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Murphy’s Law Has Nothing On Gladys
I am a planner and organizer. During my career I’ve planned events for universities and a Fortune 500 company. I plan events for our business, I plan events for my church and I plan events for friends and relatives. I even completed the Event Planners Certificate Program at Kennesaw State University. I’ve been planning meetings, conferences and training sessions for over 25 years. But, all of my experience and training is no match for Gladys.
I am a big fan of the Fox Network show, 24 and it’s star, Jack Bauer. It airs Monday nights at 9:00 PM. I’ve been watching the show since its first season and I don’t answer the phone while 24 is on. So, last night I went downstairs at 8:00 to get Gladys ready for bed. I helped her put on her gown, put her teeth in the soaking solution, pulled back her covers and watched her go to the bathroom. It’s 8:40 and all is well.
OK, I thought, I can watch 24 without interruption. It’s 9:00, 24 is showing what happened during the previous episode. Now this week’s episode begins and then I hear it, *NICHOLE! And I say to myself, “How does she do that?”
Such is life for a family caregiver. Murphy’s Law has nothing on Gladys. 
(*Gladys calls me by my daughter’s name).
Follow-up to I’m The Cat’s Caregiver
For the past few days I’ve been dealing with a sick cat who wouldn’t eat. I shared in a previous post the different things that the vet suggested I try to get Lexie to eat: canned cat food, chicken and rice baby food and broiled chicken and white rice. The first two didn’t work and I was determined not to buy chicken breasts for the cat.
Well, I had a thought and I tried it, I gave Lexie some of Cocoa’s food. Cocoa is my other cat, she eats regular Iams cat food and Lexie eats weight control Iams cat food. That did the trick. Lexie has been eating ever since.
She is still a little wobbly on her feet but she’s getting better. I think in a few more days she’ll be good as new.
OK, Now I’m The Cat’s Caregiver
Yesterday was unusual. I became the cat’s caregiver!
At 5:00 AM I went to check on Gladys and as usual, her cat Lexie was on the bed. As I shifted the covers on Gladys, Lexie got up to come to me but she was unsteady on her feet. Lexie was walking like a drunk. She kept falling and walking crooked. I knew I would have to take Lexie to the Veterinarian, so I tried to get some things done before waking Gladys.
At 6:30 AM, I woke Gladys to get her ready to go the the Adult Day Center, but she didn’t feel well. She had severe pain in one of her arms. Needless to say, she didn’t want to go to the center. OK, now I have to take care of a sick old lady and a sick old cat. I gave Gladys some pain medication and told her to go back to sleep.
At 8:00 AM I called the Vet and made an appointment. It turns out that Lexie has a condition similar to Vertigo. They gave me three prescriptions for her, one of which is used to treat humans for Vertigo. So now I have medicine for Gladys and medicine for the cat. It’s kind of funny because they take their medicine at the same time of day. Gladys asked me not to mix up her medicine with Lexie’s medicine.
Today I had to buy chicken and rice baby food because Lexie won’t eat. The vet said if she doesn’t eat the baby food to broil a chicken breast, cut it in cubes and give it to her with white rice. This is all food that I will have to buy because we don’t eat white rice any more and I keep chicken legs and thighs in the freezer because they are cheaper than the breasts. This cat is eating better than me! 
Hope this only lasts a few days.
