We all have our limits. Me included. And I have reached mine. I am an old gal now — grew up in the 50’s and 60’s, worked at a job, married, raised children, took care of aging parents and here I am trying to take care of a very stubborn man with some limitations, a very stubborn dog and myself with my body falling apart at a rather rapid rate.
Yesterday the dog got weird. I would say got sick but I am not sure about that. She was pacing and panting and refused to lay down. I figured it was a recurring UTI so I picked her up and took her to the animal emergency room. $333 later they couldn’t find anything wrong with her and sent me home with the dog and a prescription for pain pills. I gave her one at midnight and without going through the night hour by hour let’s just say neither of us got any sleep. I have been up since — well yesterday morning — and she is still pacing. She isn’t panting and she has drunk water and eaten food and done “her business”. Yet, she is still pacing the floor. I could take her back to the emergency clinic but she already had an appointment planned for tomorrow at her regular doctor. I have no idea what is wrong with her or what to do about it — I just know that I don’t need too many more $333 bills.
Then, to complicate things, my husband was trying to get out of bed to use the bathroom and he got tangled up in the cover and face planted on the floor. He has hurt his face, his thumb and his neck. He won’t go see about it. He is very stubborn. After we got him off to the bathroom, I followed him in there and it is a good thing I did because he almost fell again. I managed to get him down on the floor and told him to just be still while I got his glucose monitor because I was sure his glucose was too low. Actually, it was perfect. We managed to get him back on his feet and then he went back to bed. I was, of course, still up.
I am not good with stress and this is bordering on too much. I just seriously feel like I am going to have a running fit — a ‘hissy fit’ as we say here in the south. I am so tired and the dog won’t quit walking and my husband thinks I am overreacting.
2 comments:
Your dog's behaviour is very strange. I wonder what's going on. IF you find out please post about it as I'm really curious to know. I hope your husband is going to be okay. Sounds like he's none too steady on his feet. I hope you can cope with both of them!
It's when it all happens at once, and you are "the last man standing" holding everything together. I hope the Veterinary Practice can sort out the dog.
Question: is it possible your husband has covid? I ask this because one symptom is "syncope" - unexpected frequent collapsing/fainting. My OH had this symptom (including midnight on the bathroom floor) We caught covid very early on and before they realised it was a symptom.
Hope all is well again soon and YOU can rest, dear friend ❤️
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