Arthritis had really slowed me down. Then the right medicine came along.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWTFAKfNaP
By Mary Hansford, Watkinsville, Georgia326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqwgjkFkhb
"Donald, can you have it?" Where was my husband when I needed him? I just installed my reclinic and now the phone rang. I placed 's feet on the floor and gently pushed against the armrests to stand. Spasms shot up my back. Lord have mercy. This arthritis was my death. Years of secretarial work—all , seats—stained my lower back. I took my deck to sleep. It was more comfortable than my bed. Medicines helped relieve the pain. But then I started having bowel problems at . "It could be a side effect of the pills," the doctor told me. "Try to go without . Your best bet now is to keep moving forward, even if it hurts. It will help in the long run." Move forward? It hurt like hell just standing there! It was much easier not to get out of the chair at all. I had everything I needed with me - a good mystery novel, my devotion, a puzzle book, the TV. Lately my hands have been hurting too. The weather - it rained in 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfLEIoB8FP
- didn't help at all. mixer for phone. "Hey mom." This was my daughter, Jill. "I found a cute kitten behind the grocery store. It looks like a cat we had growing up, and well, I couldn't keep it out of the rain. I thought you would be perfect." 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYudOfcd2q
"You know I can't take care of a cat," I said. "Don't bring it here." Jill had two dogs. She wouldn't be able to keep , kittens, but I didn't let her blame me for that. 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF5JEV71F7
"Okay," he said. “I'll work here for a few more hours if you change your mind.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ0V5h3MtO
I hung up and returned to the deck. Donald - Now He Appears! - watched TV. 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47iY6D3nwT
"Of all the crazy ideas," I muttered. "What would make Jill think I want a kitten?" 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OFY6mG5vE
Donald was glued to the TV. I sat down in the chair and picked up my puzzle book. But all I thought about was that kitten. Soaked hungry Abandoned I sighed. Donald looked at me. 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs221sm9bgZ
"Mary, if you want a kitten, get one," he said. 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFyojQeopo
"I don't want it, but... okay." Jill sent our granddaughter a kitten and a bag of litter. It was a girl, a brown griffon with black stripes. Nice little thing, I had to admit. So small. I didn't hold him too close for fear of fleas. I caressed his fur, which was still wet from the rain. 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HArH9PSuo
"I call you rainbow," I said. I opened the tuna can and filled the bowl with water. 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdm7w8MY9h
I bent down to place them on the floor, holding the glass for balance. Rainbow sniffed the tuna, then went with his tail wagging. "You're a picky thing, aren't you?" I said. 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwbeuvLIFp
Seconds later he jumped from the curtains and ran upstairs. "Rainbow, no!" I screamed. I held him in my arms and sat down to check his coat for fleas. 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML4ptDzYOa
Rainbow snuggled up against me and purred. "Looks like you've made a friend," said Donald. I just shook my head. The next day I bought cat food, flea shampoo 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0szIsmABm
and two cat skin mice. Rainbows will drive these mice crazy by hitting them. He caught them under the china cupboard or sofa. Then he started screaming until I brought them to him, waved the mice away with a stick. And is valid. This means that he loved first of all. He was like a dog. He brought the mice to me and demanded that I throw him , of them. Over and over and over. He didn't feel the 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AOvh0kKNv
shooting pains in my back. What interested him? I had to feed Rainbow twice a day, make sure her water bowl was full. Every few days I changed her litter, took the pan to the woods near our house and dumped it. Donald helped a few, but mostly he left case to me. "You wanted a kitten," she said.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkgSuRyDwo
Rainbow kept getting into things. He poured on my aloe plant spreading dirt all over the carpet. Of course I had to clean it up. He broke two vases that I had for years. My back and arms hurt from all , climbs - literally! – trying to keep up with raging Rainbows. But what was I to do? 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtGM4Dtihp
I could not bear the thought of taking his lace. One night after dinner I collapsed into my armchair, ready to sleep. Rainbow jumped into my arms. "You are 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYWcj67Li1
, you are the death of me," I said. I didn't even have 10 minutes to sit down that day. I went to pay for it in the morning . 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmG5ECC3Sy
Later I knew I had something wet on my cheek. Rainbow, lick me, want breakfast. "Okay, I got the message," I said. I put my feet on the floor and pressed the armrests to pull myself up. I shivered reflexively, waiting for the pain to radiate from my arms throughout my body. But it didn't work. Just a little pain was all. I felt better when I stopped taking . Maybe better than in years! 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FKVRRX93m
I don't know who got to the kitchen faster, me or Vikerkaar. I bent down and picked up her bowl - without having to hold on to the end of the counter. He looked at me 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrG3GC0CfeX
and nodded as if to say, "See? I'm just what the doctor ordered!" 326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KTOAYiRYq
Three years later, Rainbow still keeps me moving and my arthritis away. I didn't want a cat. But Someone knew I needed it.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSDbyirFZp
