Saturday, October 27, 2012-Good News For Deb

Debby has just found out that it is NOT a tumor in her liver. She has a lot of cysts on it like I do. But nothing that looks dangerous and she doesn't have to go back for six months for another MRI. The pain in her leg has gone too. So it's good news for her!! Thank God!
I guess everyone on the East coast is getting ready for the big storm. It might hit us with heavy winds and lots of rain but we will know more as the time passes. So far they say Tuesday will be our worst. With the full moon and high tides it might be real bad for the coast lines. Let's hope not. Hurricane Sandy is huge but it's the jet streams that might cause two different fronts to crash into each other and cause more problems.
I went out to Walmart last night to get a few things. I was going to get batteries but then forgot. For my portable radio and my flashlight. Hopefully I won't need them. Because I'm not going out again.
Got some stinging in my groin tumor this morning. Had a wicked back ache for the past two days so have been back on the Ibuprofen.

Jane and Savey will be heading to Myrtle Beach for a few weeks soon. I think she said they are leaving on the 6th.
Nina got the job in Albany and starts on December 13th! It's going to be a long commute for her every day. I will worry about her on those bad winter mornings.
Nina and the kids are going for some pumpkins today. At first I was going to have her pick me up one for the squirrels but then I remembered that there is always a pumpkin out front and they never touch it. So I told her to pick me up a bag of apples instead. She and the kids might come over tomorrow.
Debby drove down to Gloversville this morning to pick up two of her grandchildren and then she's bringing them back home with her for the night. Then she has to drive them back home tomorrow. She sure does a lot of driving.
Today is a nicer day than yesterday I think. Even though it's cooler. It was humid yesterday. I didn't like that. The clouds are moving in this afternoon though.
I was just talking to the two fawns. They come every day to eat the nuts. They are sisters. I haven't seen the male one in a long time. I think he has joined up with the young bucks and is wandering with them now. Unless he got hurt or something. It's weird that he has disappeared already.  But maybe that's what the males do. I was hoping to see his little antlers grow.
I worry now that it's hunting and trapping season for the fox. I haven't seen all four of them for over a week now. just the dad and one of the pups. If there are people walking around in the woods then they will be very careful not to be seen.
All the leaves are just about gone off the trees now except for one with yellow leaves that are still hanging on.

Alysha only has one more month to go before her baby comes. She will be glad when that is over. It isn't easy for that last month. And she's so thin. But she has gained some weight. She looks good.
Guess that's all for now. Take care everyone and whoever is in the storm's path, stay safe.

October 21, 2012-Bad News For Debby

My sister, Jane, called me this morning. She needed help with some computer stuff. She's at one of her shows out in Rochester and her computer was getting real slow. As I was talking to her she asked if I has heard about Debby. No I hadn't heard anything from Deb since she was here Tuesday. Her pain was getting worse so she went back to the doctor and they wanted her to go get an MRI. So now they have found a tumor in her liver, along with some cysts. The cysts don't matter but that tumor does! So now I will have to talk to Debby and find out what she has to do next. I presume she will have to go get a biopsy and then go from there. I sure hope it's not cancer. They can always cut a piece of the liver out if need be. So I'll keep you informed on her as I get any news.

I went out last evening to Walmart to get some groceries. Loved the cool air and I took my camera and got a good, clear shot of the moon.
It's partly sunny today and we had a little rain shower this morning. Might get some more on and off today. It's quite breezy also.  I'll be watching movies off and on. All the scary ones are on now for Halloween. Some I've seen. I don't like all those "Holloween" ones and I get sick of vampire ones...

The lady next door to this building saw at least eleven turkeys !  I haven't seen any over this way yet. I haven't seen the deer in the past two days. Except one of the young ones wandered over one day.
There was a nice fog in the woods with the sun coming up yesterday morning. I loved the way it looked. Got some pics. I'll put the collage here of the morning and then evening sun going down and the moon last night.
Take care everyone.

October 18, 2012-Weather Has Been Nice

I didn't realize it's been this long since I've written anything. I'm getting so I don't like writing much I guess.
I've been out a couple times. Last Friday I went to Aubuchon and Walmart. It wasn't bad walking around the store this time. I didn't have that pain like I did before, thank heavens.
We've had a couple nice days this week. The leaves are dropping fast and the woods look bare now. I've seen the deer quite often lately. It's getting dark so early now and when the clocks go back it will  be dark even earlier.
I have to get all new prescriptions sent out to Rite Aid so I printed out a paper to send to my doctor and then she can fax them to Rite Aid. My pharmacy in Ilion closed up. Empire Pharmacy, which used to be Lennox Pharmacy. They never even told anyone they were closing. I got a paper from Rite Aid saying all the records are with them now. I don't care. They deliver and also have an automatic renewal, which Lennox's didn't have. That will be a lot better for me. I hated to keep calling the doctor every time I needed them again. I'm hoping to get a three month supply delivered at one time. Medicare allows that.
The groin lump seems to be growing. Now and then I feel the burn but most times I don't feel it.
They finally got the striping done in the parking lot today. The maintenance man moved my car yesterday and put it back this afternoon when they were done. It's a good thing we had two nice days so they could get that done.
Debby stopped over to see me yesterday. She's still in pain and says the pain runs down her leg. She doesn't have a primary doctor so I gave her my doctor's name. Maybe she can get in there. She got all moved and that's why she's hurting. She doesn't rest enough.
Steve is all done with his Rabies shots.  I guess he took the cats to the clinic to get their shots. They were lucky that they didn't get anything.
I haven't talked to Nina so still not sure about her new job.

I don't have anything else to report and I don't feel like typing any more.. So you all take care. At least when I write a few words you know I'm still alive. :)

October 10, 2012-Got Groceries-Pain In Groin

Wasn't easy walking around Walmart last night. Was in some pain and was glad to get home. The growth in my groin lymph node is getting much worse. First time it's bothered me so much. But each day I have is a gift that I thought I'd never have last year. 
It took me a lot longer to get groceries than it usually does. The pain was making me feel a bit ill. But after I got home and got into my comfortable clothes and slippers I felt much better. It must get irritated when I walk too much now. It is getting larger. I'm not going to do anything about it though. I will take whatever is coming.
I had a bad backache this morning but I took a couple Ibuprofen and it went away.
I did something that I probably should not have done. I climbed out my bedroom window to get a chipmunk out of the live trap. It was 6 pm and raining and it's getting real cold tonight. I was real careful. He was so happy to be free. That trap is trying to catch the rat but I guess that is never going to happen. Damn thing is too smart..Ha!
I hate having the woman upstairs home again. She wasn't gone but for two days. I got woke up out of a sound sleep at 3:30 this morning.

They never did stripe the parking lot. Now we all are parking back in it. I noticed all the leaves and puddles there are on that lot. They really should have cold patched those holes. Water sits in them and I have a huge one right next to my back driver's side door where I have to walk to get to my trunk. I will have to move my car over a bit I think.

Lots of noise around the building today. They are installing a new carpet in an upstairs apartment and those guys were up and down the stairs quite a bit. Then the maintenance man was taking out an air conditioner next to my apartment this afternoon.
Now it's 7 pm and I'm in my bedroom on the computer and I can hear that woman upstairs getting ready to go to bed. That means she will be up in the middle of the night again, flushing that damn toilet. I might just keep my radio on all night. I can sleep through that but not her up there. She walks like an elephant too.
Now I'm going to drink a cup of Chamomile tea and relax a bit and watch some TV. If there's nothing good to watch I'll come back to my computer and watch videos on Youtube.
Take care everyone.

October 8, 2012-This And That-Pam Visited

Steve is doing okay. He got his first round of shots on Thursday. In his butt! That's all I know about him for now.

I haven't been able to go out because the parking lot was being recovered and the guy upstairs moved my car for me and he had to park it way down the street. That was last Thursday!! Then yesterday he moved it up to the side of the building but still too far for me to walk. Tonight it's in the parking lot but will have to be moved out again in the morning so they can paint the stripes. It sure is taking a long time because of rain.

I had Nina pick me up my critter food on Saturday and she brought it over Saturday evening.

Pam and her daughter, Stephanie and her grandson, Nathan, came to visit me on Sunday. They didn't stay long because they were going back to Pam's house for the day so Nathan could visit the dog, Tank, who used to live at the house till Pam moved out and took him with her. This is a pic of them.

Steph and Nathan are living back at the house with Greg in Herkimer.

Jim helped Debby move into her mobile home on Saturday but I haven't heard anything about that day yet. It was a rainy morning so I'm hoping they got everything moved okay.

That's all for now. I have to do a few things before bedtime.

Take care everyone.

October 5, 2012-Fox Was Rabid

The tests came back positive for rabies so now my brother is undergoing the series of four shots. A neighbor of Steve's had an encounter with that fox the day before and the fox bit his steel toed shoe and he kicked it. Too bad that neighbor didn't alert everyone at that time.
Now we are concerned about Steve's cats. They were always outside and if the fox ate out of their dish then they could be in trouble also. They are not up to date on their rabies shots either. Those cats need to be quarantined for a while to make sure they are not sick. But being the dumb ass that Steve is, he might not do it. Hope his daughter talks to him about that.  She said she was going to. It's a very serious situation. nothing to mess around with.
I was told that they have live trapped 17 Gray Fox on Doty's Golf Course already. I don't know where they were released though. That is not very far from Steve's. Just up over the hill really.
That fox that bit Steve most likely had a mate and maybe even young ones still traveling around with it. The ones here are still with their dad a lot. I never see the female fox though.
Today will be our last warmer day for quite a while. It might even hit 75 today. It was very foggy this morning. Now the sun is shining. Rain coming in for this evening. From then on the temps will only be in the 50's. Perfect weather for me. It's been humid the past few days. I can breathe better in the cooler weather.
I'll be back soon. Just wanted to update you all about my brother.

October 2, 2012-Brother Steve Got Bit By Fox

My brother, Steve, called me late this afternoon to tell me that he got bit by a gray fox. He and Grace had just gotten to his house and when he went to walk in the back door to the porch and the fox was on the porch eating the cat's food. Steve thought it was friendly but all of a sudden it attacked him and bit his ankle and leg. When Steve went outside the fox chased him and Steve had to run fast and he grabbed his bike to put it between he and the fox. The fox then attacked the tires on the bike. The fox also was limping and had a wobbly hip. Steve thought maybe it had got hit by a car. But it never would have attacked him like that and especially chase him. The fox hid under the front porch. Steve said he could smell it. It was probably a male that had left his scent everywhere. Steve's cats were there also but the fox didn't attack them.
Grace called 911 and it took quite a while and then finally a trooper that was a DEC guy came with his rifle. Steve got down off the porch at that time and the fox came running out to attack him again and that is when the trooper shot it. Steve said he only shot once and he died instantly. They shoot them in the lungs so they can send the head away to see if it has rabies.
I kept telling Steve to clean the bite but he never did for two hours. That was real stupid of him I'd say. That would be the very first thing I'd do.
They will have the results by Thursday. The DEC guy told him he should go to Urgent Care to at least get that wound cleaned up and he might need a tetanus shot but Steve said he wasn't going to go and would wait till Thursday. Rabies is nothing to mess with. He should know better! If it comes back positive then Steve will have to get the first shot right away and then three more after that. I heard they can be painful too.
I sure hope that fox was not rabid. Then Steve won't have to go through those shots. But he does have to worry about infection from the bite. I told him to get some Iodine so I think he was going to go to the drug store and get some. And he finally did wash the wounds with soap and water.
He says he wished he had that on video with him running around his yard with the fox after him.. I think Grace took one picture after it was shot. She was too scared to come out of the house and I don't blame her.
So that is the news for today!
I went out this evening to get a few things at Walmart. Got home at 9:15 pm. It was raining slightly and the air felt real good. I've been smelling cigarette smoke all day. Makes me sick!
That's all for now. Take care everyone.