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Phantom Pregnancy…
Jun. 4th, 2023 04:36 pmSunday June 4, 2023 3:37pm
HAPPY JUNE and HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!
I cant believe that 2023 is almost half over! How is that even possible!! It feels like NYE was just last week, and here we are the first week of June!! School is almost done for the year here in The Ville; Thursday is their last day. Howell had their last day last Thursday. This school year went fast! Now summer begins!!
It’s been really hot here in Mid-Michigan the last week, with temperatures in the high 80’s. They have been calling it a heat wave. It’s not usually this hot here in June, these kinds of temps are typical in late July through August. We also haven’t had any rain, which has caused a few fires in Michigan and a Forrest fire in northern lower Michigan. They were able to get it maintained, which is good! A friend of mine was on evacuation alert, but didn't end up having to leave his cabin/home.
I ended up having to take Maze to see her vet on Thursday because she was still having bloody diarrhea and passed bloody mucus from her vagina. They ran all kinds of tests on her, more than the emergency vet did and everything came back clear. Doc Gnagy diagnosed her with a “False Pregnancy” and said that she probably had a bacterial infection along with the false pregnancy, which has caused all of her issues the last 2 weeks. A false Pregnancy is where an unaltered female has a sudden change in her hormones and her body believes she is pregnant. She has developed milk filled teets and is actually lactating. She carries around her little green ball like its her baby, and nests with it. It’s the craziest thing ever, I swear! Doc Gnagy said that it will eventually go away on its own, but can last a week to what would be a full term pregnancy for a dog, which is about 2 months. the false pregnancy will happen again, unless I get her fixed. Ive created a go fund me, ( https://gofund.me/05cc178a ) to help raise funds to get her fixed. The vet bills that I have incurred already have drained my savings, and getting a female spayed, who is suffering a false pregnancy, is roughly $500, including all the blood work and pre-testing that needs to be done.
I saw my cardiologists on Wednesday, for my annual check up. I had to have an Echo and 12pt EKG done before I saw my Doc. All went well, and my heart is beating strong! The Echo showed that I have minimal regurgitation of my repaired tricuspid valve and of my mitral valve, but that my replace aortic valve is doing great!! No regurgitation at all!! That makes me super happy!!! He wants me to have a stress test, which I will schedule Monday, and hopefully they will be able to get me in quickly for that. He said that once I have the stress test, and it comes back good, he will sign off for me to have bariatric surgery. Things are moving right along!
Friday was Avaya’s summer Dance recital and they did an outstanding job!! Avaya was in 3 of the dances with her team and they did so great!! They have improved so much since last year, its amazing how much better they are doing!! My mom, Paige and I went together, Ryan and Kendra (Avaya’s Godmother) were there too, seated in the same row as we were, and Robbie, Vicky and Bella were also there, seated elsewhere. Saima was helping out back stage. I was made to feel like an outsider by Ryan, Kendra and Saima-they didn't say 2 words to me the entire recital. Afterwards, Ryan talked to me briefly about his niece, Kylie, who is also a dancer at Glenns, with Avaya.
My mom and I were talking on the way home, as we both said that Avaya looks sad when shes around me and doesn’t love on me like she typically would before all this crap happened. I’m fairly sure that shes behaving that way du to what her mom (Saima) has said and how she is behaving towards me. I feel s bad for Avaya, in punishing me, she is also punishing Avaya in the process. Hurt me all you want, but dont hurt Avaya. I just cant believe that Saima is doing this!! I would never have thought that she would behave the way that she is behaving. It breaks my heart!!
Yesterday was the birthday party for Liam and Connor, 2 of my grandsons. I wasn’t able to attend due to a Gastroparesis (GP) flare. It was horrible and lasted about 4 hours, of non stop running to the bathroom. My diagnosis is fairly new and I am still in the learning process of this disease and how to deal with the symptoms. I have heard some real horror stories about GP…and I do not want any of that!! I wish that I Had been able to attend the party, I’m sure that neither Robbie or Vicky believe that I was that sick. Of course, neither of them know about my new diagnosis, so of course they wouldn’t believe it. II have the boys gifts sitting on my kitchen table, waiting to be given to them.
My main AC unit decided to stop working earlier in the week, and we were sweltering through the heat wave here in my little tin can. My mom said something to Pastor Chris, at her church meeting Tuesday night, and she and 2 men from the church came over to try to fix it. Unbeknownst to me, if they couldn’t get it fixed, they were going to buy me a brand new AC unit. To say I was shocked is an understatement! They men, whom I had never met before, worked on my AC unit for over 2 hours. Pastor Chris had left to go buy a new AC unit at Lowe’s in Howell because the guys didn't think they were going to get it running. While she was gone, they were able to get it running again by taking it completely apart, cleaning the years of gunk out of it (it was a hand me down to me from my friend Sandy, late last summer). It looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in YEARS!! It was really gross!! We got my old unit installed again and boy does it put out some seriously cold air!! Pastor his said she was goin to hold on to the new AC unit for 30 days, just in case this one went out again. I have to say that I was very humbled by the whole experience.
I think, since its cooler today, I am going to make some oatmeal protein cookies. they are so tasty and loaded with protein and good stuff. I can make a bunch and freeze some for later. Ive got 2 huge bunches of bananas that need to be used, so this is a win-win!!
This is Life…As My Thoughts Wander
Lisa M~
HAPPY JUNE and HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!
I cant believe that 2023 is almost half over! How is that even possible!! It feels like NYE was just last week, and here we are the first week of June!! School is almost done for the year here in The Ville; Thursday is their last day. Howell had their last day last Thursday. This school year went fast! Now summer begins!!
It’s been really hot here in Mid-Michigan the last week, with temperatures in the high 80’s. They have been calling it a heat wave. It’s not usually this hot here in June, these kinds of temps are typical in late July through August. We also haven’t had any rain, which has caused a few fires in Michigan and a Forrest fire in northern lower Michigan. They were able to get it maintained, which is good! A friend of mine was on evacuation alert, but didn't end up having to leave his cabin/home.
I ended up having to take Maze to see her vet on Thursday because she was still having bloody diarrhea and passed bloody mucus from her vagina. They ran all kinds of tests on her, more than the emergency vet did and everything came back clear. Doc Gnagy diagnosed her with a “False Pregnancy” and said that she probably had a bacterial infection along with the false pregnancy, which has caused all of her issues the last 2 weeks. A false Pregnancy is where an unaltered female has a sudden change in her hormones and her body believes she is pregnant. She has developed milk filled teets and is actually lactating. She carries around her little green ball like its her baby, and nests with it. It’s the craziest thing ever, I swear! Doc Gnagy said that it will eventually go away on its own, but can last a week to what would be a full term pregnancy for a dog, which is about 2 months. the false pregnancy will happen again, unless I get her fixed. Ive created a go fund me, ( https://gofund.me/05cc178a ) to help raise funds to get her fixed. The vet bills that I have incurred already have drained my savings, and getting a female spayed, who is suffering a false pregnancy, is roughly $500, including all the blood work and pre-testing that needs to be done.
I saw my cardiologists on Wednesday, for my annual check up. I had to have an Echo and 12pt EKG done before I saw my Doc. All went well, and my heart is beating strong! The Echo showed that I have minimal regurgitation of my repaired tricuspid valve and of my mitral valve, but that my replace aortic valve is doing great!! No regurgitation at all!! That makes me super happy!!! He wants me to have a stress test, which I will schedule Monday, and hopefully they will be able to get me in quickly for that. He said that once I have the stress test, and it comes back good, he will sign off for me to have bariatric surgery. Things are moving right along!
Friday was Avaya’s summer Dance recital and they did an outstanding job!! Avaya was in 3 of the dances with her team and they did so great!! They have improved so much since last year, its amazing how much better they are doing!! My mom, Paige and I went together, Ryan and Kendra (Avaya’s Godmother) were there too, seated in the same row as we were, and Robbie, Vicky and Bella were also there, seated elsewhere. Saima was helping out back stage. I was made to feel like an outsider by Ryan, Kendra and Saima-they didn't say 2 words to me the entire recital. Afterwards, Ryan talked to me briefly about his niece, Kylie, who is also a dancer at Glenns, with Avaya.
My mom and I were talking on the way home, as we both said that Avaya looks sad when shes around me and doesn’t love on me like she typically would before all this crap happened. I’m fairly sure that shes behaving that way du to what her mom (Saima) has said and how she is behaving towards me. I feel s bad for Avaya, in punishing me, she is also punishing Avaya in the process. Hurt me all you want, but dont hurt Avaya. I just cant believe that Saima is doing this!! I would never have thought that she would behave the way that she is behaving. It breaks my heart!!
Yesterday was the birthday party for Liam and Connor, 2 of my grandsons. I wasn’t able to attend due to a Gastroparesis (GP) flare. It was horrible and lasted about 4 hours, of non stop running to the bathroom. My diagnosis is fairly new and I am still in the learning process of this disease and how to deal with the symptoms. I have heard some real horror stories about GP…and I do not want any of that!! I wish that I Had been able to attend the party, I’m sure that neither Robbie or Vicky believe that I was that sick. Of course, neither of them know about my new diagnosis, so of course they wouldn’t believe it. II have the boys gifts sitting on my kitchen table, waiting to be given to them.
My main AC unit decided to stop working earlier in the week, and we were sweltering through the heat wave here in my little tin can. My mom said something to Pastor Chris, at her church meeting Tuesday night, and she and 2 men from the church came over to try to fix it. Unbeknownst to me, if they couldn’t get it fixed, they were going to buy me a brand new AC unit. To say I was shocked is an understatement! They men, whom I had never met before, worked on my AC unit for over 2 hours. Pastor Chris had left to go buy a new AC unit at Lowe’s in Howell because the guys didn't think they were going to get it running. While she was gone, they were able to get it running again by taking it completely apart, cleaning the years of gunk out of it (it was a hand me down to me from my friend Sandy, late last summer). It looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in YEARS!! It was really gross!! We got my old unit installed again and boy does it put out some seriously cold air!! Pastor his said she was goin to hold on to the new AC unit for 30 days, just in case this one went out again. I have to say that I was very humbled by the whole experience.
I think, since its cooler today, I am going to make some oatmeal protein cookies. they are so tasty and loaded with protein and good stuff. I can make a bunch and freeze some for later. Ive got 2 huge bunches of bananas that need to be used, so this is a win-win!!
This is Life…As My Thoughts Wander
Lisa M~
