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I want for you what you want for you. Nothing more, nothing less. I don't sit here and make a judgement, request by request, whether something should be granted you. My law is the law of cause and effect, not the law of "We'll see." June 17 - from Meditations from "Conversations with God - Book 1" page 117

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Hello there you bunch of alkies and others. How the hell are you? I got to Rosalie's Sunday about 6 PM. She was really having breathing problems. But thank God she has oxygen at home. When I got up Monday at 7 AM she was in her kitchen and not able to walk more than a few feet at a time without stopping. We finally got to her bedroom and she got back on her oxygen. About an hour later she was much better and we made her 10 AM Dr. Appt without further prob. In addition to her COPD with 40% Lung capacity, she has narrowing of the Aortic Valve in her heart and is not a candidate for surgery. Not the best news, but she is so damned positive she just keeps going like the Energizer Bunny. Yesterday took her for a series of X-rays. Took over an hour and she was exhausted when over. Could hardly walk. Got home and she was better due to taking some meds. Her worst time is the first hour or so when she gets up in the AM. Today I slept in, (10 AM) and had told them I would be going home today unless I was needed of just wanted for support. She said No, for me to go on home. I told her I was avail at a phone call for need or want. When I got home I called her to let her know I was safely home and blah, blah, blah. I told her I'd see her on the 3th for the 4th w/e. She said yes, she was looking forward to the w/e if she was still alive. That is the first negative thing I have heard from her in regards to her own health. A bit jarring but I think it was her way of saying "Be prepared Little Brother" and maybe just a quick glimpse of personal worry. She is very precious to me in spite of our arguments and all that crap. Geez, I'm so glad we get over that stuff quickly. Of course, a lot of it has to do with my sobriety and the fact that she no longer drinks heavily. She says with new meds she cannot have even a beer. Pisses her off, but she is pretty resigned to the fact. Damned she is so strong, just like our Mother, tho it ticks her off when I compare her to Mother so I don't. I just keep her out it.

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It is good to be home, Mamie is glad to be home, and I'm turning the AC to 42 for tonight. (Rosalie keeps her house at 78 or 80.) I keep mine at 70 - 78. Lower at night. But I can adjust. Flexibility is a blessing of being sober.

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Tonight I am grateful for:

• God, My Higher Power
• My Sobriety
• Mamie, my OCD Schnauzer who enjoyed her visit to the country.
• My sponsor.
• The prayers and support of my fellow bloggers. THANK YOU. (that's a big Thank You)
• That I'm pooped and still posting.
• Friends
• My nephew and his son
• All y'all.

Y'all be pretty now, ya heah.