I have not even thought about my blog for sooo long.  It says the last post was in April.  Well...here's what's been happening.....................

Tanner does NOT have any teeth left and is eating just fine without the pain. He's looking good and even allows minor petting (if you stay away from his tail).
Lamont still acts like his teeth hurt sometimes.  They get wet food in the morning and at night so they won't starve any time soon, that's for sure.

Sugar and Cherry were put on a rigid diet and are both looking trim and healthy.  Sugar seems to have stomach problems.  If she eats human food she has the runs and lots of gas.  That seems better after giving her Greek yogurt a couple of times a week.

My health is doing better.  I'm still on part of my meds to slow my Heart but the dizziness went away as did the shortness of breath.
I'm currently learning to tat with a shuttle.  I could do it with a needle but have always wanted to shuttle tat.  My next challenge is to learn beaded rope crochet.

I can't believe Christmas is coming soon.  Where has this year gone?  I guess I lost track after I had that Ablation.  I was down for so darn long.  
Anyway....I have bought for three people so far and have five more to go. I want to get it done now so I can enjoy Christmas this year.

I'll have to take some pictures and post them soon.

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Do They Make Kitty Dentures?

Poor Tanner.  He wasn't as lucky as Lamont.  He has NO teeth after his dental visit.  He looks really rough now.  No teeth and his one glossed over and bulging eye.  I know he will feel so much better though.  Do they make kitty dentures? If they do...he needs both upper and lower.

I went to the doctor and my heart is still in rhythm.  I am only taking 2 instead of four a day of one of my meds, and I'm finally off the Warfarin.  I go again in June and hopefully then I can get off the rest of the Heart slowing meds.

I'll be glad when things slow down.  The cats are healing and so am I.  Soon we will all feel back to normal and life will go on.  Please.....no more expensive operations!

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M&Ms (Medical And Money)

Much has happened since I wrote last.  January 21 I went in for an Ablation.  That's a heart procedure to stop AFib.  It didn't take long for my heart to slip back into an irregular heart beat again.  The doctor explained that sometimes it takes until the heart heals from the procedure to beat regularly.  I went to the doctor on the 9th of this month and it's back to a regular heart beat once again.  I'm gaining strength (finally) and feeling much better.  I still have a bit of a problem when I change the sheets on the bed or lift something that is too heavy.  I think that's because my doctor has me on meds that slow down my heart beat.  He calls it, "keeping my heart quiet".  I go in again on the 8th of April.... and if my heart is still doing well, I can stop taking some of my meds.   I go in around the first of June and if I'm still doing well I imagine I can stop the rest of the medications he put me on.  I can almost see the finish line!  I'm going to buy a Kuerig coffee maker and get some of the deepest, darkest roast coffee I can find.  I haven't had anything but decaf for around 5 years.

The sad part of this operation was that I had saved some money to get our sagging roof repaired this Summer.  I now have to pay the medical bills with that money.  

Lamont got home today from the vet.  He had all but his fangs removed.  His teeth were driving him crazy and I couldn't stand to see him in pain.  I guess they were really awful according to Dr. Stanhope at St. Francis 24 hour Hospital.  On the 10th of April Tanner is going in for the same dental procedure.  I'm betting he will come home with no teeth to speak of also.  I'm going to have to sell a bunch of scrap gold to fund these operations but it's worth it to have them feeling better.

Well....that's it for today (that's enough, right?).

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Forgive Me

I know I have ignored my blog for a long time but there is a reason.  In September I went to my doctor and found out I had AFib.  Not what I had gone to her to cure but I guess it was more important.  

One week ago I had a procedure on my Heart they call an Ablation.  I was put on a second medication to keep my heart calm.  I could do nothing but sleep, wheeze and cough.  My head would feel like it was blowing off and my eyeballs were not far behind.  I was dizzy, panted to breathe, couldn't eat and my legs looked like telephone poles.  I called my Heart doctor and he said I could quit the medication he had just put me on.  The next day I was feeling soooo much better.  I stopped panting as much and didn't have to go back to bed after tending to the animals.  Now I am four days without the medication and I did most of my usual chores today and can actually breathe with my mouth closed once again.  I have an appointment with the doctor on Monday so he will tell me if the procedure worked or not.  I now, Thank God, am on the mend.

The cats and dogs have been so good during this whole ordeal.  I used my warming blanket on my side of the bed because I was cold all the time.  I would turn on the blanket, get my jammies on, turn back around and there would be Binx and Paddy taking up the whole thing.  Paddy was so happy he purring most of the night.
Zoey won't stay in the bedroom because she hates Binx.  She does on occasional walk through so I won't forget her.

My husband has done what he can to help with the cats and dogs during this time but I have realized that he is not able to understand what needs to be done or even what I just went through.

Oh ya....I forgot to mention, I bit off part of my tongue during the surgery.  When I woke up I couldn't figure out why my teeth and tongue hurt so bad.

I'll update soon
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