So great to see Phred on line again!!! :D
Plus a 6 hour nap!!! WOW! Great news indeed! :D
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So great to see Phred on line again!!! :D
Plus a 6 hour nap!!! WOW! Great news indeed! :D
Hi Phred, hope you had a good nights rest!
Hi Phred! Hope you are having a good day!!
Hi Phred! Just checking in to see how youare feeling.
Just checking in to see how everything is going for you. Hope you
are feeling better every day. :)
Hey Phred. I am so glad to see that you are home. Just listen to the doctors and do they say and you will do great!
Hi, Phred!! Get a good night's sleep tonight!!!
Hey Phred, did you make it outside for a bit today? Sure was nice! Not like January, but nice! :rolleyes: Me & the pups took a spin around the dogpark and I rested my keester on your bench while they made sure every blade of grass was in it's place. ;) We're hoping to see you soon-
Rained here most of the day. Hope it was nicer by you so you could get that hike in...
Hey Pred!! You were remembered in prayers at the Monastery today!! Sleep well!
Thinking of you dear friend and the fur crew too! Hope Mr. Sandman libearlly sprinkled some sleep dust in those baby blues, last night! Keeping you in my prayers nightly and thinking of you all with love in my heart, each and every day! Hope you and the pups are able to enjoy some outdoor time together soon, a short stroll perhaps, but don't over do!:) Check in when you can, friend!
We love ya~
Sandra and the Fur
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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke
You know us....
Hopefully you still remember how to use that camera! :p
;)
The Big Bed / Sleepin thing has been going along pretty A-OK since we got home ...
A new "nerve pill" the Hospital uses before procedures and a light sleeping pill seem to work together for 4-6 hours of restful sleep.
Next new *project* is to build up some strength and energy ...
I'd like to be able to walk more then 50 feet without needing Oxygen and an Ambulance! :(
We're going to head out for a Hike -plenty warm enough (50^) - but the steady drizzle
is a bit of a turn-off! :p
Wish us luck. ;)
Good luck and stay dry!
50s?! :eek: That's considered warm?!
;) Happy hiking!
Sounds good Phred!!! Hope you and the kids are enjoying a nice walk but sorry about the rain! Give yourself some time to build up your strength and stamina and before long, you'll be motoring right along!:) We love ya! Give the kids a kiss and hug for me and you guys have a good night, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!:D
Sandra:)
Are you kidding, Zip? Up this way, that's a winter heat wave!:D
Glad to hear you are home and doing better Phred. Things sure have not been the same without you around. Take it easy, you hear. :)
Checking in on you again Phred. Try not to over do and excert yourself. Ya have to start small and work up into the big stuff!
In Janurary, in Ohio? That's practically swimming weather!! Janurary is usualy 20-30 degress cooler!Quote:
Originally Posted by zippy-kat
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Originally Posted by zippy-kat
That considered practically tropical for January! We've had that weather here, too, which is just plain weird! January is usually well below freezing for most of the month, but this year we've had as much or more "January thaw" (usually last a couple days at the most) than "normal" January!
Mind you, I'm one of the few people (besides ski resort owners) who is disgruntled with the warm weather!
Hope ya had a nice walk, and are slowly building up strength. Maybe that's why it is rainy, Phred - to keep you from wanting to stay out longer than you should??
Hope you had a nice little walk!!
Have a good night!!
On January 29, "50's" is considered a HeatWave in Ohio!Quote:
Originally Posted by zippy-kat
And we did manage to dodge the rainey drops ... nary a drop hit hoomin or FurKid ...
but da Bus got a lil damp between hikes.
Pulled out the Maps when we got back home ...
lil sad :( we didn't do better on the Hike - sure FELT like we went farther!
Went all of 0.8 miles (8 tenths of a mile) in the camping area;
then added another quarter mile over at the Dam ...
Grand Total of a Mile.
>How Impressive<! :rolleyes:
We really need to get hustlin!
/s/ Tired Phred
Hey, anything is better than nothin' - don't feel badly, just resolve to do more next time!
Count the memories not the miles! Glad you had a fun, safe time.
*whispers* 50s?! That still doesn't sound like hikin' weather to me. ;)
(I love the cold, don't get me wrong. But I love it most when I'm indoors snuggled up with a certain grey/white cat. We both freeze easy.)
Phred!!!
A whole MILE!!!!
Wow - considering what you have just been through, I'd say that was pretty DARN good!
:D
Welcome home
All in good time, my friend, all in good time. I think you did great for your first big outtie. Build your strength gradually. Glad you're getting some shut eye. Prayers always comin' at ya!
Hey that is a great accomplishment! Keep up the good work
"50's" is considered a HeatWave in Ohio!...boy is that so! :rolleyes:
Went all of 0.8 miles (8 tenths of a mile) in the camping area;
then added another quarter mile over at the Dam ...
Grand Total of a Mile.
>How Impressive<! :rolleyes:
We really need to get hustlin!
PHRED!...ahem, getting out soapbox... you load up 3 rambunctious dogs, drive to and from the dam, go on (maybe the first uncardiac rehab walk HM?) with the same 3 dogs and then you go home to beat your self up? and on limited sleep? that amount of work is alot, so be kinder to yourself...getting off soapbox, dusting it off and putting it in corner....thank you for listening....bows,
To me, one mile sounds great!! On some days, I was lucky to get around 4 blocks only!! :rolleyes:
Hope you had a good night!!
Phred, that's not bad at all!! Now, think kilometers - you've been walking all of 1.6 kilometers +!! ;) :) You'll be sleeping like a baby. :D
Temp. in the fifties = heatwave! Well I wouldn't exactly put it that way, but it's certainly better than here, we have just above freezing! :eek:
So glad you're feeling better and able to go out. I'm sure Cinder, Smoke and Bowser enjoys it as much a you do. :)
Keep getting better!
Just over a mile sounds quite impressive to me! Hope the fresh air and exercise helped you to sleep last night. :)
Well, when you *used* to be able to hike the Mutts for between 3 to 5 miles; and still have some reserve left ...
"only" getting less than a mile before needing a "rest stop" is not such a successful hike. :(
But the SunBall is back out - so we'll head back to the BigLake and try to add
another block of campsites to yesterday's route.
;)
/s/ Phred
A mile is definitely a long hike for what you have been through. Were you given any guidelines as to how far you should walk until you get your body built back up again? Walking is definitely good for you, and I encourage you to do it (should help the sleep problem too), but just don't try to over do it. We love you, Phred. Scratches to the the three Mutts from me.
Now you just stop it, Phred! <stomps foot> The main word here is *used* to be able to. That was before a heart attack, heart failure, a kidney operation, a heart procedure and two(?) weeks in the hobspital! You can't expect to do the same things you *used* to be able to do just yet, you need to build your strenth up! A mile today, maybe 1.25 miles tomorrow, maybe 1.5 miles next week and 2 miles the week after that. Keep going at that pace and by summer you'll be back up to the 3-5 miles you *used* to do! The good news is, even though it's less than you used to do, it's still great exercise for your heart. Keep up the hikes and the old ticker will soon be just fine, if not better than before.Quote:
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Another little story. I know, I know, I always have to throw a story in. :rolleyes: My mom has walked 5 miles every morning for years and years and years now. When she had her heart attack, she had actually started out on her morning walk, but had to turn back because she didn't feel good. The point is, once the doc found out she had walked so religiously, he said that is probably the only reason she survived the heart attack. The daily walks made her heart strong enough to survive, and as soon as she could, she was back at it, starting out slow. The very first thing she has to do on the walk is go up a hill. So one day she made it down the driveway and back up the driveway. Then she made it down the driveway and the 1/8th of a mile to the bottom of the hill, then back the 1/8th of a mile and back up the driveway. Then she made it down the driveway and 1/2 way up the hill and back. Then she made it down the driveway and up to the top of the hill and back.
The point is, she took small baby steps and before she knew it she was back to 5 miles a day. I'm sure it seemed like forever for her, but to those of us on the observing side, she did it amazingly quickly after such major surgery. So the fact that you live in Ohio and have to wait for the weather to cooperate, doing a little over a mile so soon after being home is something to be celebrated!
Gosh.....why are my posts aways so blabby and eternally long? :rolleyes: ;)
Glad to hear you're sleeping a little better. Just keep up the good work and I know you'll be better than new in no time! :)
Your posts are wonderful, Debbie.
Phred, just take it slowly. You'll be back up to your regular hiking time in no time, I'm sure! I know the dogs loved the time that they got and it had to be good for you to get out with them and enjoy the day, even if you did have to dodge raindrops!!!!!! :)
Hang in there, my friend, and know that better days are coming. Just take it one day at a time!!!
Logan
Don't minimize your huge accomplishment, Phred! Geeesh, most "healthy," adults in their 30's and 40's I know would be hard pressed to walk a mile w/o getting winded; most won't/don't walk at all! I think you did great!!! I just came back from a 2 mile walk with Star, up and down some big hills and she's on her bed sleeping and I'm poooped too!:D You did GREAT! Remember Confucious! A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step! Debbie's mom has the right idea! Don't get discouraged friend:)
{{{HUGS}}}
Sandra
Sounds pretty good to ME!!!
I can hardly go a block without needing to sit down!!!
Hang in there! Prayers still flying from me daily!!! :D
I'm so glad to hear you had a great walk, I can't get over the great weather we've had here in Ohio! Sure has been great for a walk!
Glad to know you're feeling better!
Hey! I can't even walk around the block with-out getting
winded. lol
You are doing great, Keep it up.
I retract my statement about climbing Everest during the September climbing season. :)
Slow but steady!