At the five day mark since C came home from her surgery. How's she doing? Pretty darned well, all things considered. She's getting around pretty well. The pain meds work well enough that she starts to think that she doesn't need them any more, so she stops taking them. Which means that suddenly she REALLY needs them and gets VERY grumpy until they catch up with her again....at which point the cycle begins again <GRIN!>
Sam the cat has quietly and expertly inserted himself into our lives. Sam has selected C as his preferred person, followed next by M. In other words, he definitely likes the girls. Which is just fine with Shadow, because she has always preferred the boys. Both cats get along with the other just fine so far. Sam hangs out on C's side of the bed. When C gets up, Sam follows her to her new location, then hangs out with her there. He's quiet, has yet to misbehave, uses his litter box inviolably, and hunts spiders. What is there NOT to like so far?
C has also shared that she's starting to notice a reduction in her joint pain, and other chronic issues that were side-effects of the Tamoxifen drug. As she migrates away from Tamoxifen, she should see a general loss of weight, and better joint health overall.
C does seem to run out of gas by about dinner time, though. It's a little bit like 'back in the day' when chemo would cause her to literally shut off without warning. She does that now, too.
We're making some progress each day on settling the house in. It dawned on me that the last time we lived here, we slowly evolved the house into a fully functional space over the span of about four years. This time? We're doing everything we did then, plus a bunch of setup stuff that we never got around to before - like cupboard pullouts to make it easier for C to reach things on the very bottom shelf. The result? I'm doing in one day now the equivalent of about six months slow evolution the first time.
Curtains have been going up in the bedrooms. M's room is really cool now that it's finished. R's room is developing a great sense of personal character as well. There are still a few scattered boxes on the landing and in the master bedroom, but they're steadily disappearing.
We planned out the curtains for the main level today. Tomorrow, the rods and drapes will go up. C is apparently planning to prepare pictures/paintings for hanging on the wall tomorrow as well. Once the drapes are done, and the paintings are on the walls, the place will be nearly complete.
Of course, there's still the office and the garage to tackle. The Office has served as our staging room. It's a pile of boxes right now. We'll get to it last, but it'll be worth the wait.
Sam the cat has quietly and expertly inserted himself into our lives. Sam has selected C as his preferred person, followed next by M. In other words, he definitely likes the girls. Which is just fine with Shadow, because she has always preferred the boys. Both cats get along with the other just fine so far. Sam hangs out on C's side of the bed. When C gets up, Sam follows her to her new location, then hangs out with her there. He's quiet, has yet to misbehave, uses his litter box inviolably, and hunts spiders. What is there NOT to like so far?
C has also shared that she's starting to notice a reduction in her joint pain, and other chronic issues that were side-effects of the Tamoxifen drug. As she migrates away from Tamoxifen, she should see a general loss of weight, and better joint health overall.
C does seem to run out of gas by about dinner time, though. It's a little bit like 'back in the day' when chemo would cause her to literally shut off without warning. She does that now, too.
We're making some progress each day on settling the house in. It dawned on me that the last time we lived here, we slowly evolved the house into a fully functional space over the span of about four years. This time? We're doing everything we did then, plus a bunch of setup stuff that we never got around to before - like cupboard pullouts to make it easier for C to reach things on the very bottom shelf. The result? I'm doing in one day now the equivalent of about six months slow evolution the first time.
Curtains have been going up in the bedrooms. M's room is really cool now that it's finished. R's room is developing a great sense of personal character as well. There are still a few scattered boxes on the landing and in the master bedroom, but they're steadily disappearing.
We planned out the curtains for the main level today. Tomorrow, the rods and drapes will go up. C is apparently planning to prepare pictures/paintings for hanging on the wall tomorrow as well. Once the drapes are done, and the paintings are on the walls, the place will be nearly complete.
Of course, there's still the office and the garage to tackle. The Office has served as our staging room. It's a pile of boxes right now. We'll get to it last, but it'll be worth the wait.
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