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I'm Alive - Warning, Long
Hi, Lori,
I really don't know you, yet I was checking almost every day for any information about you. Thanks for checking in even though it was very difficult. I have prayed for you and will continue to do so. Kathy |
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I'm Alive - Warning, Long
Welcome back! So nice to see you posting here again
Sharon & Smudgie |
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I'm Alive - Warning, Long
On 4/3/2011 11:39 PM, CatNipped wrote:
wrote in message ... On 4/3/2011 1:26 PM, CatNipped wrote: wrote in message m... On 4/2/2011 9:15 PM, CatNipped wrote: Yep, to the pleasant surprise of some and the disappointment of others, I *am* still alive. I was only able to log on for 5 minutes in the middle of all this, so I saw only two posts replying to the post Ben made. Since then I've been totally incommunicado, physically and mentally, and unaware of anything outside of my hospital bed. After *forty-four* days in the hospital, I'm finally home.. which doesn't mean I'm going to be jumping back into the group totally, because I have so much to do and catch up on and because of physical and mental disabilities. The main thing I have to do is getting my fur-babies to forget and forgive my abandoning them. Archer completely snubbed me on my first "home visit" (they would let me go from the SNIP unit for a few hours every week for doctors' appointments and/or a quick trip home), then finally warmed up to me. Sammy is too much of a pettins' 'ho' to give up being skritched. Ozzy is lukewarm to me, but he was never a cuddling cat to begin with. Jessie cares only for Ben - always has, always will. And Demi is as Demi always was, afraid of her own shadow. Ya'll gotta stop this stuff. Sending purrs and well wishes for you, Ben, and the owners to get over your trauma and heal fully. BTDT with the aphasia, short term memory loss, and physical trauma. Both Rob and I recovered to a great extent and I expect you and Ben to do the same. We understand about not being able to play catch-up. A short synopsis of current events here at chez Shirk. Mike and Mandi Lynn are the proud parents of a baby boy. William Michael was born at 12:14 am on March 5. He was 21 inches long and weighed 8 lb 15 0z officially. Amanda Kae and James were married on Feb 19th. At her pre-marital physical, it was discovered that she is pregnant. She is due to give birth in late September. Mike, Lynn, Will and their two owners Hermione and Qui Gon Kit have moved back in with me making the cat count 11 cats and 1 d-thing. Bernard the dwarf hamster succumbed to the workings of Smokey, Jim's cat. Smokey shattered the hamster home and we are NOT getting a replacement. Other than that things are pretty normal around here, as normal as anything remotely Shirk ever gets. Take care of yourself and please don't feel as though you have to answer any of our messages. Pam S. Wow. how long was I visiting the mothership???!! ; Con-cat-ulations on the new grand kids, you much be ecstatic to be a new grandmother! I'm so happy for the kids. William Michael is a *big* baby - I hope Mandi Lynn had an epidural! I read in another thread that you're battling with depression - I'm hoping that a house full of people, pet, and owners will help with that. I think you were in the hospital much longer than I was. How long did it take you to get back into the habit of living at home again - trying to get back some sort of normalcy and a routine? One thing that is holding me back is this open wound and the partial paralysis, but I'm talking about the psychology of it. Lynn is a braver woman than I am. No epidural, just some IV pain meds and a strong soul. I'm dreading when Mandy goes into labor. She is not good at pain. I was only in hospital for 39 days. It was enough. I'm still coming back to normal, and the hospitalization was almost four years ago. I cannot pick up items on the floor most days and use a grabber for the small stuff and a kid for the big things. Since I lost half of the muscles in my right thigh and inside my right leg, balance is a major problem. I've come back to some extent. I was in a coma for a while and still don't remember anything that happened for a couple of days before the hospitalization to at least two weeks after I went into ICU. I have body image problems, am on anti-depressants, have nightmares about being back in hospital and find that I am more willing to let the small stuff go rather than fight for it. It took me about a month before I settled back in. Part of the problem was Rob's state of health and working on getting us both back into functional states. I probably would have taken much longer if Mike and Mandy weren't with us. Mike, specifically, was the answer to a mother's prayer. He, Lynn, and Will are godsends now. Of course the cats are a big help as they want to nurse us all. Pam S. grateful {{{{{{{{{{Pam}}}}}}}}}} What you've been through these last few years would seriously put a dent in the constitution of even the strongest person. I don't know what I'd do if I were to lose Ben. Not only is he my one-true-love, he is also, literally, my life-line to the rest of the world. Without him I'd have to go back into a nursing home because I can't live by myself - I can't even take care of my fur-babies!!! I'm so glad that you have that support from your children, good on them - and good on you for rearing them properly and teaching them responsibility. You done good, girl! Thanks, I think they're pretty wonderful, but then I'm biased. On a funny note, Speedy whines when Will cries. Then Speedy comes over and noses me so that I'll make the noise go away. The cats are smarter, they get Mum and Dad. Pam S. |
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