Mom is worried, need some Purrs (OT)

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Purrs please, for my dear old Dad... he's a pain in the ass but I know I'm
going to lose him soon. Purrs for my Mom, too, who has been married to
him
for over 50 years. But she's strong... she'll manage. I'll help her.

Jill

Purrs and prayers for your Dad, your Mom, and yourself.

Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Purrs on the way that it is nothing but the winter doldrums getting your
father down!

Hugs,

CatNipped

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Mom called me yesterday and said my dad is "not doing well".

I've already acknowledged he is in early stages of altzheimers. He's a
lymphoma survivor and has also had two surgeries for blockages in his
legs,
one of which didn't "take" so they did a vein graft from one leg and
rerouted the artery in the other one.

Mom said he hasn't left the house in 5 days. He just sits in bed,
reading.
Dad has always been very active. At the very least he'll get up and watch
the news and read a book while watching TV (and call me to fuss at me
about
my job situation). Mom says he doesn't even have the energy to do that.

She's worried about him. At the same time, I think she has resigned
herself
to the fact that she's going to be a widow sometime soon. When I told her
I
wished there was something I could do to help she said, "Jill, there's
nothing anyone can do." Fatalistic, if you get my drift.

Purrs please, for my dear old Dad... he's a pain in the ass but I know I'm
going to lose him soon. Purrs for my Mom, too, who has been married to
him
for over 50 years. But she's strong... she'll manage. I'll help her.

Jill

purrs for your dad... thinking of you

--
There are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by
cats.

Anonymous

One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway


"polonca12000" wrote in message
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Lots of purrs and best wishes for your dad to regain his energy,
Polonca and Soncek

jmcquown wrote:

Mom called me yesterday and said my dad is "not doing well".

I've already acknowledged he is in early stages of altzheimers. He's a
lymphoma survivor and has also had two surgeries for blockages in his
legs,
one of which didn't "take" so they did a vein graft from one leg and
rerouted the artery in the other one.

Mom said he hasn't left the house in 5 days. He just sits in bed,
reading.
Dad has always been very active. snip

On Sun 20 Nov 2005 04:24:09a, jmcquown wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ):

Mom called me yesterday and said my dad is "not doing well".

I've already acknowledged he is in early stages of altzheimers.
He's a lymphoma survivor and has also had two surgeries for
blockages in his legs, one of which didn't "take" so they did a
vein graft from one leg and rerouted the artery in the other
one.

Mom said he hasn't left the house in 5 days. He just sits in
bed, reading. Dad has always been very active. At the very
least he'll get up and watch the news and read a book while
watching TV (and call me to fuss at me about my job situation).
Mom says he doesn't even have the energy to do that.

She's worried about him. At the same time, I think she has
resigned herself to the fact that she's going to be a widow
sometime soon. When I told her I wished there was something I
could do to help she said, "Jill, there's nothing anyone can
do." Fatalistic, if you get my drift.

Purrs please, for my dear old Dad... he's a pain in the ass but
I know I'm going to lose him soon. Purrs for my Mom, too, who
has been married to him for over 50 years. But she's strong...
she'll manage. I'll help her.

Jill




Purrs for all of you. I hope that you guys can make peace. I know
how hard that can be, they sure don't make it easy sometimes.

--
Cheryl