So Scrappy is home and still baffling medical science. Essentially, yesterday he was to go on a controlled water fast, in which he would be taken out to do his business at intervals until he dropped 3 lbs. That would concentrate his waste in the urine, so that if it still wasn't concentrating, they would be pretty sure he had a problem they needed to treat with a (assumedly expensive) medicine. Of course, Scrappy actually GAINED a pound at first weigh in, at which point I imagined he giggled and tapped the bag of Cheetohs he had in his pocket.
Eventually, they got him down to test weight and everything turned out normal. At this point, next step options are a) just give him the damn water; b) give him the water plus 25% Gatorade to make sure he has some electrolytes; c) give him an ultrasound to see if he has a hidden nefarious problem that I just don't even want to know about. We'll be trying option b) for now.
The refrigerator, a problem that was about to roll into day seven, finally was solved by the BRILLIANT expedient of, "why don't we just swap it with the one in the unoccupied unit next door until we get Stuckys to come look at it." Needless to say, one "clean out the icebox round two" later, we were back in business, with all of the "iffy" stuff saved from the last round not surviving to see a round three. Of course, there was a size differential against us in the swap, and a slightly higher door guard in the freezer led me to drop the ice tray. No problem there; our canine camel promptly ate about half a tray and licked up the rest.
And, the new flooring: I described it yesterday as "barndoor brown". I took a picture to show you, but with my goofy camera, I had to wait till some of the battery charge wore off before I could post it. Here is what the camera saw:
And frankly, the camera flattered it a bit. But, through the magic of my toolbox, I can show you how it looks in real life:
Yeah, barndoor brown. But it is done, and all of our hassles are done...
...except for that really nasty, unknown smell coming from our half-bath, which our guy is supposed to spray into submission sometime later tonight. So, life is good.
Oh man! The floors look pretty good from here! I’m glad there was a good report and hopefully scrappy will be happy with the extra water!
ReplyDeleteAnd the guy just left after bombing that smell- good grief, that stuff he zapped it with might be worse!
DeleteChris:
ReplyDelete---Great news about Scrappy!
(and tell him he doesn't owe me a thing for the Cheetohs)
The Gatorade gig sounds promising.
---Fridge - Now THAT was a solution I had not thought of (and SHOULD have...makes perfect SENSE!)
I mean the VACANT place doesn't NEED it at the moment, right?
Sometimes the unit size can be an issue (unless the complex orders ALL THE SAME SIZE UNITS!
(note to management there, hmm?)
Glad that is resolved to SOME level of livability.
---The floor looks very nice...but I don't recall you actually NEEDING a new one.
(change for change sake?)
---Smell from the 1/2 bath?
Time to drop some dish detergent down the drain for starters...maybe some lemon juice?
Thank God things are returning to a sense of normalcy...until the NEXT bit of evil rises from the ashes (we'd all like to postpone that indefinitely).
Hang in there. The best IS yet to come.
Stay safe & dry up there, brother.
The floor is "upgrade because the place just got bought out, everyone gets it whether they want it or not..."
DeleteSmell: read response above.
Fridges: Models seem slightly different, but all-black color scheme to (sorta) go with the floor.
Hanging: I know. This was just a little rapids-shooting.