Round up catch up

Although we've been AWOL for the past couple of months I had started writing several posts but never got around to finishing any of them, so I thought what better way to bring you up to speed than to put a few short posts together in one longer post for a quick round up-catch up as I sit here in A&E at the Royal Surrey County Hospital with my dad in the wee small hours 

Unfortunately my dad took a tumble earlier today and

Sorry we've been AWOL

Apologies we've been so very tardy about posting recently, the truth is I've been really struggling with my own mental health for the past couple of months

Something happened which made me realise that all was not well in my world and that I couldn't ignore it anymore when I hadn't been in to check on my parents for three days

They weren't totally abandoned as mum has carers that come in first thing each day to help her get washed and dressed, but I just couldn't face another day trying to cope with these two strangers who look like my parents and live in their house, but aren't the people they once were

Nothing prepared me for becoming my parents caregiver, it was forced upon me because I'm the only one near enough to do it. My life has been turned upside down and my own health struggles make things really difficult as I never get the time to just stop and rest up for a few days

 I'm absolutely exhausted with the constant worry

Paleo Plus Rebrand

 Introducing the beautifully rebranded Paleo Plus range from Paleo Ridge and wearing a very sleek black and gold jacket that's colour coded for each meal

It's the pup equivalent of the little black dress/tuxedo and adds that little bit of class to every meal without having to dress for it

Image Description - Boris the Black Cocker Spaniel sitting in front of an Ivy covered fence. Next to him stacked up are all the meals in the Paleo Plus range in their new black and gold sleeves, Boris is also holding the Special Diet sleeve in his mouth to look cute

To celebrate the launch of this beautiful new rebrand Paleo Ridge are offering 10% off every Paleo Plus product

Belated Happy New Year

It's been a busy few weeks here at Crazy Towers since I last posted and my dad has had to have another two blood transfusions because he's severely anemic again

I recently found out that the severe anemia dad's been struggling with as well as the constant breathlessness are yet more side effects of the radiotherapy treatment dad had for his esophageal cancer in march of last year

Photo Description - Eko the Golden Cocker Spaniel and Boris the Black Cocker Spaniel standing side by side with their front paws on the back of a wooden bench out on the common. Both are looking at the camera and wearing their turquoise fleece jumpers as the temperature has really dropped here in the South of England

This was news to me as I must have completely missed the part of the conversation

Christmas Round-Up of 2023

It's been another tough year here at Crazy Towers as my parents dementia continues to erode the people that they once were, adjusting to being their carer and putting my own life on hold has certainly taken some adjusting too, but we have a system that seems to be working now for the most part, Boris, Eko, Himself and my brother have all been my rock throughout this past year

Photo Description - Three people sitting on a sofa, two females each side of a male. From L-R it's my mum, my dad and then myself. I'm laughing at something my brother said as mum and dad stare at the camera

Boris unfortunately fractured his elbow at the end of July which required a specialist surgeon to repair it, thankfully Boris is fully insured which covered most the costs, although there was a large out of pocket expense for an echocardiogram, for the first time ever this year