about some of the experiences I've seen lately in a future ramble. Meanwhile start your week with lots of smiles...