Three days
@sallypup (65698)
Centralia, Washington
July 29, 2025 2:07pm CST
Teeter totter weather: does anybody know what a teeter totter is these days? Anyway, we'll have hot July weather for about three days then it heads to the 70's. Then we'll do that again. We're enjoying sunshine today.
Hubby actually went to the pool this morning. I am so glad I figured out where I stuck his flip flops. He has a hard enough time walking on hard concrete. He doesn't need to stub a toe. We put in about forty minutes in the nicely warm water.
Yesterday wasn't particularly fun. I paid a hard worker quite a chunk of change to fix our leaky outside faucet. He had a hard time doing it cause the pipes from way back when were thicker! He had to do some retro work getting modern fittings to work on those pipes.
The super not nice time was the Vet telling me that she had an opening for Beau Teak. Bring in my Siamese. So I did. My heart still wails when I write this. Beau came back home with me. He is alive and begging for more food. He looks so soft and chubby cause he is eating canned kitten chow. But oh glory he is coughing because he has fluid in his lungs and on his heart. The Vet prescribed pills to hopefully lessen the congestion. He breathes from his abdomen not his chest and that is where the coughing comes in. He is trying to breathe and not have a kitty heart failure issue. I also paid for a thryoid test cause of his gobbling food. That could be adding to the fluid. It will be a few days before we know the results of the test. Beau sleeps by my head at night. I feel him reach for me in the night. Of course I am never ready to let go BUT must figure out what quality of life is for him. He still bullys the other cats and demands food. He has had one pill. He will get another tonight.
I hope you all are safe and having wonderful boring days.
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@RasmaSandra (88198)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul
Glad to know that Beau came home, I keep hating the heat and I know that four blocks away is the Atlantic Ocean and the beach but if I even tried to walk there I could pass out, Then when I got there I would throw myself into the ocean so it is better to stay home,
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@RasmaSandra (88198)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul
@sallypup perhaps when the cooler autumn weather comes I will wade in the ocean and yes, there is no one to go anywhere with me but I am used to that, My friend's sons below me help out when I need things but they would never go with me anywhere,
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@sallypup (65698)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Jul
@RasmaSandra Maybe find somebody through your local senior center?
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@sallypup (65698)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Jul
@RasmaSandra I wish there was someone to go with you to the beach.
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@Ineeddentures (13311)
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30 Jul
Never a boring day here
I shuffle along slowly nodding my head appearing to be interested in what she who must be listened to at all times says
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@sallypup (65698)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Jul
@Ineeddentures Fun times for you.
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@Ineeddentures (13311)
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30 Jul
@sallypup
Oh aye.
As shuffled round home bargains store tonight Sinead reminded I was allowed to lift my feet from the ground and put one foot Infront of the other properly.
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@DaddyEvil (157610)
• United States
29 Jul
I hope the meds help Beau Teak... He could still live for years if the meds help him.
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@DaddyEvil (157610)
• United States
30 Jul
@sallypup You're welcome. I agree, that does sound worrisome.
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@LindaOHio (198598)
• United States
30 Jul
I am so sorry to hear about Beau Teak kitty. I know how much you love him. I hope the medication helps. Yes I know what a teeter-totter is.
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@snowy22315 (194827)
• United States
29 Jul
So sorry to hear about Beau.. That's the hardest thing about having a pet .letting them go
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@wolfgirl569 (121183)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Jul
Hope the pills will help. It sounds like he still feels fairly good.
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