Saturday Fun

  Still no stitching updates. That might have to wait until either my house is done, or in between classes. Although, tomorrow is Sunday, so we can always hope...

  In the meantime, here are a few pictures of Ladybug and Smokey Bear!

  Excuse the slight mess behind Smokey- Mom and I went yardsaling! Smokey was more than happy to sit on Mom's new-to-her pictures. He's cool like that. 

  Miss Ladybug has been a big help with digging the footing. She enjoys running up and down the ditch I have dug so far. She also likes climbing up the side of the tunnel, and licking dirt. Pretty sure she would be the kid that ate glue at school, but, hey, to each their own! She seems to have decided that I am digging her an elaborate litter box. On the up side, thus far I have caught her confusion each time in a timely manner, and was able to move the product out of stepping range. She has been helping me dig some- gotta love a hard worker! 

  I would post a few pictures of the progress, but my phone is being stubborn and not letting me download the pictures Mom sent. I'll try again later. 

  Today has not been too terrible at work. The student that I have had so far today has been a great help. Her very first call came in at 9 something this morning. Dispatch advised Covid precautions, so after dressing up like aliens, we entered the patient's house. She advised us that she started having some chest pressure that made her feel short of breath while walking down the stairs. She said she had just finished turning off some lights up there because she was about to take her walk when it  happened. No cardiac, respiratory, or medical history in general at all. The student did great with doing what she knew, and asking us to show her what she did not know. The 4 lead showed a lot of ST elevation, so I had the opportunity to show the student how to apply a 12 lead. The 12 lead showed a MI (heart attack). The patient stayed surprisingly calm about everything. She just needed a few seconds to absorb the news before she was able to continue answering my many, many questions and start planning what she needed to do. She called her husband while the FD got the cot for us (they're good guys). We hadn't brought it in because FD advised us that she was not sure that she wanted to go at first. I didn't really give her much of a choice after seeing the 12 lead. The student grabbed the stuff the patient needed, I helped the patient to the cot, Mr. Icecream (I can't remember if I gave my partner a nickname already or not) spoke with her husband, and off we went! The student did great; she did all that I asked. I had to teach her how to take BPs over palp (its next to impossible to hear a BP over road noise, let alone sirens), then she took that over. It was a blessing in disguise that our monitor's BP cuff received a hole at some point during the call; the student became extremely proficient in obtaining the BPs in a timely manner. She even spoke to the patient's sons over the phone while I was busy doing something. All in all, the call went very smooth. Traffic was better behaved than normal, so that was a bonus. We stopped for a short time in the ER so that an ER doc could confirm that we knew what we knew, and then it was off to cath lab. I'm hoping to get an update on how the patient did. She was really cool, calm, and collected. That said, I'm hoping that there is a lot less excitement during the night. We are due for things to calm down around here soon!

  I hope all of you are having a great weekend, please leave a comment and tell me all about it!

  Happy stitching!

 Emmy
 

I'm glad I have such a good guard kitty

to hold the fort down for me while I am at work!

 

Kitties!

  

 Little Ladybug had her second round of shots today. She was not quite as accommodating while receiving her shots today. She turned to look at his hands, then at the vet's face, so that he would have to make eye contact while she voiced her displeasure. It was very entertaining. He also listened to her today as well (there was some dirt on her nose, and the vet wanted to make certain that it was from her odd habit of eating dirt, and not a respiratory infection). She did not mind at first, but when she was done, she turned to look at him, and just gave him a deadpan stare, followed by a meow when he did acknowledge her hint. She was very entertaining. On the way home, she was cuddly and had me pet her the whole way. Good thing I'm use to driving one-handed! 

  Mr. Slinky has managed an interesting feat, here of late.

  Fortunately, he appears to be recovering nicely from his injuries. Lil' sis made him share the bottle when he was unable to eat food. 

  While I was at the vet, I asked for antibiotics for Banjo- poor fella has another UTI. Thankfully, he does not mind taking his medication. There may or may not be a hot dog or piece of lunch meat involved...

  I don't have much else to report my friends. I worked on laundry and schoolwork, had a chiropractor's appointment, and am now chatting with you. No work on the house today, the timing would have made things difficult. This week is filled with someplace I have to go everyday, so that will likely impact my house progress significantly. Hopefully, I will be able to make up for it when I do get to work on it this week, as well as next week. 

  I hope everyone is having a great day, and please tell me what you have been up to!

 Happy Stitching!

 Emmy

P.S. Smokey wanted me to show you his new bow tie! As well as his skill at sitting on clothes. ;)

And his new tie!

Good morning!

“Good morning, Mother, I wish to be fed now.” 

Daycare

  So, Kirstie’s car won’t start, so she has been having to borrow one of our parent’s vehicles. As she was dropping Mom off at the daycare, she informed Mom that she really struggles with leaving Mom at daycare. :)

My Helpers

  So, Jitterbug, who turned out to be Ladybug, was a huge help while I worked on digging out the crawlspace for under my house. The house will sit on a slope, so I only had to dig out the high side and high areas. She was a huge help.     :)

My finished crawlspace! Now, on to digging the footing!

The sky was gorgeous last night when I finished digging the crawlspace area- God's handiwork is always gorgeous!

Banjo was just watching her for me...

"Whaaaaat, of course I wasn't thinking about chasing her!"

The family that cleans together, stays together!

Queen of the dirt pile

He was mad that it was too small for him to sit in...

A huge help with schoolwork!

Mom, can you help me with my schoolwork, purrrlease?

On the way home from her vet appointment.

  So, I brought the baby to the vet yesterday, and found out that it is for sure a girl, so now we are back to Ladybug! Miss Ladybug is a bit tired from all the excitement. She weighs 2.25 lbs, and the vet estimated her to be at 8 weeks old. She purred when he gave her her vaccinations! She was not a fan of the blood draw, but did not struggle too much. After the initial struggle, she calmed down and  started watching him draw the blood, the crazy girl. And, her blood work shows that she does not have leukemia, FIV, or heartworms! Yay! She goes back in two weeks, not sure what day yet- I forgot to schedule the appointment at the time. I'm planning on calling Monday (although I doubt he will be open on the holiday) or Tuesday, and I'll schedule an appointment for Smokey as well. Just not at the same time- he still does not like Ladybug, and my car is too small for a scared little baby and a mad big baby!

I hope all of you are doing well; please feel free to leave a comment and let me know!

 Happy Stitching!

 Emmy