COLD DARK ROOM

[Cathie G]

Hello!!!
I swear to God I just looked you up the other day to ask where have you been!?!?!
Holy moly!!!
Someone must be watching me??? ?
??.. ?..?......?!!????
I am hoping for aliens watching me instead of death....?

Somethings came up and I forgot to search out for you. ? please forgive me as my mind is getting old.... ?

So glad your ok.!!
How have you been?
Tell us everything!!

Oh... and HAPPY BIRTHDAY ????? YVONNE!!!!!!
Thank you for being YOU and sooo wonderful! ?

Thank you for being you ?

 

[Cathie G]

Yuck. I maybe need to rethink moving to Florida. Here we are 1000 miles north with such yucky weather! I’m packing & prepping for a long hot muggy wet windy weekend. ?

it’s only 1100 am….and feeling like 103F

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Where you packing up to go to?

 

[Jan A]

Yes , thank you for asking. I was going to post this on the other page but since you asked.....
She is doing sooooo much better!
I can’t believe it!
When we arrived at the hospital she was sleeping and-looked as if no one cared to look in on her EVER. ?
Behind a curtain to the bathroom was the nurse.
Sitting there on her phone.....
TEXTING!!!!
I should have known..?
I mean this is NOT even my grand mother and I got barking mad!
Darth Vader looked like Elmo compared to my wrath!!!! I was boiling ...

After we woke her up ,
we FED HER, SAT HER UP, and gave her TWO BOTTLES of Gatorade with “electrolytes” !!!
and soon after she was up and talking and laughing.
She had her good senses back!
Her cheeks got rosy and she was smart as a whip!
(Just the way I remember her to be).
And get this one.....
I was talking to the nurse as she was talking to the doctor,
And she SNAPPED HER FINGERS AT ME
because I wasn’t listening to her question! ?
(I didn’t see it but my husband told me.)

NOW THATS the lady I was looking for

Sadly, there was no more they could do for her but to release her so she has been moved to a rehabilitation facility two blocks over.
They said visiting might get a little tricky because of covid and the other elderly patients living there.?
But we can always call and enquire..? That’s fine by me. Now that she is looking and doing so much better.
I guess I understand because I am “technically” NOT family.. but for the other people I will respectfully do as they say.
I certainly don’t want to give anyone more problems than they already have.

Now she can relearn how to walk, and use her arms much better.
But if you ask me,
(And I swear, I NEEEVVVEEERR toot my own horn)
I think WE really made a difference to her!?

She even told us,
“Ok... now I’m gonna go there and fight to come home. I will do everything they say cuz I’m coming back to my house soon.”
?. Dam near made me cry?
I was so happy she had fight left in her.
It’s like NOW she has the will to live?
Soooo proud.
What a good day this was...
Now, onto page :
“To Be or Not to be.... sick”
As I have a tortoise story for you.?
My day was back to back crazy!... but good.

Now I understand the saying,
That which does not kill me....
Only makes me stronger...?

This "rehab game" is complicated now. It is exactly what happens once the hospital
& social workers decide that the patient can't go home yet even if there are loved ones who can stay & take care of them. They no longer give you or the family the choice.

Because of COVID, you cannot go see them in the "rehab" facility because visitors are limited even for close relatives.

What can you do? You visit them from outside by having them brought from their room to a first floor lounge where you talk to them thru a window. You call them in their room. You somehow make friends with the floor staff & get updates from them.

I so applaud you, Chef, for making the effort to see your friend. Keep fighting to see her or talk to her by phone. One friendly voice means so much.

I'm thrilled Sally finally laid some eggs. If there are more, i hope things continue
Poor thing! You get some rest!!

 

[Chefdenoel10]

It so hot here in Maryland, my tortoise don't even want to be out in this heat! Yesterday I took my temp gun outside to check some temperatures in various places. Sidewalk in the shade was 102, in the sun, sidewalk 119 and the blacktop in the street was 142. Sammy enjoys his Temp around mid 80's to 90. Any hotter he starts digging in his inside house to cool down.

WOW!!!
If that’s your tortoise in the picture, he is gorgeous!! ?

 

[Chefdenoel10]

Thank you for being you ?

Thank you so much for saying that.
Ya try to be good for God...
But it’s always nice to hear someone noticed..

 

[Chefdenoel10]

This "rehab game" is complicated now. It is exactly what happens once the hospital
& social workers decide that the patient can't go home yet even if there are loved ones who can stay & take care of them. They no longer give you or the family the choice.

Because of COVID, you cannot go see them in the "rehab" facility because visitors are limited even for close relatives.

What can you do? You visit them from outside by having them brought from their room to a first floor lounge where you talk to them thru a window. You call them in their room. You somehow make friends with the floor staff & get updates from them.

I so applaud you, Chef, for making the effort to see your friend. Keep fighting to see her or talk to her by phone. One friendly voice means so much.

I'm thrilled Sally finally laid some eggs. If there are more, i hope things continue
Poor thing! You get some rest!!

Yes Jan, you are EXACTLY RIGHT!!!
I can not see her, call her, find out any information, any updates, or anything!

I call the facility and they don’t answer, tell you to leave a message... THEN DONT CALL YOU BACK!
Like I said before, SOME things get my blood boiling.
Sooooo.....
I went to my 91 year old neighbors house and packed her a suit case of :
Clothes
Shoes
Toiletries...etc..
Shoved 10 bottles of Gatorade in
with a note to have HER call ME (at certain times and I will answer the phone.)
..........
And a 10” chocolate CAKE! ?
(Which she was asking for when I visited her in the hospital) ?

I then proceeded to drive to this nursing home and ring the front bell.
When I was finally let in to the front desk
I went on to explain my situation....
When out of the blue, in walked a custodian... ? (light ? bulb!!)
While the front desk lady was bothering about on the phone ,
I spoke to the man in Spanish..
(They didn’t know I could do that..?)
Gave him a $20 bill and asked him to bring it to her room.
(He even knew who I was talking about!!!)
He agreed and I was off again forgetting to... well maybe deliberately not saying good day to the ?..... I mean front desk lady...
Returned home and spun around three times then ..... POOOOF!!!!!
I turned myself into a ;
Room service attendant
House keeping
and best of all.... a midwife....
After being the janitor to my tortoises birth canal...
I proceeded to go Back to the neighbors house and clean up a bit. As I now see she slowly became a horder?
Poor wee soul.. no help from anywhere.
I hope she does come home, because it will be a beautiful place to see when I clean it. (I won’t throw anything away as it is not my place..) but I will organize and get all of the papers off of the floor and stairs.
Here’s to older people and helping them.
I will be at that point one day and I can only hope that someone would be there for me.
Always,and I mean always put yourself in there shoes...?
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement!! ???

 

[JoesMum]

Yes Jan, you are EXACTLY RIGHT!!!
I can not see her, call her, find out any information, any updates, or anything!

I call the facility and they don’t answer, tell you to leave a message... THEN DONT CALL YOU BACK!
Like I said before, SOME things get my blood boiling.
Sooooo.....
I went to my 91 year old neighbors house and packed her a suit case of :
Clothes
Shoes
Toiletries...etc..
Shoved 10 bottles of Gatorade in
with a note to have HER call ME (at certain times and I will answer the phone.)
..........
And a 10” chocolate CAKE! ?
(Which she was asking for when I visited her in the hospital) ?

I then proceeded to drive to this nursing home and ring the front bell.
When I was finally let in to the front desk
I went on to explain my situation....
When out of the blue, in walked a custodian... ? (light ? bulb!!)
While the front desk lady was bothering about on the phone ,
I spoke to the man in Spanish..
(They didn’t know I could do that..?)
Gave him a $20 bill and asked him to bring it to her room.
(He even knew who I was talking about!!!)
He agreed and I was off again forgetting to... well maybe deliberately not saying good day to the ?..... I mean front desk lady...
Returned home and spun around three times then ..... POOOOF!!!!!
I turned myself into a ;
Room service attendant
House keeping
and best of all.... a midwife....
After being the janitor to my tortoises birth canal...
I proceeded to go Back to the neighbors house and clean up a bit. As I now see she slowly became a horder?
Poor wee soul.. no help from anywhere.
I hope she does come home, because it will be a beautiful place to see when I clean it. (I won’t throw anything away as it is not my place..) but I will organize and get all of the papers off of the floor and stairs.
Here’s to older people and helping them.
I will be at that point one day and I can only hope that someone would be there for me.
Always,and I mean always put yourself in there shoes...?
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement!! ???

You are an Amazing person Yvonne. Well done ?

 

[JoesMum]

Good mornooning all. It’s very early in London… Wembley to be precise.

Two years ago JoesDad and I got tickets in the ballot for what turned out to be rather a significant football (soccer)

What a match! We were sat right at the backand wore masks throughout

 

[JoesMum]

Oh … and England beat Denmark 2-1 to get into the final.

 

[Jan A]

Yes Jan, you are EXACTLY RIGHT!!!
I can not see her, call her, find out any information, any updates, or anything!

I call the facility and they don’t answer, tell you to leave a message... THEN DONT CALL YOU BACK!
Like I said before, SOME things get my blood boiling.
Sooooo.....
I went to my 91 year old neighbors house and packed her a suit case of :
Clothes
Shoes
Toiletries...etc..
Shoved 10 bottles of Gatorade in
with a note to have HER call ME (at certain times and I will answer the phone.)
..........
And a 10” chocolate CAKE! ?
(Which she was asking for when I visited her in the hospital) ?

I then proceeded to drive to this nursing home and ring the front bell.
When I was finally let in to the front desk
I went on to explain my situation....
When out of the blue, in walked a custodian... ? (light ? bulb!!)
While the front desk lady was bothering about on the phone ,
I spoke to the man in Spanish..
(They didn’t know I could do that..?)
Gave him a $20 bill and asked him to bring it to her room.
(He even knew who I was talking about!!!)
He agreed and I was off again forgetting to... well maybe deliberately not saying good day to the ?..... I mean front desk lady...
Returned home and spun around three times then ..... POOOOF!!!!!
I turned myself into a ;
Room service attendant
House keeping
and best of all.... a midwife....
After being the janitor to my tortoises birth canal...
I proceeded to go Back to the neighbors house and clean up a bit. As I now see she slowly became a horder?
Poor wee soul.. no help from anywhere.
I hope she does come home, because it will be a beautiful place to see when I clean it. (I won’t throw anything away as it is not my place..) but I will organize and get all of the papers off of the floor and stairs.
Here’s to older people and helping them.
I will be at that point one day and I can only hope that someone would be there for me.
Always,and I mean always put yourself in there shoes...?
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement!! ???

I know that these facilities are trying to make sure their patients don't come down with the China virus & my in-laws didn't get sick with it like they did in NY, NJ, et al., facilities. Nevertheless, both of them died alone & without benefit of family having the opportunity to visit them.

My sister-in-law's daughter just gave birth & the hospital allowed only ONE visitor per 24 hrs to see her & the baby while they were there. Her hubby chose HIS mother, confirming what we've always known--he's an A-H.

This overreach is not going well IMHAO. People need contact with their family & friends when they're recovering, especially the elderly. All of a sudden, that is no longer an option.

Being old myself, I am absolutely horrified.

 

[Lyn W]

Yuck. I maybe need to rethink moving to Florida. Here we are 1000 miles north with such yucky weather! I’m packing & prepping for a long hot muggy wet windy weekend. ?

it’s only 1100 am….and feeling like 103F

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Are you able to swim you kayak?
Might be cooler than paddling

 

[Lyn W]

Yes Jan, you are EXACTLY RIGHT!!!
I can not see her, call her, find out any information, any updates, or anything!

I call the facility and they don’t answer, tell you to leave a message... THEN DONT CALL YOU BACK!
Like I said before, SOME things get my blood boiling.
Sooooo.....
I went to my 91 year old neighbors house and packed her a suit case of :
Clothes
Shoes
Toiletries...etc..
Shoved 10 bottles of Gatorade in
with a note to have HER call ME (at certain times and I will answer the phone.)
..........
And a 10” chocolate CAKE! ?
(Which she was asking for when I visited her in the hospital) ?

I then proceeded to drive to this nursing home and ring the front bell.
When I was finally let in to the front desk
I went on to explain my situation....
When out of the blue, in walked a custodian... ? (light ? bulb!!)
While the front desk lady was bothering about on the phone ,
I spoke to the man in Spanish..
(They didn’t know I could do that..?)
Gave him a $20 bill and asked him to bring it to her room.
(He even knew who I was talking about!!!)
He agreed and I was off again forgetting to... well maybe deliberately not saying good day to the ?..... I mean front desk lady...
Returned home and spun around three times then ..... POOOOF!!!!!
I turned myself into a ;
Room service attendant
House keeping
and best of all.... a midwife....
After being the janitor to my tortoises birth canal...
I proceeded to go Back to the neighbors house and clean up a bit. As I now see she slowly became a horder?
Poor wee soul.. no help from anywhere.
I hope she does come home, because it will be a beautiful place to see when I clean it. (I won’t throw anything away as it is not my place..) but I will organize and get all of the papers off of the floor and stairs.
Here’s to older people and helping them.
I will be at that point one day and I can only hope that someone would be there for me.
Always,and I mean always put yourself in there shoes...?
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement!! ???

KInd and selfless neighbours like you are so rare these days - you're a treasure! ?

 

[Lyn W]

Oh … and England beat Denmark 2-1 to get into the final.

Congratulations to England!
I think I heard it's their first major final since 1966.
Sunday should be quiet everywhere while the match is on - even in Wales!

 

[Lyn W]

Are you able to swim you kayak?
Might be cooler than paddling

missed out 'where' between swim and kayak.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning all.
It's very cloudy but warm here today.
Nothing special happening but there'll be something to keep me busy no doubt - just watching Lola enjoying the outdoors and frog spotting takes up such a lot of my day!
I'd better get on with the chores I need to do so have a good Thursday and TTFN.

 

[Cathie G]

Oh … and England beat Denmark 2-1 to get into the final.

I saw that this morning on the news. I knew you and our over the pond friends would love it. I know Maro2bear will be rooting too ??

 

[Yvonne G]

My house is cooled by an evaporative cooler (swamp cooler). It's an air conditioner-sized gizmo that's lined around the edges with aspen pads. A small water pump sits inside it on the floor of it and pumps water through tubing that distributes it over the top of the pads. The water drips down through the pads, wetting them, then a large squirrel cage in the center, inside the cooler, draws in air, through the wet pads, then shoots the water-cooled air out into the house.

When I got home from shopping it was an absolute pleasure to step inside and feel that wonderful cool air!

I put my groceries away then went through the hallway to check the incubator but when I got to the hall it was being flooded with HOT AIR! What happened to my cool air? I quickly turned off the cooler to preserve what cool was still in here.

I guess the cooler water pump has pumped its last! I do have a very nice, hardly ever used air conditioner unit on the roof, so I'm not going to end up baking to death (s'posed to be 107°F today and hotter tomorrow), but it costs SO much to run it I hardly ever use it.

My jack-of-all-trades son-in-law works out of town, coming home on the week-ends and I know he's just going to love hearing he needs to replace my pump!

 

[Cathie G]

My house is cooled by an evaporative cooler (swamp cooler). It's an air conditioner-sized gizmo that's lined around the edges with aspen pads. A small water pump sits inside it on the floor of it and pumps water through tubing that distributes it over the top of the pads. The water drips down through the pads, wetting them, then a large squirrel cage in the center, inside the cooler, draws in air, through the wet pads, then shoots the water-cooled air out into the house.

When I got home from shopping it was an absolute pleasure to step inside and feel that wonderful cool air!

I put my groceries away then went through the hallway to check the incubator but when I got to the hall it was being flooded with HOT AIR! What happened to my cool air? I quickly turned off the cooler to preserve what cool was still in here.

I guess the cooler water pump has pumped its last! I do have a very nice, hardly ever used air conditioner unit on the roof, so I'm not going to end up baking to death (s'posed to be 107°F today and hotter tomorrow), but it costs SO much to run it I hardly ever use it.

My jack-of-all-trades son-in-law works out of town, coming home on the week-ends and I know he's just going to love hearing he needs to replace my pump!

Maybe he can fix the pump. At least I'll be hoping for you to have a simple fix.?

 

[Yvonne G]

Maybe he can fix the pump. At least I'll be hoping for you to have a simple fix.?

No, it's a disposable item. . .only $10 or $15. I just hate to bug him about fixing stuff for me.

 

[Cathie G]

No, it's a disposable item. . .only $10 or $15. I just hate to bug him about fixing stuff for me.

I know what you mean. I always hate asking too. But I'm really glad to see it won't be a huge financial burden on you. Stay cool we need you ?