Thursday, October 13

On Tuesday night Cowboy fell while getting into bed.  He hit his head but said he was OK.  I managed to get him up and in bed.  I checked on him a couple of times during the night and he said he was fine except his leg hurt.  His eyes were normal and he showed no signs of concussion.  When we got up Wednesday morning his knee was swollen, red and hot.  I called the Dr and we took him in about 10.  While we were in the exam room waiting on the Dr.  Cowboy had a seizure.  He seized and then he slumped and was unconcious for a couple of minutes.  I called the nurse and she got the Dr. but by the time he was in there he was reviving.  They did an X-Ray and determined nothing was broken, tried to excise fluid from the knee but could not and so were sent home to do ice packs and Alleve.  The Dr.  is concerned that if he seizes again while moving around he could fall and seriously hurt himself so he prescribed an anti-seizure medication.  Supposed to go back on Friday if the knee is not improved.  As of tonight it still is swollen and hot.  We will see what the morning brings.

After we got him settled back at home I went to the store while Marsha looked after him.

Today the floor cleaning folks came in and did some cleaning.  This afternoon we went and picked up a refill on the steroid cream for his skin and the new anti-seizure med.  I read the information on it and I have to say it makes me a little nervous.  Am going to really keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't react in a negative way.

We are done with all the eye drops from his cataract surgery and my wound is almost completely healed, the house is clean and there is plenty of food so  I guess it could be a lot worse.  I feel like I need a designated parking spot at the clinic!

Well, there is one little problem.  My refrigerator which is less than a year old has an ice maker on the fritz.    I had to go buy ice for Cowboy's ice pack and for use for drinks.  Guess I will call them folks tomorrow and get somebody out here. 

I fried up some catfish tonight and some corn on the cob and he ate good but he went to bed at 8PM saying he was tired.