Thanksgiving

Since it's Thanksgiving I will share of a few of the things I have to be thankful for. The list would be incomplete without thanking my caregivers. Primarily my wife, and son Matt. Dan helps me when he is here and remotely helps me with my computers. Tom used to be stationed in Iowa and we saw him at least once a month. There is much more I can say about these wonderful people who make my life worth living but I have discussed them many times on my blog already. We also have Atlas, the wonder dog, for a year while Tom is deployed. He is pretty sweet and I like some of his kisses as long as they're not my mouth. He does like to kiss though.
I'm thankful for my new kitties. It took me 2 months to get over losing Macy enough that I could consider another cat. The one we liked turned out to be part of a bonded pair and we had already liked the other one but not as much as the new one named Lacy. Her body coloring is almost identical to Macy's. We had to think that was quite a coincidence that her coloring was like that and her name is almost the same. Her brother of the bonded pair is almost entirely gray and is a very beautiful cat. Lacy will sit on my lap for 15 minutes or so. Her brother Slim is not very cuddly. He is a strange combination of being timid as well as curious so we see him around the house more. They both seem aware of Atlas and are a little afraid of him. Slim but not seem to be afraid of him and walked right by him now. Atlas is a good boy and rarely chases the kitties.
I wish I could say I was thankful for the benefits of the new MS drug Ocrevus but I think the jury is still out. It seems to have slowed the progression but I had hoped I would get a little bit of use back in my right hand. So far this hasn't happened and my right hand is a little worse than it was last summer. Next infusion is next year and I hope the 2nd one gives me some pop.
I am very thankful that my last visit to my doctor for my coughing and sinus problems. She suggested Zyrtec – D and using the nose spray Flonase. Between the 2 I have very little problems. Still have to cough up things 2 or 3 times a day that's better than coughing all day and night.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers and I hope God blesses your 2018.