Well, I've been without my laptop for 5 weeks and it feels like a year. Since I don't get around quite as much as before I really count on my on-line contact to keep current with the world! I had really planned on keeping the blog going but, alas, when you least expect it......poof! A lot has happened since my last posting so this may take a while.
Shortly after that last posting at Thanksgiving I had another incident which landed me in the emergency room. I was speaking to my daughter about the headache I had when she noticed that one side of my mouth was sagging and not responding when I was speaking. She insisted she take me to our emergency clinic fearing that it was another migraine/TIA or, worse, a stroke. I finally agreed to go and was comforted knowing that my daughter and Alli could be with me. My headache became excruciating and they had trouble bringing the pain level down. However, my daughter reminded me that Alli could be on the stretcher with me. I told her to "jump", and patted where I wanted her. I began stroking her from the side of her head down her side as far as I could reach just like I do every morning and every evening. She kept staring at me, and I guess I dozed off. In any case, I awoke with a slightly less severe headache. I continued to pet her and telling her what a "good girl" she is and how luck I am to have her as my partner. The long and short of it is that After a couple of hours at the clinic I was able to go home w/ Rx's for pain and nausea. I truly expected to have to go to the hospital as before but was pleasantly surprised and grateful to have All to calm and relax me.
The following weekend my mother-in-law, my daughter Bethany, Alli and I went to the Kenny Rogers Holiday concert at the Mohegan Sun. I don't believe in gambling, but my mother-in-law gets complimentary tickets and rooms so we were also able to spend the night. Alli was wonderful! I jokingly kept saying beforehand that my mother-in-law was more concerned with Alli liking the concert and being comfortable in the hotel room than any of us 2 legged persons! In any case, they had gotten us aisle seats on the floor about 10 rows from the stage. The first half of the concert was "oldies" and though Alli behaved she seemed a bit antsy. During the intermission, she kept looking at me in the ladies room and licking my face. It suddenly dawned on my that during that first half she probably couldn't see my face. The second half was Christmas favorites and I was on the aisel. Alli was great, and actually curled up at our feet and slept the remainder of the concert. My mother-in-law went her way and Bethany, Alli and I went to the martini bar for a drink. We were going to just have a glass of wine since I rarely drink anymore now that I take so many meds, however, my daughter had the wine and I had a "Lemondrop Martini". Alli waited patiently by our feet. A gentleman at the bar(we later found out that he is a bail bondsman) kept remarking on my beautiful dog. He was obviously "3 sheets to the wind" and Bethany and I chuckled once or twice. He said that he was going to buy All a drink. Soon after, I saw the bartender hand him a Tupperware-type dish filled with water and with a slice of lemon hanging over the side!!!!!!!!! He delivered it to Alli and I told him, "I want you to know that she's not a cheap date. You can't buy her one drink and think she'll follow you home"! In any case, the rest of the evening went w/out incident and she loved sleeping in the hotel room!
Tomorrow: Alli Meets Some Sugarplums at the Ballet!
