Much improved

Mac is doing so much better today. He finally wanted to eat his dinner last night and it was so funny. I was just going to put it in Tara's room where he had been deposited when he was being a grumpy butt. He came out of the room so I just put down the dish of food. He started snarfing his food until he saw Shadow. He looked up and started growling. He then went back to eating but he continued growling while he had a mouthful of food. I wasn't too sure at that point if he was still going to be hissing and growling at me, so I quietly said his name. He looked up at me, gave a little mew and started rubbing against my legs. I put my hand down and he rubbed his head against my hand. That was when I knew that he had returned to us. I have to say I gave a big sigh of relief. I wasn't sure for awhile just how he was going to turn out. I had horrible visions at one point of having to put him down because he was trying to bite people. What is even more interesting is that Shadow and Mac are now getting along. I have reason to hope that the two of them will become best buddies. It will be a nice change of pace where Mac would torment Shadow to distraction.

One downer is that Mike's back is no better. This doesn't happen often but when it does it's a concern. There isn't much I can do to make him feel better. It just kills me to have to see him grimacing in pain from just getting up from the couch. He feels bad that I have to take up all the chores around the house. I tell him to look at it from the point of view that at least I CAN do all the chores. There was several times where I couldn't get up out of the chair without help. Mike had to take care of me. Help me bathe, dress, cut my food for me, help me to the bathroom........basically everything, plus he worked 10-12 hours outside of the house to pay the bills. Not one complaint did he make. We would be in treap of hubble if my weakness came back and his back went out like it is now. I don't even want to consider how we would deal with that.