Last Friday the medical experts who have been involved with Centenarian since October of 2011 predicted that she would be on the wrong side of the lawn by Monday. I have a good deal more faith in the weatherman than I do these witchdoctors.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Latest Centenarian News
I got the call around 11:00 this morning. It was Main Lady, informing me that they are taking Centenarian off to Hospice. Since Main Lady does not have both oars in the water, it falls to me, Mad Jack, to bring order out of chaos and catch Hell for doing so, then smile and reply, "Thank you Ma'am, may I have another?"
What else, right? Well, I'll tell you, but first let me refer everyone to the official cast of characters so you can see who's on first, and let me also state right up front that you don't go to Hospice to get your chops cleaned.
What else, right? Well, I'll tell you, but first let me refer everyone to the official cast of characters so you can see who's on first, and let me also state right up front that you don't go to Hospice to get your chops cleaned.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
My Life: I hear a train coming
Lately things have been just a little on the hectic side of the fence. I don't know just how far back I want to go with this, but...
Centenarian is getting worse. No surprise here, the lady is well over one hundred years old. When the old chassis started to fail Main Lady took Centenarian to the ER where she was examined and admitted with a problem in the boiler house. She stayed three days and came out in worse shape than she was in prior to being admitted. That's the beginning...
Centenarian is getting worse. No surprise here, the lady is well over one hundred years old. When the old chassis started to fail Main Lady took Centenarian to the ER where she was examined and admitted with a problem in the boiler house. She stayed three days and came out in worse shape than she was in prior to being admitted. That's the beginning...
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Centenarian Update
As of this morning Centenarian is out of the hospital and back home. During what was supposed to be her last evening at the hospital, Centenarian fell out of bed and landed on Main Lady. Both women are okay, but the hospital staff decided to keep Centenarian for another night.
During the intervening time, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail arrived. One by air, one by bus and one by Interstate 80-90. Ding Bat flew into town sometime last night. I could tell because the ducks in the park started spinning in the water. Counterclockwise.
Hospice came by and delivered a hospital bed and a wheelchair, which is nice. Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail tried to put the hospital bed together and Mopsy got her fingers pinched. The delivery man came back and had the bed together in ten minutes.
Centenarian is doing pretty well at times, not so well at others. She feels vaguely nauseous most of the time, which I'm told is caused by some of the medication she takes. Some of it has codeine in it. I suggested we each take a few pills, chase it with some whiskey and go play with my gun collection. The Hospice worker was horrified. Ding Bat was terrified. Main Lady started to laugh and quickly smothered it.
It was real nice to see Main Lady's eyes light up and see her smile again.
During the intervening time, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail arrived. One by air, one by bus and one by Interstate 80-90. Ding Bat flew into town sometime last night. I could tell because the ducks in the park started spinning in the water. Counterclockwise.
Hospice came by and delivered a hospital bed and a wheelchair, which is nice. Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail tried to put the hospital bed together and Mopsy got her fingers pinched. The delivery man came back and had the bed together in ten minutes.
Centenarian is doing pretty well at times, not so well at others. She feels vaguely nauseous most of the time, which I'm told is caused by some of the medication she takes. Some of it has codeine in it. I suggested we each take a few pills, chase it with some whiskey and go play with my gun collection. The Hospice worker was horrified. Ding Bat was terrified. Main Lady started to laugh and quickly smothered it.
It was real nice to see Main Lady's eyes light up and see her smile again.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Main Lady's mother, Centenarian, is 103 years old and still able to get around on her own. That condition isn't going to last forever, and in fact I'm not laying any odds on the old freighter making 104. All that aside, Centenarian has a rather large home packed full of antiques (the real deal here), family heirlooms, high quality housewares and junk. Separating the wheat from the chaff is not always obvious - for instance, when my own grandfather cashed in his chips we had an estate auction in which one of the items was a wooden cabinet that none of the family would have bothered to chop up for kindling... it fetched $350 at auction.
So.
What I'm looking for is someone to walk through the house, point out the valuable stuff and estimate a price. I'm willing to pay for the services, but the last time I got involved in something like this I encountered a snake oil salesman that was almost as slippery and underhanded as I am, and that is truly saying something. That couple (a tag team match) tried making quick buys on valuable items just as a favor between friends. I declined. The man, by the way, was a minister who dabbled in politics and professed to be an expert in antiques. I got him off by himself told him very quietly that if I ever saw or heard of him coming near my loved ones again I'd put some buckshot in his behind. He got offended and left. So does anyone have any recommendations? I need to find someone who is not a thieving, thimble rigging snake oil salesman and does, in fact, have the answers to the questions I'm posing?
Centenarian is local to Sylvania, Ohio.
So.
What I'm looking for is someone to walk through the house, point out the valuable stuff and estimate a price. I'm willing to pay for the services, but the last time I got involved in something like this I encountered a snake oil salesman that was almost as slippery and underhanded as I am, and that is truly saying something. That couple (a tag team match) tried making quick buys on valuable items just as a favor between friends. I declined. The man, by the way, was a minister who dabbled in politics and professed to be an expert in antiques. I got him off by himself told him very quietly that if I ever saw or heard of him coming near my loved ones again I'd put some buckshot in his behind. He got offended and left. So does anyone have any recommendations? I need to find someone who is not a thieving, thimble rigging snake oil salesman and does, in fact, have the answers to the questions I'm posing?
Centenarian is local to Sylvania, Ohio.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Happy Birthday!
Well, it's that time of year again. I wrote about the entire business last year - here's the link to Happy Birthday 2010. Centenarian is one hundred and three years old - that's right, 103. Yes, it's amazing. The next question invariably concerns her well-being, which is fair. Up until a couple months ago, Centenarian was living by herself with regular visits from Main Lady and irregular visits from yours truly, Mad Jack. That has changed.
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