All at once
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dancerjodiIts weird, but things hit all at once normally - the good and the bad. The fun and the annoying.
Just about the time we're finishing up this bathroom (hopefully) and cleaning up the construction mess that's all over our house right now we'll be bringing Mal in for another surgery. You know the lump on his belly where his incision from the thread removal surgery was in the fall? Its not folded skin - its either some fat coming through to just under the skin or the start of a hernia (the vet could actually feel the hole and push the stuff back in there - ewww!). Its a tiny opening but the vet thinks its a good idea to take care of it before something seriously bad potentially happens. Poor little guy. Thankfully it will be a day procedure (that won't set us back $4 grand this time) and he'll have a small incision with skin staples (no metal ones on a 7" cut this time). Unfortunately it means that our little man will be in an e-collar again, and locked in the den for 2 weeks while he recovers. He and Jayne just play far too rough for it to be safe for him post surgery. Dammit!
The plumber comes for the bulk of the work (hopefully) today. Nightly showers at my parent's place continue. I'm glad its an option, but its still pretty annoying. I guess putting up with this kind of crap is why we have the house we do though. I'm not sure how we'll work Wednesday-Thursday, because we'll be out late at the Shadow's Fall/Lacuna Coil show. If there would be any useful bathroom related work for me to do, I'd have the option of taking Thursday (or Thursday and Friday) off. The problem is, Brian took Monday and is taking Tuesday. Damn! We have a ton of vacation time and aren't going anywhere to use it, but the time we can both work on things together is limited. Perhaps I'll take Thursday just to strip the paint on the doors, sleep late and who knows what else? After tonight we'll have a much better idea of how things will go. For now, I'm just trying to go with the flow.
Just about the time we're finishing up this bathroom (hopefully) and cleaning up the construction mess that's all over our house right now we'll be bringing Mal in for another surgery. You know the lump on his belly where his incision from the thread removal surgery was in the fall? Its not folded skin - its either some fat coming through to just under the skin or the start of a hernia (the vet could actually feel the hole and push the stuff back in there - ewww!). Its a tiny opening but the vet thinks its a good idea to take care of it before something seriously bad potentially happens. Poor little guy. Thankfully it will be a day procedure (that won't set us back $4 grand this time) and he'll have a small incision with skin staples (no metal ones on a 7" cut this time). Unfortunately it means that our little man will be in an e-collar again, and locked in the den for 2 weeks while he recovers. He and Jayne just play far too rough for it to be safe for him post surgery. Dammit!
The plumber comes for the bulk of the work (hopefully) today. Nightly showers at my parent's place continue. I'm glad its an option, but its still pretty annoying. I guess putting up with this kind of crap is why we have the house we do though. I'm not sure how we'll work Wednesday-Thursday, because we'll be out late at the Shadow's Fall/Lacuna Coil show. If there would be any useful bathroom related work for me to do, I'd have the option of taking Thursday (or Thursday and Friday) off. The problem is, Brian took Monday and is taking Tuesday. Damn! We have a ton of vacation time and aren't going anywhere to use it, but the time we can both work on things together is limited. Perhaps I'll take Thursday just to strip the paint on the doors, sleep late and who knows what else? After tonight we'll have a much better idea of how things will go. For now, I'm just trying to go with the flow.
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Date: 2007-04-03 01:18 pm (UTC)Despite the inconvenience, the bathroom is so going to rock. :)
Best Wishes for Mal
Date: 2007-04-03 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-03 04:44 pm (UTC)don't worry, hernia repairs are very routine, and not overly invasive.
Mal's surgery
Date: 2007-04-03 04:47 pm (UTC)I was wondering if we'd see you last night! :) I'm not worried about the surgery, as much as I feel bad about how miserable he's going to be after the fact (having been down that road with him before). At least its comforting to know that he didn't seem to want to take the staples out before as much as he wanted to clean himself (when he was able to take that e-collar off).
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Date: 2007-04-03 06:29 pm (UTC)Question..Are you liking your plumbers? Would you recommend them to someone else? I'm in need of one.
Waltham Plumber
Date: 2007-04-03 06:46 pm (UTC)Re: Waltham Plumber
Date: 2007-04-03 06:49 pm (UTC)thanks a bunch!!!!!