October 11, 2010-The Stray Cat Has Been Rescued

I'm having a tough few days with my hip in pain and my left knee. I haven't been able to walk around my apartment without my walker. It started last week. The knee hurts because of the way I walk and that left foot drops so much that it causes my knee to bow out. I try to keep the lift inserts in that shoe properly but sometimes it just is too much and nothing I do eases the pain in that knee. On top of that I wake up with one hip or the other in real bad pain. That usually subsides after I get up and have been walking for a awhile.
Today I'm in agony with rectum pain also. I wish there was something else I could take besides Tylenol but I hate to get a subscription for anything yet because it comes and goes. I haven't had a good bowel movement in over a week so this morning I took two Ducolax. It's working a bit because I'm on the toilet constantly, which probably is why my butt hurts. It's very hard to sit still. I hope no one comes to my house or wants to today because I cannot tolerate seeing anyone when I'm feeling this way. I should put a note on the outside of my door also when I feel like this so these old ladies don't ring my doorbell. But I'm hoping this will subside soon. It's 1:00 pm now. I took some Tylenol about an hour ago. It does not work like the Ibuprofen did. If I have to I will take some of that. I just will be careful how many I take so I don't bleed a lot. But I can't mix the two. So I won't be taking any today now that I got that damn Tylenol in my system.

My sister, Jane, came over and took the stray cat yesterday. It didn't mind at all being picked up but did hesitate going into the carrier at first but then settled down. Jane put it in a large cage in her garage for now till she can get it into the vet for a check-up. This morning she called and said the cat likes being in that large cage and doesn't seem to want to come out at all. Jane said it sure does eat a lot. But I know that. I was feeding it quite a bit three times a day and also gave it a bowl of dry food to nibble on. But it was acting a lot better yesterday. Sunned itself on the rock wall and went over near the taller grass to go to the bathroom and was cleaning itself. Quite a difference from the first day she was here. It was only four days but just having water and food makes big difference. I was so worried about her being out there at night though. One of the young foxes tried to go after it and I was afraid a skunk would spray it at night, since it laid under my bedroom window by the water dish. The skunks always would come over to drink water. Something did carry off her food dish. I couldn't find it at all yesterday morning. The at 5 am yesterday morning there was a great big cat growling at it. I had to open the window and scare it away. Never got any more sleep and wasn't sleeping good anyway, worrying about that cat. So now I feel so much better knowing it will eventually find a good home. My sister fosters cats at times so she's always prepared to take one in. She doesn't have to take it to the vet but she always does when she gets a stray and pays for it herself. She's even paying to have my nephew's kittens fixed so there won't be any baby ones in the future. I am so thankful that she took this cat. I felt so sorry for it. I'm adding a pic of it here. Now I have to get off this chair and try to get comfortable.