OK so it has been a while since i have been here. But like a penny on the ground i turn up. A lot has been going on. I went to HP to be with Pam while she had the new defibrillator/pace maker put in. Well, the surgery went fine, but in recovery she had a mini stroke that affected her left side. So when she recovered from the surgery they sent her from Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem to High Point Regional for Physical therapy. Well I was getting ready to go to Winston to pick her up. Before i went i was getting Squeezer ready to go outside to do his business. As i was attaching the leash, he decided he wanted a piece of me. No warning, he attacked my hand and proceeded to bite my first finger, them moved over to the top of my hand where he proceeded to chew a hunk out of it. How did was he able to bite me twice? Good question, but he was quick believe me. So I clean it up and call Pam to tell her i had to go to the ER and she would have to get transport to HP. So I get it treated, go over to the rehab unit. The nurse said Pam is in the ER, she had chest pains on the way over. Too much stress? Anyway she stayed there a few days and went to rehab as planned. She had a couple of days there and she was doing a breathing treatment for her COPD and proceeded to stop breathing. They had to intabate her and put her on a respirator. So off she goes back over to the Hosp. Mean while my hand is getting infected. So i go back to the ER. They clean it out and send me on my way. Pam gets better and goes back to Rehab. !st day back she fell out, fainted, dizzy, etc. So they take her back to her room. She went back yesterday and did well, but is very weak. Meanwhile i left and came back home, went to my Dr. who scrubbed the H out of my wound, gave me shots 4 days in a row, changed my antibiotics, and just released me on Wed. I am going to have a pretty scar on the top of my right hand.
Oh yes, what happened to the dog? Well Squeezer is at a Yorkie rescue home. He is doing fine says the woman who runs it. He will be fostered and trained and eventually given a new home. He was biting everyone lately if they reached to pet him. Pam if course is heart broken but I'm sure she realises this is best for him. She needs to take care of herself and she just can't handle him too at this point. Always being fearful he will bite someone. She doesn't need that stress either. She has normal function of her arm and hand. She is walking well, but still dragging her left leg some. That too will get better. She needs to use the walker or a cane now, when she gets home.
Well, this is my life the last few weeks. They have set a (shoot for) date for Pam to come home, if all goes well, she will come home on Tue. March 24. So I will go back to HP on Mon so i can pick her up. So goes the saga of me. Stay tuned, I'm sure something will pop up again, it always does. Be Blessed.
You gotta like P. J. O'Rourke
17 years ago


