Lizzy McFly

Yet again, I’m all behind on my blogging.  I haven’t been feeling well lately and have lost interest in things.  I guess I’m getting a tad down.  My bladder infection is back again (I think this is number 9 since February) and with the lower back pain this one is causing, it may have spread to my kidneys.  It seems with each infection I get, the more weak I become and the longer it lasts.  Not too sure what to do anymore.  I see my urologist next week and I’m really hoping he can help me.

I’m happy to report that little Mya is healing well from her tooth extraction surgery.

The only part that is worrying me is that her little fluffy cheek is getting caught on her bottom tooth:

She’s looking a tad snarly now.  I was hoping it was just due to the swelling, but it still seems to be happening since the swelling went down.  I’ll have to see what the vet says tomorrow.  Paws crossed.

A week after her surgery, she was allowed to have dry food again.  All four of the goobers were thrilled when that food came back out:

The two speckled kitties, Boo and Abby, had quite the sleep after their noms.  Not too sure why Boo put her paw on Abby’s head:

Last weekend was the Grape and Wine Festival in St. Catharines.  Mike and I wandered downtown for breakkie then watched a little bit of the parade.  One of the first items in the parade was this cute little remote controlled ambulance.  Since my mother is tiny, Mike and I decided it should be called a Janbulance.

The winning float in the parade was for Brock University’s 50th anniversary:

I used to be in the E.L. Crossley Marching Band in high school as a drummer.  I’m surprised how much smaller the parades are now than back when I was in them.

I started my new MS treatment medication last week.  Gilenya is a once a day pill.  For the first dose, I had to stay in a clinic for monitoring for at least six hours.  The nurse had to take my blood pressure every thirty minutes then an ECG at the end of the six hours.  Here goes the first dose:

The nurse was really nice and we chatted a good portion of the time I was there.  I also brought the log books for my airplane and got those all up to date.  The time went by fairly quickly with no major side effects.  I think one of the best parts was when the nurse gave me an awesome cuppy cake:

Slurp!

I’ve been a little nervous about this weekend.  For my mother’s birthday, I got her a seat on the CAA bus tour to St. Jacobs.  Mike hadn’t been there before and he joined us.  The reason I was nervous was because the bladder infection made me so weak over the last few days.  I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it a full day, walking around the market and town.  It was a little rough, especially going into the afternoon, but I made it.

Our first stop was at the market.  We hit the outlet mall across the street and sat down for a coffee and some treats.  We toasted our trip with some zucchini bread:

We were a little rushed through the market, but did end up making a few purchases.  At 11:15, we got on the bus to head over to the town.  We spent a couple hours touring around the shops, then went to the amazing Stone Crock for a late lunch.  It is hands down the best buffet I’ve ever been to.  Their food is incredible:

We were surprised that there wasn’t too much time left to go to the rest of the stores in the town.  We actually missed quite a few of them.  It was still a great trip.

Today’s symptoms: Feeling really lousy.  My bladder infection is a bit worse and I’m quite wiped out and weak from the long but awesome day yesterday (St. Jacobs).  I really feel run down and all of my usual MS symptoms (sharp pains all over, sensitive skin, headache, etc.) are quite a bit worse.  Blah.