One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20

[Daughter (imported)]

Tell the guy to screw off. He couldn't follow through on a deal that would have made him some cash, he's probably planning on giving you a bunch of non-working junk that he more than likely stole from someone else...... Because you need possession of stolen goods on your record, right?

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

Yup, cash only. Besides, I could use a few extra bucks.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

RATS and Fiddlesticks:

I called Radio Shack to tell them I was bringing back the broken DVD/VCR to get my money back. Their response: "we can only give you money back if it's returned during first 30 days."

They did say I could exchange it for another one. I'd rather have the $80 in cash but an extra machine is better than nothing.

After we BOMB DETROIT, can we BOMB RADIO SHACK too?

[kristoff]

RATS and Fiddlesticks:

I called Radio Shack to tell them I was bringing back the broken DVD/VCR to get my money back. Their response: "we can only give you money back if it's returned during first 30 days."

They did say I could exchange it for another one. I'd rather have the $80 in cash but an extra machine is better than nothing.

After we BOMB DETROIT, can we BOMB RADIO SHACK too?

Put the thing in a back pack with the receipt. Go to radio shack with a sign on a stick. Make the sign with junk carboard, big markers, etc. "RADIO SHACK CHEATS ITS CUSTOMERS" or perhaps " RADIO SHACK SELLS JUNK"

Parade up and down in front of their store on the public walk, and tell anyone who passes all about it. I wonder how fast you might get a refund?...

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

What a night.

Mom fainted while moving from her wheel chair to her easy chair. At first she looked dead. I called 911. They to check her breathing. I touched her forehead and she blinked a few times and mumbled. Paramedics arrived and said her pulse and blood pressure were normal but took her to hospital to check her out for a few days.

The head paramedic, Matt, one of my students from 25 years ago, told me while mom was in the hospital to work on cleaning my house. His major com- plaint was the dirty rug which he said needed replacing if not seriously vacuumed.

I'll be spending the next few days cleaning my house mut neither of my two vacuums operate. One is clogged and the newer one, a Dirt Devil,doesn't pick up much of anything.

I'll call the hospital in a few hours to check on mom. Matt, the paramedic, said if he didn't know and trust me. he would report the house condition to Adult Protection Services.

Worst part is the carpet.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I just called the hospital and they "claim" they don't have mom as a patient. I called two other hospitals who said they haven't seen her either. I called ambulance service who told me to call the hospital back in the morning as it takes hours to process her. The ambulance company said "we are not allowed by law to tell you if she was taken to that hospital or not." I guess I'll call back in the morning and see if I can find info on mom.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I walked up to St. Bernardine's Hospital and found out they had mom. The admitting nurse says there are legal complexities to admitting on the phone if spmeone is there or not. I sat beside mom's bed in the ER till her nurse came by with little info. He did say she's too skinny, hasn't been eating enough and was a bit dehydrated.

She often just picks at her food eating from a third to half of what I serve her. She does better on fast food over my cooking but then, so do I. She drank a lot of water or seemed to. She'd only drink chilled water. In some ways mom is like a kid: she eat all day if I offered her cookies, donuts, candy and ice cream. Her bathing nurse told me to give her more sweets because mom needed the fat on her bones.

The nurse say she refused to eat or drink for them so they are giving her food and water via an IV. They did say they were assigning her to a room. She wasn't conscious when I visited her but they said they had drugged her to allow for lots of rest.

I know they plan to keep her for a few to several days. The only thing good about that is it frees me to house clean 12 hours a day to get my house in good order.

Friday night two close friends are coming by with their new, super duper vacuum cleaner and ATTEMPT to clean my carpets to semi-cleanliness standards. It would be better to tear up the carpet but I don't have the knowhow, cost, physical support or strength to do it myself. I know most of the house had a wood floor underneath except for mom's old bedroom. That was an add-on 20 years ago and is just a cement slab I believe.

Now I go finish the kitchen and then work on dining and living rooms. Tomorrow I go up and pay my utility bills. Hopefully it's not raining then too. I got soaked today coming home and thought "this is what the homeless put up with everyday." Unlike them, I have a warm house to return to with a hungry cat and dog giving me the eye.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I walked up to see mom today. The nurses say she is eating but mostly puried foods and Ensure pudding. She talked to me, smiled and semi-recognized me. I couldn't make out all of what she said but that's the norm.

Back to housework. Laters

Nurse just called mme from hospital to say mom is doing better, sorta. Her vitals are good, but she's refusing to eat much. I told them she's stubborn about eating anything but sweets. They put a tube down her nose three times to feed her and mom pulled it out three times. I told them to keep trying and or to secure her hands. They asked if I had a "Directive" on her and I said "yes." D

o everything possible to keep her alive.

It's the same Directive I'd want for myself...unless I had turned into a vegetable.

More updates when I get them. Thanks for putting up with my rants, worries, complaints and problems. I know I'm not the only one who has gone through this and I know others who are having similar problems.

At the moment, I see myself as the fly chalenging the windshield to a duel. I may lose but I'm going down with a sword in my hand.

[bobbie (imported)]

I do not look at your updates as rants. They are just updates on the life and times of our one and only wolfie. Hang in there.

[JesusA (imported)]

I do not look at your updates as rants. They are just updates on the life and times of our one and only wolfie. Hang in there.

I completely agree with Bobbie on this one. You are a valued member of the group and we're all concerned about what is happening in your life. Every time I click on to the Archive, the first place I check is this thread to see if there's a new post.

I'm sure that many of us here wish that there were some way that we could help. My thanks go to KenSD and Plix for being close enough and caring enough to stop by and do what they can.