[FreezeMe]

my brother got rushed to the hospital 15 minutes ago, he has blood clot formed in his right leg ( 2 years ago he had one in his left leg) , people from emergency took 20 minutes to get here,they couldn't find the building number! my mom and dad are with him,i had to stay because someone has to signing off for now .

[matina]

OH KRISTINA! my thoughts are with you i hope they can help him and that the clot doesn't travel & dissolves with the medication they will give him. sending healing prayers your way. if this is the second one he has had any reason why he keeps getting them they may need to keep him on blood thinners.
PJ i hope you are well and out of harms way kathy same goes for you too please stay safe and as cool as you can. thinking of you all even though i am not on as much as i would like.
still no news on my uncle i guess now it is a wait and see prospect, a pity we humans dont have any rights to ease our own suffering when our pets do ;-( he is like a fish out of water gasping for breath it is mortifying to watch
hello to ada bear ice Jeannette. and anyone i have missed be safe and god bless you all.

[kathlyn]

Hi all

Kristina oh god I hope he's ok that's awful , let us know, are you ok there on your own My thoughts and prayers are with you all Morning matina i pray god sees your uncle suffering and eases him , your right we dont treat our pets that way it's going to be 42c or more today just what we don't need god I hate summer here time to close the house up and put a.c. on love to you and mum bless xo Hi Pj how wonderful to see such clear images of those precious koalas, when we've lost so many here in nsw with the fires I heard the news quote about a third of the koala population has been lost here your son does important work ,you are very proud of him and deservedly so take care of you and the girls today Pj stay in be safe Hello to everyone else

[pjmpjm]

FreezeMe, sending lots and lots of good wishes to your brother and family. Hope he's stabilised soon. Keep us posted. I'm on blood thinners for just such a possibility, so can really appreciate the danger.

matina and Katy, we just had a major false alarm at the end of Sublime Point. Three fire engines arrived to see what was going on. I went down (about 700 metres) and talked to two neighbours (leaving the firefighters in peace) and heard that a tourist at the big Fairmont Resort had reported it . . . not being sure of the location. Gusty and windy now and up to 32 degrees . . . quite hot for us. Hoping the wind doesn't force the fire back north towards my house. Am watching closely. Not as smoky here as it is down in Sydney. Katy, I imagine it's pretty bad where you are . . .

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-10/ ... s/11782892

My 5 Christmas wreaths have arrived at my brother's house and at the houses of his four children. This is my annual gift to them all. Photo shows my niece's garage with a bit of snow in front for matina.



Sunnya isn't really worried about all the smoke outside . . .

[kathlyn]

Morning everyone

Kristina how is your brother Is he in hospital , pop in if you can we're thinking of you
Good morning Pj well it didn't quite reach 40c yesterday but the smoke was quite bad again, yet today it's cooler and no smoke so far I heard (Ruined Castle) flared up again are you safe from it Sunnya looks well, how's little rishi doin now Matina let's just call it quits and go back to bed try again tomorrow I wish Hello to John bear, ice ,Ada ,diva xo let's hope that you are all doing ok Time to clean while it's cooler

[FreezeMe]

Hi everyone, my brother is still in the hospital. He's waiting for his blood report and doing more tests tomorrow morning . He can't lean on his leg and therefore can't walk / do simple tasks. Will catch up with this thread soon. Thank you all for the good wishes and prayers !

[matina]

hoping your brother gets well soon kristina
a quiet day home for mum and me today
i hope everyone is well god be with you all

[pjmpjm]

FreezeMe, sending get well soon wishes to your brother.

matina, hope you enjoy your quiet day!

Katy, reached 35 degrees up here yesterday but the wind wasn't as bad as expected. Fire no closer to my house. Smoke here is probably not as bad as down in Sydney. Yes, the Ruined Castle fire jumped over into the Megalong Valley yesterday, heading west. Don't understand why.

Sunnya and Rishi are OK. Am not so sure anymore that the Prozac is helping Rishi, but at least she doesn't seem to be over-grooming. Will keep watching her closely.

Tried to mow a bit out front of my house after it cooled off a bit . . .

[Morgan2498]

Good morning / Afternoon / Evening / night everyone, Whatever works for ya

This year's Christmas Captions posted by 13Ice are Hilarious and Deadly at the same time

[kathlyn]

Hi everyone

Hi Morgan yeah l love the Xmas captions gives me a laugh for the day nice to see you here Kristina all our prayers that your brother is home and well soon , keep smiling sweetheart Well matina I've stuffed up my back just by bending down and picking up clothes so it's the couch for me , I hope things are ok with you hugs angel xo Morning Pj is there any natural products that may help rishi, i know that Valerian can calm them is she eating atleast better temps today no wind 30c Have a good day everyone take care

[FreezeMe]

Hello everyone! Update about my brother : they released him from the hospital since he did all the tests , has to wait a couple of days for the blood results as to why he's getting blood clots. He's getting 2 injections here at home with the medication to prevent forming new blood clots. He properly ate finally and feels better at home than the hospital,especially since they put him in the "new" area but they didn't have simple things ... Anyways that's pretty much it. I got the haircut today,trimmed my hair really short since i have a hair loss condition due to low iron in blood. Not any bald patches or anything,just a middle to sometimes have hair loss. With that being said i'm finishing medical reports now !
PJ,Katy - wow i just saw what you guys posted about fires and smoke Hope that the air will clear out soon and that they'll stop those fires everywhere soon! Katy glad that the temp is not as high,although 30C is quite high for me PJ i'm sorry to hear about Prozac.. As well as humans pets tend to get resistance on certain drugs.. The vet may change the drug although i really hope that it won't come to that, maybe try giving her some natural products as Katy said ? I really like the photo of Sunnya btw! Matina i hope that you're doing okay Morgan ahahha yes , every day gets better with new pics Ok well time for me to watch some more yt and head to bed. Hope that everyone will have a good day

[matina]

hello all!
Morgan2498 welcome back nice to see you
Kathy bed rest and ice pack for you. get better soon.
PJ more kiri cream cheese for rishi get some lavender oil you can mix with water and lightly spray her bedding etc as it is a calming scent and keeps fleas at bay too. ( i still think she is pining for Cosmo) if you still have anything with his scent on it put it down and see what she does.
Kristina when you eat anything with iron in it like meat spinach mushrooms or even your iron medication have a glass of orange juice as it then doubles the amount of iron in the product your eating. so lets say a piece of steak has 30gms of iron in it if you have it with Orange juice it makes that piece 60gm of iron. something an old professor told me about as i too have low iron. so more meat and more vitamin c too. i was getting iron injections once a month at one stage and boy are they painful and they stain your thigh too for a couple of years. (like someone has beaten the holly hell out of you)
sunny you are missed jeanette star bear ice bluey brooklyn booktopia Isak sher lara dreamy foxy JG and mistress ada blue where is our xmas snow porn picsam ?????
time for coffee and to read a chapter or 2

[pjmpjm]

Hello everyone . . . just back from my trip to my specialist down in Penrith. All OK.

Still worrying about all the fires.

Will write more later.

EDIT . . . Someone just sent me this US report . . . from the Voice of America:

Australian firefighters battle to save residential areas from encroaching bushfires in the Central Coast, north of Sydney, Tuesday, December 10.

Toxic haze blanketed Sydney Tuesday triggering a chorus of smoke alarms to ring across the city and forcing school children inside, as "severe" weather conditions fueled deadly bush blazes along Australia's east coast.

Fire engines raced office-to-office in the city center with sirens blaring, as inland bushfires poured smoke laden with toxic particles into commercial buildings.

Emergency services responded to an "unprecedented" 500 automatic call-outs inside a few hours according to New South Wales Fire and Rescue's Roger Mentha.

A regional fire headquarters kilometers from the nearest blazes was itself evacuated while throngs of mask-wearing commuters choked their way through thick acrid air and the organizers of a harbor yacht race declared it was unsafe to proceed.

[kathlyn]

Hi all

Good morning Pj yes my son in law was in one of those city buildings that had to be evacuated because of the fire alarm, let's just say he's lucky he's fit with all the stairs he had to walk down The smoke doesn't seem as bad here of late here's praying things get better for everyone affected Matina I'm ok today, enjoy your shopping be careful out there it's so busy
Bless you xo Kristina I'm sure you look bootiful with your short hair Hello as always to our regulars diva mwah

[pjmpjm]

Katy, I posted that US news story because it was one of the most dramatic I've read. All true, of course, but merged together to make it sound like Sydney is in the middle of one of those mega-disaster movies. But sometimes the overwhelming smoke must make it feel that way. Much cooler up here and some misty almost-rain late last night. Nearby 'Ruined Castle' fire seems to be heading south and not towards my house.

matina, thanks for the tip about Rishi. You could be right. I've tried two different 'natural' soothers, without noticeable success. Prozac was the last resort, and seems to help. I give her kiri every night, as a treat, and she sits in my lap to eat it! Very cute.

Report from my surgeon yesterday was good. Won't give details now.

Hi to Diva and Morgan and Blue and FreezeMe and all the TLWBF regulars.



I had to wait a long time for my doctor yesterday. Took this photo of Nepean Hospital from a coffee shop across the street. And then found a spectacular flower growing outside!