Did Not See It - But Should Have

[RDS]

I just got off the phone with my W. She is in extreme pain from a duodenal ulcer, and she has been suffering from it since last Thursday. I only found out about it Sunday as my D told me my W called and told her about it.

Last night I sent her an email going over the budget dollars I was sending her and at the end of the email I told her I was sorry to hear about her ulcer and to give her the status of the items I was trying to sell.

She responded by telling me the pain she was in and was so tired of her physical ailments she has had to deal with over the years. She has had 9 hernia operations, 4 miscarriages, multiple issues with her “woman parts”, and a couple of ACL tears. I’ve spent many hours with her in the hospital over the years. I’ve been rather lucky. I’ve been to the doctor a couple of times for dehydration about 25 years ago, and I had a kidney stone about 15 years ago. Other than that I’ve been pretty good health wise (not counting my dental problems).

I answered her email by expressing concern over her pain and briefly told her about the job offer I had in TN. She called me about 10 minutes after I sent the email. I soon as I heard her voice I knew she was in a lot of pain. She tried to talk to me about it but she would start crying when her pain became too intense. I felt so badly for her and my heart ached. I probably broke every DB principle out the door when I was on the phone with her, but my W was in so much physical pain I didn’t know what else to do. She did ask if I would watch our (her) dog for a week as she can’t pick the dog up or take care of her. She was really worried about asking me because she was afraid I would keep the dog from her. She was also afraid I would get angry about the dog as she is very accident prone in her old age. One of the many things I got angry about and took it out on my W was how I felt the dog was treating our house like a toilet. The dog has ruined the carpets and I was waiting for the dog to die before I pulled the carpet up and install new flooring.

I assured her I would not do anything to harm the dog and I wouldn’t get mad with the accidents. My D has a puppy in the middle of getting house trained so it’s not like I can do anything about it. Instead of steam cleaning my carpets monthly I will do it bi-weekly.

I am getting the dog tonight. I don’t know how long I will have her. My W has an appointment at the hospital tomorrow. They are talking possible surgery now. More to follow.