by Ira | May 17, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Joy was admitted to the hospital today. Sigh. Vitals are still all good! But, she wasn’t improving with the meds they gave us—the opposite, really, she seemed to be getting a bit worse with losing her appetite yesterday—so when I called the doc this morning to ask...
by Ira | May 16, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Joy…well, she got me up at 3am to vom—the burping bile kind, that’s all she’s doing at the moment, which I suppose is progress—and I could not go back to sleep after that for the life of me. Sigh. I was literally awake until 6am. I slept for about an hour after that,...
by Ira | May 15, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Another day hijacked today, le sigh. It’s Joy. She got us up throughout the night again, and then had tummy issues again in the morning. So back to the vet we went, except nobody had an appointment today, so that meant the ER. Sigh. She’s okay. Ultrasound was clean of...
by Ira | May 14, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Today was not the day I finished. But I grinded. I left too much of the end of my outline unfinished. That, in a nutshell, is the reason for the slowdown. It’s cost me probably…three weeks? Wild! But true. It doesn’t matter. I’m still right at the finish line. One...
by Ira | May 13, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Whew. So…today got hijacked starting at 3 in the morning when Joy starting waking up every couple hours to go outside. She peed, pooped, and then started puking. She was normal after that for breakfast and walks, but then starting around lunchtime she started to get...
