Booming Banter

Well good news today. Dad is making progress. The drain has been removed from his lung and his voice is much stronger!

He still has high oxygen needs so he won’t be able to leave hospital until that improves but he’s moving in the right direction.

He is definitely dehydrated because he’s been having such heavy duty diuretics but that’s a balancing act to ensure he doesn’t accumulate more fluid in his lungs.

Ma is Google eyed looking at all the test results. A new set comes in about every hour but she does seem a little less tense today.

Keep up the good work on the prayers peeps you’re doing a great job.

Blessing#2866-Small Steps

Precious Peeps it’s PITS here to whistle you into the weekend.

My Grandpa was a bit brighter yesterday but still needs his oxygen up high and has tubes in various places.

The doctors and nurses are taking very good care of him but I’m still waiting patiently for him to come home.

Granny says she is so glad that our town has such a good hospital so close to our house. You can go visit anytime if you’re human.

I wish I could go too and so does Scooby as we’re sure a good licking from us would do the trick and help Grandpa get home soon.

Oh well we’ll just have to take care of Granny and Dad instead. They taste almost as good as ice-cream!

Hope you have a fun one! Enjoy loving like me and I’ll talk to you soon.

Blessing#2865-TLC

Poor Dad is still not well.

The niece and I are missing him so much as no one else gives us treats like him.

He always shares his dinner.

The IV diuretics the doctor gave him have pulled the fluid from his legs and ankles but he’s still on oxygen for his breathing.

Ma and the Bro have been taking turns sitting with him but he sleeps most of the time.

We will just have to wait and see.

Meanwhile back at the ranch the endless rain has created a mushroom farm in our yard.

We are wondering should we eat some. They may be magic!

Blessing#2864-Water Works

Precious Peeps it’s PITS. I am unable to heave you over the humpty as my heart is too heavy worrying about my Grandpa.

He has been away in hospital and Scooby and I miss him so much.

He is always at home with us unlike Granny and Dad.

Yesterday we had to spend almost the entire day alone just us canines.

I am starting to warm to Scooby.

He is maybe not so Grumpy after all.

Granny did briefly return mid afternoon and feed us and let us out in the yard but we need Grandpa!

I promise I’ll be very good. His ETA back at the ranch is August 22nd as he now has a tube inserted in his right lung and that will have to be removed first along with all the fluid it’s draining.

I’ll be ready and waiting with lots of TLC.

Who else has a Princess for a nurse.

Blessing#2863-Companionship

Well Dad agreed Ma could call the squad.

He was having pain and while his O2 was stable he was no longer comfortable.

Ma called at 6:30 and ten minutes later the ambulance arrived.

They got Dad settled in before leaving for the hospital that is five minutes away. He arrived before 7:00 which is amazingly fast.

Ma has gone with him.

The niece and I are locked up in the Bro’s room but we understand.

We will keep you posted.

Blessing#2862-Proximity

Dad has a chest infection. Ma and the Bro and the niece and me have been doing our best to take care of him.

We have him hooked up to his oxygen since Saturday morning.

He doesn’t want to go to hospital. He likes his own place and his big chair in front of the TV and his coffee and snacks.

The Bro got him a wrap around pillow yesterday it looks like me.

We want to make sure he’s comfortable and will monitor closely.

We will keep y’all posted.

Blessing#2861-Homecare

You know Ma and me share our dreams when we wake up well I had a good one last night about a great big bone. It must have come from a steer because it was very juicy.

Ma’s was a really funny one.

She says it was all about a yellow bikini. Before you jump to conclusions it did not have polka dots.

Seems her cousin Barbara gave this to her. When Ma tried it on it was more than a tad snug but Barbara insisted Ma wear it to the beach.

So Ma kept it on and put her jeans and a t-shirt over it.

Don’t ask me where this beach was. Ma said it was remotely familiar so probably in Ireland.

Here’s the kicker though when Ma got to the beach and stripped down to the bikini she had a figure like Cyndi Crawford and everyone was saying they had to take her photo. The bikini now was a perfect fit!!!!!!

What does this mean? One things for sure no bikini will be worn here today as once again it is pouring!!!

Blessing#2860-Interpretation

You know my Ma cannot see green cheese without having to have some.

So it was that Gail, one of her pals on Facebook, posted an AI image of herself as a dog.

Ma was right in there.

ChatGPT was immediately swung into action to perform the same task for her.

Talk about anthropomorphic behavior taken to the extreme.

Well I know you will be anxious to see how she turned out so here she is.

Clearly a doodle of sorts.

I’d say she has strong similarities to myself.

Don’t you agree she could be nothing other than my Mom!

Blessing#2859-Relativity

Precious Peeps it’s PITS still PERFECT but currently PETRIFIED as yet another storm is passing through.

Regardless I will whistle you into what I hope will be a wonderful weekend with some musing on the silver linings to the clouds I’ve recently encountered.

First, Dad lets me snuggle up even closer to him and get under a huge pile of blankets even if it’s like a hot house in our room.

Secondly, Granny gives double rations of milk bones as her love language is crunchy. Storms do not curb my appetite!

Thirdly, the Grey Gizzard stays close to me and licks me till near death to calm my nerves. I am now extremely clean.

Finally, and this is the one that will blow your socks off, my Grandpa allows me to sit on the sofa with him and better yet covers me with a blankie and pats my back.

Who’d have thought.

Now dears here’s the deal. Whatever is troubling you right now just ask yourself what little sunny surprises this has brought you and try to find a few flowers among the weeds.

There you go Pitty Philosophy finished for this Friday. I’ll talk to you all soon when my shakes have stopped.

I still love y’all and now love Grandpa too!

Blessing#2858-Compassion

The Pit has survived another day. I’m glad as I’d secretly miss her if she succumbed.

There is so much humidity in the air that outside it looks like there’s a fog.

They say that climate patterns are changing and that these prolonged droughts followed by extreme rainfall are set to increase.

Meteorologist are even starting to refer to this as monsoon.

I don’t think I want that but what can a dog do?

I suppose make the most of a good day like yesterday when it was cool in the morning and trotting was sweet and we had gentle rain in the afternoon.

Speaking of which it’s time to up and go now.

Blessing#2857-Walking Weather