a rainy, chilly day requires…

Dec 6, 2023

SOUP! I like about every single kind of soup there is… especially with grilled cheese. I made it, and then we ate at Arby’s. 🙄

In Seymour to pick up a prescription, fast food was easy.

Perry’s been having shoulder issues and not just because he’s sympathizing with my favorite brother. He’s been complaining for over a month now. Yesterday, he’d had enough. His shoulder hurts and his fingers are numb. He went to see a doctor.

Earlier that morning, I diagnosed his issue as a result of his neck — an injury from a wreck when he was 18. I predicted they’d do an x-ray and schedule an MRI… with physical therapy to follow and surgery at some point in the future.

Well, guess what?!

The doctor sent him for an x-ray. After reading the results, he was scheduled with a spinal specialist and set-up a time for an MRI. The primary problem is his neck — degenerating discs and arthritis. His shoulder has some signs of mild arthritis, but that’s not what he needs to worry about. We’ll see if the next steps follow my guesstimated plan.

And today we’ll eat soup. 🙂

Ole’ Perry may be eating that stuff for breakfast. He’s supposed to eat before he takes 5 Prednisone pills.


Now you know: An orangutan named Fu Manchu figured out how to escape his enclosure at a zoo by picking the lock on a door. He did it repeatedly for weeks as zoo staff was stumped about how and tried every measure to prevent it only to finally catch Fu Manchu in the act using a piece of wire he kept hidden.