Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
This is a NEW Apple iPhone! That’s why it’s so frustrating. Grrrrr.
I swear that I typed CAT having diabetes! Not CAN!
I proofread. My phone is hexed!
So much of COVID is a mystery at this point in time.
Somewhere down the road I believe we will know a whole lot more.
Sorry to hear that your can has diabetes. Hopefully you can manage it.
Our fur babies are so special to us.
Hoping for the best regarding your mom and dad’s health. It’s so hard watching parents decline.
♥️
Needhelp, I hope N.O can get COVID under control. I find myself increasingly frustrated at the experts and politicians. Nearly a year in to this and it seems like they all try the same thing over and over even though it doesn’t work. I don’t know the solution myself but it seems like we need a whole different approach. I don’t know about Louisiana but in CA we know that a good majority of our cases are coming from within households! But nothing is being done to address it. Instead they continue to keep everything shut down (and I am not saying they should open everything up, I am saying that everything shut down isn’t slowing the spread so maybe we need a different approach?)
It’s so sad that there are so many conspiracy theories on the vaccines. Some statements presented as facts are outright lies!
Even more sad that people are still not taking COVID-19 seriously.
How many more people have to die before they stop their nonsense?
I was glad to hear our mayor say that she would rather be criticized for doing too much, rather than being criticized for doing too little.
We are averaging two deaths a day. More hospitalizations too.
We have identified UK strains here which are more contagious.
Our state started off with vaccines for 70 and above.
They are going to start vaccinating on ages 65 and up soon.
The mayor was extremely opposed to our college students partying on Bourbon St. last weekend and NOT wearing masks!
She has said this is unacceptable behavior and will NOT be tolerated this weekend or next.
NO BARS, inside or outside will be open because every time people behave in selfish ways, like partying in the streets, there is a SURGE in COVID-19 with DEATHS occurring DAILY!!!
So, this will NOT be a repeat of Mardi Gras last year where we became a hot spot for COVID-19 shortly afterwards.
As the mayor said, we can have a safe and happy Mardi Gras. People still have our Mardi Gras spirit! We have our king cakes floating around. We have our houses decorated as floats in lieu of traditional parades and so on.
We shall see how this plays out.
The mayor invited a doctor to speak at this press conference.
The doctor’s final words were very poignant. She said, “Remember, you have to be alive to receive a vaccine. Please wear your masks and social distance.”
It is not easy for health care workers to see death on daily basis.
Terribly sad.
Occasionally on this site we read about elderly with cognitive problems having guns. If that is the case, the guns need to be removed from the residence. These things can happen.
Sweet dreams - just saw your post that you were going to sleep.♥️
No one ever does everything perfectly all of the time.
Please don’t expect perfection from yourself, or from anyone else for that matter.
Everyone deserves support and encouragement.
Very often, a person can’t even imagine what caregiving is like until they do it themselves.
I had absolutely no clue how hard it was until I did it first hand.
Neither of my parents were full time caregivers, so I had no frame of reference to follow.
I did not know about this forum until I was deeply into caregiving. A social worker informed me of this site.
What works for others may or may not work for you.
You will grow from your own life experiences.
There is no one size fits all in caregiving. You will have to customize your own plan.
Listen to others but don’t allow anyone to dictate your individual path.
Collect information and determine what is feasible and best suited for your family’s needs.
The Kitty is doing ok today. He’s not in an obvious decline which is good so I am praying we get good news at the vet tomorrow.