Daily Update, September 18, 2023

    I think I forgot to mention that I had a phone call with Auntie Barbara after dinner Sunday. It went well. {Smile}

   Monday morning, right after breakfast, I called the veterinarian's office. They answered and assured me Val was ready to come home, and was even letting them pet him, he was in that much better a mood.

   So, I hung up, let that sink in, began to call Melanie, remembered she's on a trip, and called Alan to tell him that I needed a ride to pick up Val and take him home. Alan asked when I wanted to pick him up. Well, not between 12 noon and 1 pm, because that's their lunch break. When could he come and get me. He said give him 15 minutes to finish up. I was happy to. {Smile}

   Alan came, and picked me up, and took me down to the vet. They want to see Val again in a couple of weeks, so we made that appointment. Then he waited in the car while I arranged for the refund for Val's stay, and got his medicine, and him. He was quiet on the way home, not meowing plaintively. I think he knew we were going home and was just happy we were. {Smile}

   So, I got him home, fed him, and after a while, he came and sat on the chair next to me. I petted him on and off, until he suddenly started jerking, and even fell off the chair. He was having a seizure! I got our nurse, who said he didn't know what to do, but he did pull him out of the spot he was in and put him on a couch in the living room. I moved him to the couch which has a heavy foam ramp so he wouldn't have to jump. I called the vet's office, and texted them, too. they responded by text, suggesting that I try Karo Syrup. I did, and he walked less shakily after that. I guess it was hypoglycemia, but why must Val's be so much scarier than dad's and mine? {wistful look}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I read a Christmas letter from 2018 from a friend of Mom's sister complete with a poem, which the friend includes every year. After that, I showed her the last few pages in _the Picture Book of Vintage Vogue_, with its pictures of old Vogue magazine covers from the early 1900's. I read the full date when the picture had one, and any other words that caught my eye. Then I showed her _Memories 1960s_, reading her the blurb on the back, and promising to start it tomorrow.  After that, I read Thumbelina, a short story from _365 Bedtime Stories and Rhymes_. Last, I finished with _Mushrooms_, the September 18th story from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. David, Diana's older brother wanted to see the mushrooms she'd picked. He waws impressed with the number, but asked about the colored ones, which he said weren't mushrooms. She told where she'd found them, and pointed out how pretty they were. David told her to throw them away because they were poisonous, and which kind of mushrooms me meant to gather. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises and my arm swinging exercises while waiting for Alan to come for me. I did my walking exercises and arm resistance exercises while waiting for Phonso's second trial to fill. After taht, i was plain too drained mentally, emotionally and physically. Getting Val back, then having the seizure, and not knowing what to do, or what might be the problem... Yeah, I was quite drained. a snack to help hypoglycemia helped, but not enough soon enough. {rueful smile}

   I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming after lunch. Then I did paperwork and some solo play when I didn't catch the early short, large-group event like I hoped to. After that, Perogies came in, and we teamed up. We began running missions together. Then Meroa came in and said hi. They joined us and ran a few missions before they had to leave. Perogies and I ran a couple more missions before it was time for him to go to bed, and me to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Not finding anyone on, I saw one story arc being advertised, and joined it. We ran it successfully. After it was done, two of the folks didn't leave the team, but started talking about how they both needed a particular item that I've been running the high-level individual missions for. So, I introduced them to it. While we were getting going, Perogies came on and said hi, so they joined us. Then the others let, and Perogies and I ran another mission. Phonso came on when we were part way through and invited us to the first of three trials. We finished the mission, accepted, and ran that trial. I disconnected partway through but was able to reconnect before I'd missed too much. Then we ran the next trial. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server a bit. Perogies left, and I considered doing my salsa dancing, but I was just too tired, between hypoglycemia of my own, and all that had happened with Val earlier. So, I ran the third trial, which was less physically demanding. Then the group split up, and I did paperwork and wrote some of this, switching to notes to finish the next day when it got late. {Smile}