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Love doing games at TCU....one of my favorite pizzas is the Mellow Mushroom there.


hope she is ok





From my understanding x-raying cats is easier. :p


'There were no happy campers in Mississippi this week-end,' said our pastor from the pulpit on Sunday. Mother's pastor was too sick to come to church. I am glad that Bobby can see the end of the season. Finally the Who Dat won a game!

Is it wrong that I am more looking forward to the Victorian Sherlock special than I am to series 4?

This one, judging by the two trailers released so far, is going to be a classic. They're tipping the hat to so much Sherlockiana, including recreating scenes from the Jeremy Brett Holmes.
There is even a stained glass door where the picture is a recreation of the original cover of the Hound of the Baskervilles.
This is what happens when Sherlock Holmes nerds get a chance to cut loose. :D

'There were no happy campers in Mississippi this week-end,' said our pastor from the pulpit on Sunday. Mother's pastor was too sick to come to church. I am glad that Bobby..."
Unfortunately Who Dat was that beat my team was Who Dat!


Her carers knew something was wrong and finally her Doctor said she needed to go to hospital because she was dehydrated. It turned out she had an extremely bad UTI which spread to her kidneys and she also had pneumonia in her right lung.
It is very hard to watch a parent suffer when there appears nothing you can do will help them. My daughter-in-law's mother died from cancer and she has told me of the wonderful palliative care team she had. It lifted a get load from my daughter in law's shoulders to see the kindness and care that the team gave to her mother. They are very special people.



Happy, I'm sorry for your loss, it must have been a difficult time for your family.

Yes it is a a rough ride. Mum, at least, is not in pain physically, but she knows her brain isn't functioning and it causes her much distress. Your mum will be much more comfortable now she has palliative. I wish you all the best.
Do you have other family members to help you? Unfortunately my siblings live in another city, and I miss their direct input very much.





Mum had a stroke just before Christmas in 2012 and she went straight from the hospital to the nursing home (she's in Mildura Laureen). She is completely reliant on the team there and has been peg fed the entire time. Ironically we give her medicine so she won't have another stroke, but personally I doubt whether this is the right thing to do. We do have to face a lot of extremely difficult decisions and I wish you strength and courage Margaret.


Yes it is a a rough ride. Mum, at leas..."
Luckily 5 of my parents 6 children live/d with in 15 miles of my parents, so we were all able to be there.
As for Alzheimers - that was Mom's greatest fear as she got older. Inspite of all that she was going through she said on more than one occasion she was grateful to be going knowing what was going on around her and being able to say good bye to those who came - and there were a lot. My Mom's family had 8 kids and Dad's 9 and most of them are in the local area. A suprising number of the nieces and nephews and their families as well as all the surviving siblings and their spouses visited that last month.

'There were no happy campers in Mississippi this week-end,' said our pastor from the pulpit on Sunday. Mother's pastor was too sick to come to church. I am gla..."
Is this a dumpy football season for some of us, or what?

Yes it is a a rough ride. Mum, at leas..."
Mum's in a nursing home. She loves it there and she was quite insistent about leaving the hospital and going "home".

Mum had a stroke just before Christmas in 2012 and she went straight from the hospital to the nursing home (she's in Mildura Laureen). She is completel..."
I wish you the best, whatever decision you make, it will be a difficult one.

Mum had a stroke just before Christmas in 2012 and she went straight from the hospital to the nursing home (she's in Mildura Laureen). She is completel..."
Ace, when mum still had all her marbles, she and I had several long, serious talks about what to do in this situation. She doesn't want to be kept alive with no quality of life, so I am implementing her wishes. The doctors at the hospital congratulated me. Not sure I deserved them. Mum has made her wishes plain and I will do my best to see them carried out.
The home knows as well. She's in a Uniting Aged Care home here in Melbourne. They understand and will care for her. With Congestive Heart Failure we have no idea how long she will last, but the staff will make sure she is kept comfortable.

We lost mum on Wednesday morning. She went suddenly in the arms of two nurses.
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If anyone is interested, I thought this was an interesting article from AP in the local paper
It's about used bookstores along Route 66
http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/3...