I have some time to kill tonight before bed, although maybe I should actually be getting ready for bed but that's not the point. I looked back at the last couple of posts I'd written here on my blog - just by chance - and noticed they appeared to be a bit morbid...Okay, OKAY a lot morbid, so I've had it rough the last little while what with dad having a stroke and all...
But today I've had a really good day! Wednesday's and Sunday's are my day's off and their always extremely enjoyable. But today I just felt really happy, maybe some slight tension relief after everything that's been going on with my dad.
So I'll go into it a bit, but I don't want to ruin the mood so I'll just give you guys the basic outline. As I explained in my last post dad had a stroke, thankfully a minor one. We took him to the docs and the next day he had an all day appointment at the hospital (these guys don't hang about with stroke victims) we spent the whole day there and he had a brain scan which revealed he'd had another smaller stroke which left some damage on his brain before this one...
His arteries in his neck were revealed to be 50% blocked on one side and 20% on the other which (as the doc said) isn't at the point where they need to operate thankfully. He has a heart murmur which he'll need to have an ECG for I presume but we're not sure when, since then he's been docs a few times and it's all been a bit stressful for him.
We're trying to keep stress levels to a minimum and he's not allowed to drive for a calendar month from the date of the stroke. We're all deeply worried about him and my mum in particular, I'm just worried about everyone, worried about my brother about my dad and mum and how their handling it all. I'm amazed at myself for how strong I've been, it's been a real roller coaster and so far touch wood, he hasn't had another one (though we had a scare the other day when we thought he may have had one in his sleep but he was showing no obvious signs apart from complete memory loss....)
So that's the update on that. I've been watching a ton of movies again, mostly horror and animated films such as Madagascar and Bolt and horror films such as the good old chuckster from the Child's Play movies - god I love that guy he makes me CRY laughing.
Not sure if I mentioned it yet but we have a kitten now! Her name is poppy picture is below...
She's an adorable kitten, VERY playful but still very skittish, she had a BAD life before she got to us and she's finding it hard to adjust to us treating her like a part of the family instead of like a piece of dirt.
We love her so much, she's one of us now and she's done my dad the world of good, he's calling her "my cat" all the time, especially when he can't find her he'll come up to one of us and ask "where's my cat?" it's great, really gave him something to hang on for if that sounds good?
Me and my mum love her don't get me wrong, but we're DOG people and so even though my dad's not quite for it at the moment (me and mum are still going ahead with it) by Christmas time we hope to be settling a new puppy into the Hodgson household. To be exact what I've always wanted - a Labrador puppy. Not sure if we'll go for a yellow, chocolate or black puppy just yet, depends on what';s around at the time...Their expensive puppies at £250 per shot. I'll keep you posted.
I've got Michael Bolton on tonight if you haven't already guessed from the title, been speaking to a guy from Brazil who I randomly met online tonight and he's been remarking at how polite I am and what not - I guess it's always nice to have your self confidence boosted a bit, I can't say that about too many guys in this world.
So apart from having a raging telephone call with a telephone salesman earlier today I've made the most of my day off, had a full pyjama day today, stayed in my PJ's alllllllllll day :) loving it!
Oh and England won in the world cup qualifier with Croatia! Bring it on!
So I'm gonna cut this one loose and leave you guys with a reminder that this is officially my song (listen out for my name at 0.48 secs) :
And to take a look at this, it'll make you laugh I swear!
http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149601784
Love you guys xxxx
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