OT My Trip to Texas - long

Phew. Where to start. I guess I will start by thanking everyone for
helping me get there to see my sister who really did need my support and
I guess for me who really did need to see my sister just because I
needed to see her. The trip was good for both of us and we got things
emotionally that I don't think I could begin to describe.

And then there were the things I could have done without. I found out
halfway through my trip that my youngest neice has pin worms. Yippee.
Guess who's bed I was sleeping in for the duration of the trip. I
immediately planned a doctor visit for medication for that one for when
I got back. Then the Friday night after Thankgiving I came down with a
severe stomach something. I was so sick. The walls were moving on my
trips to the bathroom. I could only drink three sips of water at a time
and all I could think of was that I take Lithium and if I got dehydrated
I was in serious trouble. But I was too sick to think about that I
might want to tell my sister that if I was found unconcious that was
probably why and she needed to tell the paramedics. I also considered
going to the hospital (I was THAT sick) but it is Houston and I knew
that it would be 6 hours before they would look at me in the ER waiting
room and another 6 before a doctor might look at me and then they would
look at me stupid because I wasn't actually dehydrated yet. Here where
I live in Lafayette, IN, they would have put me at the top of the list
to be seen, I'd have been on IV's and they would have been pushing meds
to make me feel better within an hour and I might have spent the night
in the hospital. Been there and done that and even when I wasn't on
Lithium. I didn't feel good needless to say and I was scared.

Then came a good thing. I felt better on Sunday and I got to meet
Bonnie and her husband again (they generously picked me up at the
airport - there is a story there for another post) and we went to
Catnipped's place for a light meal and a movie. I was still a bit
spacey from being sick, but I felt so much better and the company was
wonderful. And Sammy is really a HUGE kitten. I feel honored to have
met her. (Catnipped is really nice too - and her house is quite
beautiful.) I was glad I didn't miss this event due to being sick.

Then came Monday morning. I woke up with the bronchitis my oldest neice
had been trampsing back and forth to the apartment with. Man did I feel
miserable. No wonder I was so spacey Sunday night at Catnipped's house!
Luckily my doctor gives me a Z-pack (special antibiotic where you only
have to take five once a day doses to get 10 days of coverage) so I
started taking that and once again fell back into sleeping a lot and
coughing and feeling sick. On the other hand, I could be my oldest
neice who now has pneumonia because she didn't go to the doctor and when
she finally did didn't get effective antibiotics, so now she is off work
for several days while she waits for new antibiotics to work.

It is now Saturday morning. I have been home since Wednesday night. I
saw a doctor (not mine - he was too booked up) on Friday to get my chest
checked out to make sure it was clear and I was healing okay, to get
medication for pinworms, and finally, to get a lice check since the kid
downstairs came up with lice the day after I left - and they pass the
lice around that apartment complex like crazy so I got paranoid. The
doctor thought I was nuts.

As for me, I think it will be a while before I go back to Texas again.
It was just a bit too much excitement for me and my immune system wasn't
up those Texas GERMS.

It was worth every bit of it though just to see my sister and connect
with her in ways we couldn't on the phone. I will be forever grateful
to those of you who helped me get to see her. She even told me that her
first instinct was to tell me that I didn't need to come and she didn't
want me to come but that she was so glad I came she didn't know what to
do. We learned a lot about each other that we needed to know. I
learned that she really will make it through all of this, one way or
another. She learned that I really am there for her and have ways of
getting to her even when she doesn't think it possible. We both learned
that we have each other in ways that we will never have anyone else. I
think we kind of always knew that, but this trip drove it home. It was
really special.

So, that was, in a very small nutshell, my trip to Texas.

Bridget

"Bridget" wrote in message
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Phew. Where to start. I guess I will start by thanking everyone for
helping me get there to see my sister who really did need my support and
I guess for me who really did need to see my sister just because I
needed to see her. The trip was good for both of us and we got things
emotionally that I don't think I could begin to describe.

That's great Bridget!

And then there were the things I could have done without. I found out
halfway through my trip that my youngest neice has pin worms. Yippee.
Guess who's bed I was sleeping in for the duration of the trip. I
immediately planned a doctor visit for medication for that one for when
I got back. Then the Friday night after Thankgiving I came down with a
severe stomach something. I was so sick. The walls were moving on my
trips to the bathroom. I could only drink three sips of water at a time
and all I could think of was that I take Lithium and if I got dehydrated
I was in serious trouble. But I was too sick to think about that I
might want to tell my sister that if I was found unconcious that was
probably why and she needed to tell the paramedics. I also considered
going to the hospital (I was THAT sick) but it is Houston and I knew
that it would be 6 hours before they would look at me in the ER waiting
room and another 6 before a doctor might look at me and then they would
look at me stupid because I wasn't actually dehydrated yet. Here where
I live in Lafayette, IN, they would have put me at the top of the list
to be seen, I'd have been on IV's and they would have been pushing meds
to make me feel better within an hour and I might have spent the night
in the hospital. Been there and done that and even when I wasn't on
Lithium. I didn't feel good needless to say and I was scared.

I'm so sorry you got ill - that does always seem to happen when we travel
too. It might just be that we're not immune to the germs normally distant
from us.

Then came a good thing. I felt better on Sunday and I got to meet
Bonnie and her husband again (they generously picked me up at the
airport - there is a story there for another post) and we went to
Catnipped's place for a light meal and a movie. I was still a bit
spacey from being sick, but I felt so much better and the company was
wonderful. And Sammy is really a HUGE kitten. I feel honored to have
met her. (Catnipped is really nice too - and her house is quite
beautiful.) I was glad I didn't miss this event due to being sick.

Thank you, I am *SO* glad you could make it, I had a really nice time. I
noticed you were quiet, but I didn't think you were "spacey", just quiet -
maybe shy.

Then came Monday morning. I woke up with the bronchitis my oldest neice
had been trampsing back and forth to the apartment with. Man did I feel
miserable. No wonder I was so spacey Sunday night at Catnipped's house!
Luckily my doctor gives me a Z-pack (special antibiotic where you only
have to take five once a day doses to get 10 days of coverage) so I
started taking that and once again fell back into sleeping a lot and
coughing and feeling sick. On the other hand, I could be my oldest
neice who now has pneumonia because she didn't go to the doctor and when
she finally did didn't get effective antibiotics, so now she is off work
for several days while she waits for new antibiotics to work.

Yuck! You've really been through the ringer girlfriend! Purrs that you
start feeling better soon.

It is now Saturday morning. I have been home since Wednesday night. I
saw a doctor (not mine - he was too booked up) on Friday to get my chest
checked out to make sure it was clear and I was healing okay, to get
medication for pinworms, and finally, to get a lice check since the kid
downstairs came up with lice the day after I left - and they pass the
lice around that apartment complex like crazy so I got paranoid. The
doctor thought I was nuts.

As for me, I think it will be a while before I go back to Texas again.
It was just a bit too much excitement for me and my immune system wasn't
up those Texas GERMS.

Yeah, I think like everything else, even the germs are bigger in Texas! ;

It was worth every bit of it though just to see my sister and connect
with her in ways we couldn't on the phone. I will be forever grateful
to those of you who helped me get to see her. She even told me that her
first instinct was to tell me that I didn't need to come and she didn't
want me to come but that she was so glad I came she didn't know what to
do. We learned a lot about each other that we needed to know. I
learned that she really will make it through all of this, one way or
another. She learned that I really am there for her and have ways of
getting to her even when she doesn't think it possible. We both learned
that we have each other in ways that we will never have anyone else. I
think we kind of always knew that, but this trip drove it home. It was
really special.

Again, I'm glad you got to see her - sometimes you just have to be there to
"put your hands on" the one you love to make sure they are OK.

So, that was, in a very small nutshell, my trip to Texas.

Bridget

Again, it was too wonderful for words to be able to meet you, and if you do
ever brave the Texas germs and come back again, you're always welcome in my
home!

Hugs,

CatNipped

Bridget wrote:

As for me, I think it will be a while before I go back to Texas again.
It was just a bit too much excitement for me and my immune system wasn't
up those Texas GERMS.

No, it's the kids. Kids are little vessels of disease. Hang out with
them, and you'll catch all sorts of nasty illnesses! I used to live with
a teacher who worked with children - I was always sick. Avoid children
at all costs. (I'm joking, but it's definitely true that kids carry
a tremendous number of germs!)

I'm really glad you had a good visit with your sister, and got to meet
RPCA folks and kitties. Now it's time to rest and recuperate!

Joyce

Glad to hear the trip was good for you and your sister. Not glad to hear
about all the sickness, but that can be taken care of. Have a great holiday
season.
Jazz & his mama

--

Irulan
from the stars we come
to the stars we return
from now until the end of time
"Bridget" wrote in message
news:O6osd.192468$HA.121290@attbi_s01...
Phew. Where to start. I guess I will start by thanking everyone for
helping me get there to see my sister who really did need my support and I
guess for me who really did need to see my sister just because I needed to
see her. The trip was good for both of us and we got things emotionally
that I don't think I could begin to describe.

And then there were the things I could have done without. I found out
halfway through my trip that my youngest neice has pin worms. Yippee.
Guess who's bed I was sleeping in for the duration of the trip. I
immediately planned a doctor visit for medication for that one for when I
got back. Then the Friday night after Thankgiving I came down with a
severe stomach something. I was so sick. The walls were moving on my
trips to the bathroom. I could only drink three sips of water at a time
and all I could think of was that I take Lithium and if I got dehydrated I
was in serious trouble. But I was too sick to think about that I might
want to tell my sister that if I was found unconcious that was probably
why and she needed to tell the paramedics. I also considered going to the
hospital (I was THAT sick) but it is Houston and I knew that it would be 6
hours before they would look at me in the ER waiting room and another 6
before a doctor might look at me and then they would look at me stupid
because I wasn't actually dehydrated yet. Here where I live in Lafayette,
IN, they would have put me at the top of the list to be seen, I'd have
been on IV's and they would have been pushing meds to make me feel better
within an hour and I might have spent the night in the hospital. Been
there and done that and even when I wasn't on Lithium. I didn't feel good
needless to say and I was scared.

Then came a good thing. I felt better on Sunday and I got to meet Bonnie
and her husband again (they generously picked me up at the airport - there
is a story there for another post) and we went to Catnipped's place for a
light meal and a movie. I was still a bit spacey from being sick, but I
felt so much better and the company was wonderful. And Sammy is really a
HUGE kitten. I feel honored to have met her. (Catnipped is really nice
too - and her house is quite beautiful.) I was glad I didn't miss this
event due to being sick.

Then came Monday morning. I woke up with the bronchitis my oldest neice
had been trampsing back and forth to the apartment with. Man did I feel
miserable. No wonder I was so spacey Sunday night at Catnipped's house!
Luckily my doctor gives me a Z-pack (special antibiotic where you only
have to take five once a day doses to get 10 days of coverage) so I
started taking that and once again fell back into sleeping a lot and
coughing and feeling sick. On the other hand, I could be my oldest neice
who now has pneumonia because she didn't go to the doctor and when she
finally did didn't get effective antibiotics, so now she is off work for
several days while she waits for new antibiotics to work.

It is now Saturday morning. I have been home since Wednesday night. I
saw a doctor (not mine - he was too booked up) on Friday to get my chest
checked out to make sure it was clear and I was healing okay, to get
medication for pinworms, and finally, to get a lice check since the kid
downstairs came up with lice the day after I left - and they pass the lice
around that apartment complex like crazy so I got paranoid. The doctor
thought I was nuts.

As for me, I think it will be a while before I go back to Texas again. It
was just a bit too much excitement for me and my immune system wasn't up
those Texas GERMS.

It was worth every bit of it though just to see my sister and connect with
her in ways we couldn't on the phone. I will be forever grateful to those
of you who helped me get to see her. She even told me that her first
instinct was to tell me that I didn't need to come and she didn't want me
to come but that she was so glad I came she didn't know what to do. We
learned a lot about each other that we needed to know. I learned that she
really will make it through all of this, one way or another. She learned
that I really am there for her and have ways of getting to her even when
she doesn't think it possible. We both learned that we have each other in
ways that we will never have anyone else. I think we kind of always knew
that, but this trip drove it home. It was really special.

So, that was, in a very small nutshell, my trip to Texas.

Bridget

Lots of purrs and best wishes for your health, Bridget,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Bridget" wrote in message
news:O6osd.192468$HA.121290@attbi_s01...
Phew. Where to start. I guess I will start by thanking everyone for
helping me get there to see my sister who really did need my support and
I guess for me who really did need to see my sister just because I
needed to see her. The trip was good for both of us and we got things
emotionally that I don't think I could begin to describe.

And then there were the things I could have done without. I found out
halfway through my trip that my youngest neice has pin worms. Yippee.
snip

"SUQKRT" wrote in message
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In article O6osd.192468$HA.121290@attbi_s01, Bridget

wrote:


So, that was, in a very small nutshell, my trip to Texas.

Bridget


Oy!Vay! Bridget you went through a lot. I'm glad that the visit helped you
and
your family. I saw the pictures Sammy is huge. Wonder what Catnipped feeds
her?????

Minced German Shepherds who have the nerve to bark at her as she's waiting
in line to sit on Sandy Paws' lap!!! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

Suz
Macmoosette
=^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^=

"People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life."
--Faith Resnick



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In article , "CatNipped"
wrote:


"SUQKRT" wrote in message
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In article O6osd.192468$HA.121290@attbi_s01, Bridget

wrote:


So, that was, in a very small nutshell, my trip to Texas.

Bridget


Oy!Vay! Bridget you went through a lot. I'm glad that the visit helped
you
and
your family. I saw the pictures Sammy is huge. Wonder what Catnipped
feeds
her?????

Minced German Shepherds who have the nerve to bark at her as she's waiting
in line to sit on Sandy Paws' lap!!! ;

Hugs,

LOL, does she want fries with that.
Suz
Macmoosette
=^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^=

"People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life."
--Faith Resnick



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"SUQKRT" wrote in message
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Minced German Shepherds who have the nerve to bark at her as she's waiting
in line to sit on Sandy Paws' lap!!! ;

Hugs,

LOL, does she want fries with that.
Suz

I just posted the Santa pictures - the look on her faces tells you what she
thinks of those nasty d*gs barking at here - talk about disdain!!! LOL

http://www.possibleplaces.com/SammySanta/

Hugs,

CatNipped

SUQKRT wrote:
In article , "CatNipped"
wrote:


"SUQKRT" wrote in message
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In article O6osd.192468$HA.121290@attbi_s01, Bridget

wrote:


So, that was, in a very small nutshell, my trip to Texas.

Bridget


Oy!Vay! Bridget you went through a lot. I'm glad that the visit
helped
you
and
your family. I saw the pictures Sammy is huge. Wonder what Catnipped
feeds
her?????

Minced German Shepherds who have the nerve to bark at her as she's
waiting in line to sit on Sandy Paws' lap!!! ;

Hugs,

LOL, does she want fries with that.
Suz
Macmoosette
=^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^=

"People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life."
--Faith Resnick



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(=':'=)
(")_(")

Smokey would - she likes fries!

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lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy
former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at
nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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"SUQKRT" wrote in message
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Minced German Shepherds who have the nerve to bark at her as she's
waiting
in line to sit on Sandy Paws' lap!!! ;

Hugs,

LOL, does she want fries with that.
Suz

I just posted the Santa pictures - the look on her faces tells you what
she thinks of those nasty d*gs barking at here - talk about disdain!!!
LOL

http://www.possibleplaces.com/SammySanta/

Hugs,

CatNipped


Beautiful pics of Sammy being cuddled by Santa Claus!!! envy from my cats

Tweed