hello and happy everything.
we had a shit christmas and that’s that. snuggie had an abscess on his thigh burst the likes of which i have never seen. think alien. full on explosion. thankfully we were at the vet when it burst. thoughts and prayers to the tech that was the recipient of gallons of pus and blood all over her scrubs. we aren’t sure what caused the abscess in the first place if it was from rough housing one of our other cats or if it was a by-product of his on going issue with his hip. anyway, it was such an intense rupture that the skin on his leg basically disintegrated. so there wasn’t anything to stitch up, which means he has to have wet dry bandages stitched into the surrounding area that need to be changed every other day under sedation. which is expensive. 115 or more per change. we are now at change number 7 and have anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks left of this. i’ll let you do the math on that as it makes my brain bleed. there’s a go fund me set up for his care if you’d like to contribute. any little bit helps.
not to be outdone by the cat my dad had a heart attack on christmas eve. he’s ok. and in fact he’s home and doing well. but he was very very lucky as the tests came back with a 95% blockage. at this point we were all like is this a joke? where are the hidden cameras?
lots of other stupid little shit too, like exploding computers and nearly sliced off fingers. all within the 3 days leading up to christmas.
it really tested me. i think given the circumstances i remained pretty composed. i still managed to create a pretty christmas and cooked dinner for immediate family - minus dad who was in the hospital :( we facetimed - he was good. fiona got the things she wanted most and we watched home alone 4 times. the older i get the funnier that movie is to me. i am turning into my grandpa.
new years eve was good. fiona turned 15 and spent the night with her grandma, ice cream, staying up til 2 am and to not go to the annual neighborhood party was what she wanted the most. mike and i went to the annual neighborhood party and had too much fun. the three of us laid around all day on new years day watching paranormal tv and laughing our asses off and it was honestly the thing i will remember the most.
here are some snaps of the house at christmas…
mom’s dutch apple pie and chocolate truffles from my MIL made out of crushed up oreos and cream cheese. they were stupid good.
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