Sunday, April 17, 2005
Update On Jay!
The ByPass operation on Friday went better than expected. The kidney Dr. said we should know in 24 hours how that function was affected by the surgery. His heart started right up coming off of Bypass and his color was and still is very good. There was a little disorientation yesterday but that is to be expected. ( He stood up from his chair to leave and scared the piss out of me I’ll tell you.)
I’m off to spend time with him this morning and again at afternoon visiting hours. So I’ll cut this a little short and keep you posted.
Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers.
Momma/Mary
Age And Treachery!
More words of wisdom concerning old farts and dogs borrowed from my friends!
The Old Poodle
A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that she’s lost. Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading rapidly in her direction with the intention of having lunch.
The old poodle thinks, “Oh, oh! I’m in deep doo-doo now!” Noticing some bones on the ground close by, she immediately settles down to chew on the bones with her back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the old poodle exclaims loudly:
“Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?”
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. “Whew!”, says the leopard, “That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!”
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.
The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, “Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what’s going to happen to that conniving canine!”
Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, “What am I going to do now?”, but instead of running, the dog sits down with her back to her attackers, pretending she hasn’t seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says:
“Now where’s that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!”
Moral of this story..
Don’t mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!
Thanks again Pam and Sally!