Though still really sick, I am definitely better today than yesterday!?
One benefit appears to be coming out of my misery, though it isn’t always the most comfortable! Peace in the animal kingdom has its price, i suppose...?
After reflection, Cecil decided there actually wasn’t quite enough of me to split 5 ways so relocated into the chair. Thank goodness! Kind of hard to separate fever from overheating around this brood.
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On Dec 12, 2019, at 8:36 AM, mary_007usa via Groups.Io < sewgood5@...> wrote: Hope you're turning that corner, Jacqui.? I can't believe you've been toughing it out without checking in with the Docs.
I don't look forward to that miasma heading South.?
So sorry you've been deep in the Really Rottens.
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Sudden onset dementia-like symptoms in the elderly is quite commonly associated with an undiagnosed UTI. ?I’m glad your mother is back to herself now that she is being treated?
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On Dec 12, 2019, at 8:33 AM, mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5@...> wrote:
?Oh Jenny,? you're into the tough part right now.? When my parents entered into this phase of life, I often dismissed what I was seeing as a "one-off" but after awhile, the pattern of diminished level of function was apparent.? It was then that I forced myself out of the role of child and into parenting role.? It was so very hard and you have my complete sympathy.?
It's much more challenging than dealing with children and young adults because it's combined with a life time of our former role as child.?
The other thing that surprised me with my mother was that she could be seriously sick with a UTI without displaying any symptoms.? Once, it reached the level of a kidney infection and the only symptom was that she was a bit more disoriented than usual.? I felt terrible that I was so ignorant and didn't understand that this was not unusual in the elderly.
Three cheers to you Jenny for doing what needs to be done.? It's one of life's most difficult challenges.? You're trying to keep them healthy and safe while dealing with the realization that they are deep into the aging process.? Hang in there and try to find time to take care of yourself.??
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Hope you're turning that corner, Jacqui.? I can't believe you've been toughing it out without checking in with the Docs.
I don't look forward to that miasma heading South.?
So sorry you've been deep in the Really Rottens.
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Oh Jenny,? you're into the tough part right now.? When my parents entered into this phase of life, I often dismissed what I was seeing as a "one-off" but after awhile, the pattern of diminished level of function was apparent.? It was then that I forced myself out of the role of child and into parenting role.? It was so very hard and you have my complete sympathy.?
It's much more challenging than dealing with children and young adults because it's combined with a life time of our former role as child.?
The other thing that surprised me with my mother was that she could be seriously sick with a UTI without displaying any symptoms.? Once, it reached the level of a kidney infection and the only symptom was that she was a bit more disoriented than usual.? I felt terrible that I was so ignorant and didn't understand that this was not unusual in the elderly.
Three cheers to you Jenny for doing what needs to be done.? It's one of life's most difficult challenges.? You're trying to keep them healthy and safe while dealing with the realization that they are deep into the aging process.? Hang in there and try to find time to take care of yourself.??
Mary.
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Well, life is full of challenges. It is? a blessing to enter the 60s as a couple? with 4 parents all living independently (and doing own housework, gardening and all other chores). However it is always in mind that therer will, at some point, be a heavy price to pay. We started this year with FILs major stroke in Madeira on 26 December 2018 - which led to 12 days in intensive care and a medical transfer back to Glasgow for a further month in hospital. The problem there was that MIL in her shock forgot our telephone number and had not the sense to ask anyone else in their hotel to google us for contact details so it was a week before they got in touch to tell us. The mobile phone was password protected by FIL who was in no state to tell anyone the relevant details. That was quite a saga and we breathed a huge sigh of relief when he came home after treatment and was better than he had been for a long time. Apart from MILs now almost constant falls things were chugging along? until this.
NB MIL could remember son's name and told hospital consultant that he did "a very important job in Switzerland". That was more than enough for Google, which could have managed on the name alone.
It is very disconcerting when a parent who daily reads? both the London Times and Le Monde and compares their stances with interest, suddenly becomes completely disorientated. The hospital kept asking when she had been diagnosed as demented, and I kept saying she had not been because she was normally high functioning. Turned out she was delirious from te UTI. BY the time we got back to the ward yesterday at 2pm she was bright and cheery, exchanging subtle jokes and had given the physio assessment team a detailed and accurate description of her home and its facilities. Could walk, talk, conprehend etc again. Thank goodness. She did admit that - as I had warned the stafff - she had tried to go home but had been baulked because I had taken her clothes home to wash. When I asked why she had needed to go home so urgently she replied that no-one would give her a copy of The Times and she did not have a book to read. We had put a book in her locker but unluckily she had read it before.......she had also missed the pen, her glasses and a few otehr essentials. Well, we left her avidly following the news of the final day before our election and she is very cross that she will not be released in time to vote although I think she will get home late today.
if anyone is still reading along, I hope Ann enjoys her weekend with the grandkids, that Laura's knee heals quickly and that Jacqui's? recovery continues apace. And that everyone else is well for the rest of December.
I always remember the really helpful advice I had from your combined forces when Charlotte had meningitis nearly 8 years ago and how following it did, I am sure, contribute significantly to her eventual recovery to a level where she could qualify as a veterinary surgeon and can live alone and independently while working in her field.
Well, I am pretty sure that tomorrow I shall be working under Mum's generalship, packing parcels for 20 or 30 members of the clan. Everything is laid out on the big spare bed but Dad has no idea which pile of gifts is for which person.
We did have a funny year once when Mum labelled the parcels but a cat knocked the labels off some piles and somehow they were put back on the incorrect ones. Thus older ladies got gifts designed for teenage boys (no totally unsuccessful) but teenage boys who got gifts for older ladies were not quite so entertained.........
Thanks everyone
Jenny
On 11 December 2019 at 23:58 Nilda <nildamesa@...> wrote:
Jenny - really sorry to hear about your mother. What a scare. Good luck, and also with your father. I remember how stressed out my father got when my mom got sick, and it's just hard all around. Jacqui - hope you keep turning that corner and staying turned. And what a lovely little wrap too. Laura - glad it's all heading in the right direction. Now no one else get sick, OK?
Nilda
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:32 PM Jenny Swanson <
jenny@...> wrote:
Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "
Connie@..." <
connie@...> wrote:
Wow!? That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
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Laura, Just seeing that you had a knee surgery. Replacement? ?
Keep plugging along with the PT. ?Both my Mom and MIL complained the whole time but admitted that they were glad they did it. ?All at once, things felt better.?
So many horror stories from friends who didn’t do it and never were completely free of pain. ?
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? Pain is a thing. And it was not well-managed in the first few weeks. ?What I really want Is a magic wand to make it all better at once. ?PT is evil. But it works and everything is slowly improving. ? I saw my surgeon yesterday ?and he is very pleased with how I am progressing - says I’m ahead of the curve. ?
Laura - to take her first real shower since her surgery...! On Dec 11, 2019, at 10:20 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
? How's the knee feeling? How is the PT? On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:05 AM Laura Need < lrneed@...> wrote: Goodness, that’s a lot!
I’m home for rest of the month. New knee now almost 4 weeks ago. Snow and ice level up crutches....
Laura On Dec 11, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
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Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow!? That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
?
Ann in PA
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Jenny - really sorry to hear about your mother. What a scare. Good luck, and also with your father. I remember how stressed out my father got when my mom got sick, and it's just hard all around. Jacqui - hope you keep turning that corner and staying turned. And what a lovely little wrap too. Laura - glad it's all heading in the right direction. Now no one else get sick, OK?
Nilda
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:32 PM Jenny Swanson < jenny@...> wrote:
Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow!? That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
?
Ann in PA
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Oh no! What a nightmare. They are so lucky to have you.?
Today was worse than yesterday to the point that I called Andrew and asked him to come home to work in case I took a serious turn and needed to go to urgent care. Happily, I suddenly began feeling a whole more alive about an hour ago. Hopefully this is the turning point!
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On Dec 11, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Jenny Swanson < jenny@...> wrote:
Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow! ?That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
?
Thank you!
?
Ann in PA
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It is an odd feeling. I had my doubts about my immediate successor when I spent a month letting him shadow me and trying to train him. He lasted 18 months.?
Mark is plotting out the weekend. We will probably go to the science center then get pizza. Then maybe a movie. They are 12, 9, and 6. Boy, boy, girl. So different interests and it’s supposed to rain all weekend. If I survive, I’ll report back. LOL Ann McManus in PA ?Sent from my iPhone
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On Dec 10, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Jen Johansson <johansson_jen@...> wrote:
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Ann, it must in an odd way make you feel good that you performed such a stellar job in that role that they keep wanting you back.? My first thought was, did they not hear she is RETIRED?? Gee, leave it alone!
Congrats on the Baby Grands adventure.? I hope we can hear more about how that goes.? How old are they now and how often do you get to spend time with them?
Jen
Nilda, it appears that the Ideal Candidate has already been identified, and though I think that practice stinks (because someone still has to go through the motions of advertising, interviewing, etc.), it’s how *I* got the job. The problem is that IC
just had a baby and is currently PT until April.
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They should post (if they're not doing this already) on sites like Idealist and other NFP jobsites. Also LinkedIn. I'm guessing that there would be folks in NYC who might be interested in both a lower cost of living and a promotion and who have experience.?
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 3:51 PM Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
There’s a pretty limited candidate pool. A pretty broad skill set needed, and an aging group of experienced possibilities.
The newest potential director is young, but she just had a baby.
On Dec 9, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
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Not your monkeys. There is something seriously wrong there if they can’t find a decent chief. You’ve been there done that. Fixed it. They messed it up. Let them deal with it.?
Good going on the grands. Have fun!
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On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 2:47 PM Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
Actually, it was an email, but same thing, really. Asked if I want to come back in an advisory role. I said no.
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Mark and I had a long conversation about this. I know he would support any decision I made, but this feels wrong. I have no idea what I’d be walking back into. Four years and two inept successors. I cleaned up that mess 20 years ago. I don’t think I have the
strength or energy to do it again. Plus, I really don’t want to acquire another car. Plus, I have a small town library counting on me.
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::sigh::
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On a happy note, the Baby Grands are coming for the weekend alone. The stepmom-wannabe is bringing them as far as Philadelphia where we will pick them up. Returning them on Sunday where she will meet us for the return trip.
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That’s too bad about the pain management. Yay on the shower and the surgeon’s report. PT is always evil when it is happening but makes it worth it in the end.?
I’m still regretting that I didn’t do the PT on my left shoulder after I returned from China. It was the better of the two when I came back and I had PT for the right one. Since then the left one has been the worse one and I’m now trying to increase range of motion and get rid of pain myself. If it doesn’t work, I’m going to PT next year.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:34 AM Laura Need < lrneed@...> wrote: Pain is a thing. And it was not well-managed in the first few weeks.? What I really want Is a magic wand to make it all better at once.? PT is evil. But it works and everything is slowly improving. ? I saw my surgeon yesterday ?and he is very pleased with how I am progressing - says I’m ahead of the curve. ?
Laura - to take her first real shower since her surgery...! On Dec 11, 2019, at 10:20 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
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How's the knee feeling? How is the PT? On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:05 AM Laura Need < lrneed@...> wrote: Goodness, that’s a lot!
I’m home for rest of the month. New knee now almost 4 weeks ago. Snow and ice level up crutches....
Laura On Dec 11, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
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Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow!? That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
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Ann in PA
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Pain is a thing. And it was not well-managed in the first few weeks. ?What I really want Is a magic wand to make it all better at once. ?PT is evil. But it works and everything is slowly improving. ? I saw my surgeon yesterday ?and he is very pleased with how I am progressing - says I’m ahead of the curve. ?
Laura - to take her first real shower since her surgery...!
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? How's the knee feeling? How is the PT? On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:05 AM Laura Need < lrneed@...> wrote: Goodness, that’s a lot!
I’m home for rest of the month. New knee now almost 4 weeks ago. Snow and ice level up crutches....
Laura On Dec 11, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
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Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow!? That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
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Ann in PA
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How's the knee feeling? How is the PT?
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:05 AM Laura Need < lrneed@...> wrote: Goodness, that’s a lot!
I’m home for rest of the month. New knee now almost 4 weeks ago. Snow and ice level up crutches....
Laura On Dec 11, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
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Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow!? That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
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Ann in PA
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Jaya
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Goodness, that’s a lot!
I’m home for rest of the month. New knee now almost 4 weeks ago. Snow and ice level up crutches....
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On Dec 11, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
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Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow! ?That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
On Dec 10, 2019, at 11:23 AM, jacqui whittemore <jackiechris.is@...> wrote:
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
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Oh, Jenny, I am so sorry, that your mother is going through this and that you are as well. ? ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Jenny Swanson Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 6:32 AM To: [email protected]; connie@... Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Jaccqui/Thank you ? Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard. I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway. Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow! ?That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load? Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.” The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.? Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.? One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything. In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.? Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!! ?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan < ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.? Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them? Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything. ? I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.? My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!) We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan < ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon ? Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.? Wow! What pretty odd balls. ? Thank you! ? Ann in PA ?
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Jaya, I “hear” you on the issues with your dad. When we retired (1 month apart) Mark and I started attending each other’s doctor appointments. Second set of ears and all that. I think it’s vital that older people (and I count my age 70 among them) have an advocate wit them when they see medical professionals. To “remember” and to ask questions, and sometimes to “out” the older person. ? Mark got hearing aids a little over a year ago. It has made all the difference in quality of life for both of us. FWIW, his audiologist is able to monitor remotely the amount of time those little things are actually in use! (Mark is pretty good about wearing them all the waking hours, though he does turn them off when we are walking outside if it is windy. ? Ann in PA ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jaya Srikrishnan
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:25 AM
To: yarnmongers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Jaccqui/Thank you ? Oh dear. Jenny, I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I hope she recovers soon. It is tough when older people want to be independent and make their own decisions. In this case, it seems to have hurt her quite a bit. I hope the stroke doesn't leave any lasting damage. My father is 92. He won't wear his hearing aid in the house except when he's watching TV it was a fight to get him to do that). So our conversations are like a comedy of errors. I am now going with him to all his doctor's appointments because he is either unable to hear or is incapable of understanding everything that is being said. Part of it is that since he doesn't wear the hearing aids often enough, his brain is not able to pick out the vocal sounds from the surrounding noise. I've explained this to him but he won't wear them often enough. The second part is that his mind is on what he wants to ask next and doesn't listen to what the other person is saying. Also he lipreads to compensate for the hearing so if he can't see their lips, he can't understand what is being said. It is interesting to watch. It is trying my patience a lot to let him do what he wants to do and to try and compensate. I meditated on that this am as I was quite irritated with him yesterday after a visit to the cardiologist. ?
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Oh dear. Jenny, I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I hope she recovers soon. It is tough when older people want to be independent and make their own decisions. In this case, it seems to have hurt her quite a bit. I hope the stroke doesn't leave any lasting damage.
My father is 92. He won't wear his hearing aid in the house except when he's watching TV it was a fight to get him to do that). So our conversations are like a comedy of errors. I am now going with him to all his doctor's appointments because he is either unable to hear or is incapable of understanding everything that is being said. Part of it is that since he doesn't wear the hearing aids often enough, his brain is not able to pick out the vocal sounds from the surrounding noise. I've explained this to him but he won't wear them often enough. The second part is that his mind is on what he wants to ask next and doesn't listen to what the other person is saying. Also he lipreads to compensate for the hearing so if he can't see their lips, he can't understand what is being said. It is interesting to watch. It is trying my patience a lot to let him do what he wants to do and to try and compensate. I meditated on that this am as I was quite irritated with him yesterday after a visit to the cardiologist.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 6:32 AM Jenny Swanson < jenny@...> wrote:
Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow!? That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
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Ann in PA
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Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.
I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.
Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season
Jenny
On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:
Wow! ?That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?
Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”
On Dec 10, 2019, at 11:23 AM, jacqui whittemore <jackiechris.is@...> wrote:
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
- Jacqueline?
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <
ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
- Jacqueline?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
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Ann in PA
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Ann, it must in an odd way make you feel good that you performed such a stellar job in that role that they keep wanting you back.? My first thought was, did they not hear she is RETIRED?? Gee, leave it alone!
Congrats on the Baby Grands adventure.? I hope we can hear more about how that goes.? How old are they now and how often do you get to spend time with them?
Jen
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Nilda, it appears that the Ideal Candidate has already been identified, and though I think that practice stinks (because someone still has to go through the motions of advertising, interviewing, etc.), it’s how *I* got the job. The problem is that IC
just had a baby and is currently PT until April.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 10:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Got the call
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They should post (if they're not doing this already) on sites like Idealist and other NFP jobsites. Also LinkedIn. I'm guessing that there would be folks in NYC who might be interested in both a lower cost of living and a promotion and who have experience.?
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 3:51 PM Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
There’s a pretty limited candidate pool. A pretty broad skill set needed, and an aging group of experienced possibilities.
The newest potential director is young, but she just had a baby.
On Dec 9, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
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Not your monkeys. There is something seriously wrong there if they can’t find a decent chief. You’ve been there done that. Fixed it. They messed it up. Let them deal with it.?
Good going on the grands. Have fun!
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On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 2:47 PM Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
Actually, it was an email, but same thing, really. Asked if I want to come back in an advisory role. I said no.
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Mark and I had a long conversation about this. I know he would support any decision I made, but this feels wrong. I have no idea what I’d be walking back into. Four years and two inept successors. I cleaned up that mess 20 years ago. I don’t think I have the
strength or energy to do it again. Plus, I really don’t want to acquire another car. Plus, I have a small town library counting on me.
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On a happy note, the Baby Grands are coming for the weekend alone. The stepmom-wannabe is bringing them as far as Philadelphia where we will pick them up. Returning them on Sunday where she will meet us for the return trip.
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What a beautiful gift!? I've been reading along and sending virtual hugs.? Please do take care and I hope your entire family feels better soon.
Jen
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See, I knew you’d need a neck warmer! Glad it arrived.
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Feel better fast, and hug your caring little doggie lover.
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The dogs are here to stay.?Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result
is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!!
You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!
?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.
?
I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small
hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!)
So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are
dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)
On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon
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Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?
Wow! What pretty odd balls.
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Thank you!
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Ann in PA
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That is lovely! It looks so good on you. Way to go, Ann!
I hope you all get better soon. It is really awful when one person after another gets sick. But at least you got through your conference. I prescribe lots of fluids, hot if that makes you feel better, cold sometimes works better for sore, painful throats. Honey to soothe the throat. Steam inhalations to clear upper-respiratory stuff. And here's hoping they've got their antibodies all set so you won't give it back to them!
((((hugs)))) And good going for Marguerite to take care of the dogs. I'm sure that will be a good memory of your Dad for her.
The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?
Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?
One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.
In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?
Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!! - Jacqueline?
On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan < ermabom@...> wrote: I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?
Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?
Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything. I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?
My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?
That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)
We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.) - Jacqueline? On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan < ermabom@...> wrote: Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.? - Jacqueline? Wow! What pretty odd balls. ? Thank you! ? Ann in PA ?
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