Penny

I will definitely be glad when 2019 is over.  It seems like I get over one thing and then another pops up.  This time it isn’t me.  It’s Penny.  This past week she has been having trouble urinating.  I kept watching her and Thursday she was urinating blood.  She would just go little drops of pee, but then there would be lots of blood.  So I called the vet and took her in to see her.  They ran some tests and found she had bacteria in her urine and crystals.  She was put on pain medication and antibiotics.  The pain pills she took with no problem.  I gave them to her with her treats and she ate them without giving them any thought.  However, the antibiotics are liquid and given with an eye dropper.  She doesn’t like that.  Three more days of antibiotics.  She seems to be improving.  Last night was the worse.  I think she passed the crystals (at least one) because there was a lot of bleeding.  Today not so much.


I am working on those Christmas presents I mentioned earlier.  I am happy with the way they are turning out.


This coming Wednesday Brian will be bringing Jana down.  She will be staying through January.  The weather will determine when she will go home.  Brian is coming down to work.  He and Kevin will be doing a few projects that need to be done around here. In fact, I have made them a list of what I need done so they don’t miss anything.  Hopefully, the weather will cooperate.  If all goes well they will spend one day fishing.


I also have a list of groceries to get for Jana before she arrives.  (I actually went to Kroger and bought the items today.)  She also gave me a list of a few things to turn on in the camper.  I’ve done two of them.


I am getting ready to wrap the Christmas presents for Brian’s family.  He will take them home with him when he goes next Tuesday. 


The weather here today is beautiful.  We were supposed to have rain starting last Saturday and ending next Saturday.  Over the weekend we had a few drops here and there, but not much.  Tomorrow is an 80% chance of rain.  We shall see.  We really need it.  I hope it gets out of here before Brian and Jana arrive since most of Kevin and Brian’s work is outside.


Jana and I are thoroughly enjoying the Saints books we ordered.  Right now I am reading a book called JOSEPH, THE MAN WHO RAISED JESUS.  I am learning a lot.  Jana has been reading a book where it tells a little about a lot of Saints.  She has a list of books for us to order.  We have both been reading the Bible.  We have read the New Testament.  Now we are working on the Old Testament.  She is a lot further along than I am.  The problem is, sorry Jesus, we don’t understand most of it.  But we said we would read all of it, so we are.


Penny seems to be doing better.  She has finished her pain pills, but we are still working on the liquid antibiotics.  She still doesn’t like to take that.  There is still some blood in her urine, but not as bright.  One other note, the hair is growing back where she licked it off.  She is looking better.


Our church bulletin has a quiz in it every week called WHAT IS YOUR CATHOLIC IQ?  There are five multiple choice questions.  The answers are on the back.  I cut them out and send them to Jana.  We both got hooked on this quiz the last time she was here.  It’s interesting because you think you know something and then you find out you don’t.  Some weeks we get all the answers correct, some weeks we are lucky to get one.  Some weeks we do a lot of guessing.


 Penny is doing much better.  No more blood in her urine.  She was up most of the night playing.  I am finding her toys everywhere.


We are getting some much needed rain.  Of course, Jana and Brian are to come to Alabama today.  Jana will be staying until about the first of February.  Brian will be here until Tuesday.  Since Brian and Kevin have a lot of outside work they want to do (and some fishing) it is supposed to rain for the next two days. We had a lot of rain yesterday, it has rained most of the night, and it is raining today.