Thursday evening in Day to day life from a woman that turned 60 in Oct 2014 and who lives on a farm and Retired on January 2, 2016. I plan to do more sewing, work outside in the yard and just enjoy my retirement.
- June 18, 2015, 8:40 p.m.
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Wow I’m so far behind in reading and noting and other things. Sure miss having my friend, Seafarer here to talk to. *Sigh We will do it again just not sure when.
Lots of things happening down here. RAIN is the star of the week. Roads are flooding, creek is rolling, and the big ditch/gully on the side of the house is doing its job of guiding water off the hills away from the house. However that water and lack of decent tin whistles and road crew who know how to cut a road ditch makes the run-off cross the road. A continuous force of water is bound to make another ditch which is happening to the road just above the house. IF we get hard rains like we did today not sure we’ll be able to get out of here until the grader does some filling in of the wash outs. I honestly wouldn’t be depressed if I had to take off tomorrow.
Brother took dad to see his cardio doctor on Tues and he got a good report. Dad’s oldest sister isn’t doing well and both her daughters are with her. My understanding is that they had to take her from the hospital to a nursing home. Dad is under the impression that they aren’t feeding her or giving her anything. Not sure that is correct but it is so hard on dad to think that his sister is being starved to death. Tell me that can’t happen as it would also upset me if I thought that was true.
The contractor that built my house had open heart surgery a few days ago.
A neighbor’s husband had a pace maker put in a couple of weeks ago.
I wonder if the rain and humidity is wrecking havoc on hearts?
Work sucks. My boss is a liar and a manipulator. Nothing new except he continues to reach new levels. Dirt bag!
I started a major revamp of my sewing room last weekend. Sunday evening I was thinking, what have I got myself into? Major work, is what!! Saturday I built a 44” x 33” pegboard with frame and painted a 48” shelf. The pegboard with frame was heavy and a bit awkward for one person to handle but about 2 hrs after I started trying to attach it to the studs on the sewing room wall, I finally got it. Whew!! It was hard on this old body climbing up and down and up down a ladder. I was so sore before I stopped for the night so knew the next day was going to be rough. Actually the night was rough as the overused body revolted and hurt most of the night. I’m not the brightest bulb in the box I guess but it got done. Then it was shelf time. Shelf brackets measured for and then attached. Slid the new shelf up on the brackets and done. Easiest job so far!
I intend to paint another board to make another shelf too but not until the humidity isn’t so high. Takes too long to dry. Also moved furniture, aka, sewing machines and surger around in their too. Oh my. I make a worse mess in the process of such a project. I am focused on two walls at a time. The one with the new bigger peg board and the window wall are my main focus now. Once those two walls satisfy me, then I will start on the wall with the closet and the beveled or angled wall that separates the sewing room from the hall. I have SO MUCH STUFF. Sewing, crafting, yarns, tools, and I haven’t even gotten to the fabric. I’m a glutton in wanting to create something out of nothing and I have a room full of nothing unless it is teamed up with another object of something. Yep, make sense out of that! Heh
It is only 7:35 pm but I’m so very tired. Took several on line classes today and my head hurts bad so need to take something else to hopefully ease the headband headache. Feels like the head phones are still on my head and the top of it has prongs that are pressing into my skull. Sounds pretty, doesn’t it? LOL
Off to take some Aleve. Take care and God Bless
Silent Echo/Quiet Storm ⋅ June 18, 2015
i think angela would love to have a room devoted solely to her and her sewing stuff. i do hope one day she will have that. i want a room that is devoted to my books and my music. take care,
crystal butterfly ⋅ June 18, 2015
I will say that sometimes the patient opts not to eat or drink and the staff respects the patients wishes. My father would not eat and my mother clamped her mouth shut and would not eat. Many older patients do this. From what I understand they do not and are not suffering. It just makes things their decision.
RosesAreRed ⋅ June 22, 2015
Funny when you said that you wouldn't be depressed if you had to take off from work. Bosses these days.. Yuck.
Ragdolls ⋅ June 22, 2015
The last house where I lived was so humid in the warm months, I had to run a dehumidifier 24/7 in the middle of the house just so I could breathe. It was on a ventilated crawl space. This house is on a basement & I have 2 dehumidifiers running 24/7 down there. One is to a drain the other I have to empty three times a day. With all the rain this year I wonder when we'll ever dry out.
Spirit Song ⋅ June 24, 2015
This is a quote from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization:" During the course of a serious illness or as the patient is dying, the patient may become
unable to eat or drink. In many cases, the administration of nutrition and hydration does not contribute to the goals of care for the patient, and may, in fact, create a physiologic burden. Patients always have the option to forgo food or fluid without medical intervention, however, in many instances healthcare providers become involved in the decision making regarding the use of nutrition and hydration delivered through medical intervention. These decisions commonly include dimensions related to the appropriate initiation, continuation, or discontinuation of artificial nutrition." In other words, the goal for hospice or end of life care is comfort of the patient. If they are not conscious enough to eat and drink on their own then the decision has to be made of whether giving them artificial feeding and hydration does anything to further the goal of comfort. There are risks to consider, such as infections from an IV, poor vein status, aspiration of feeding tube contents, causing pneumonia. All the risks have to be weighed against the benefits; if the patient is alert of course, they get to choose if they want to eat or not. If they are not conscious then the family/medical staff have to make the best possible decision for them. Hope this helps, from a former hospice nurse.