trayne91
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- Joined
- Oct 30, 2013
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- 154
- Diagnosis
- 10/2013
- Country
- US
- State
- Wisconsin
It started with -56 degrees here in December for the 2 weeks my son was home from college during Christmas. The furnace went out. 2 weeks after my dog of 11.4 years died in the living on the floor. Then the other dog stopped eating and we had to put him down 2 weeks later (4 weeks to the day, January 7th) 12.8 years old. The weather has not broken freezing in I don't know how long. I think we have the top 10 coldest winter if over 30 something years. Today was the first day above 32 I think since mid December.
We were using the stove to heat the house during this time because we now need a new furnace, but then the stove burnt out. So we had 3 electric heaters and then our biggest one went out, down to 2. Another one went out and we were down to 1. I went to Walmart and got another electric heater. I've been on electric heaters in -20 to 20 degree weather off and on for over 2 months (since the stove went out in January).
I have blankets over my windows and doorways. The dog vomited on the couch before he passed and we were sitting on the floor most of the time (we only have 1 chair in the living room now). The floor is concrete with pergo on top so it's freezing cold like a concrete basement floor. We moved a futon from a bedroom into the living room for seating and sleeping. I've been sleeping on that since my son was here in December in the middle of the living room and my husband sleeping in the chair with blankets over my windows and doors and doorways to other rooms to keep the heat in the living room and kitchen all winter. The bathroom is freezing. I sleep in a hat, 3 layers of clothes, etc. My pain has been through the roof.
So, why in 10 weeks do both my dogs die, we have the coldest winter on record, I have no furniture, no furnace, no stove, and my electric heaters go out, too. And I have to have fibro and it is killing me. And, no one gets it, either. I think someone is telling me to move. Is spring here yet? Ugh! My legs are aching!
We were using the stove to heat the house during this time because we now need a new furnace, but then the stove burnt out. So we had 3 electric heaters and then our biggest one went out, down to 2. Another one went out and we were down to 1. I went to Walmart and got another electric heater. I've been on electric heaters in -20 to 20 degree weather off and on for over 2 months (since the stove went out in January).
I have blankets over my windows and doorways. The dog vomited on the couch before he passed and we were sitting on the floor most of the time (we only have 1 chair in the living room now). The floor is concrete with pergo on top so it's freezing cold like a concrete basement floor. We moved a futon from a bedroom into the living room for seating and sleeping. I've been sleeping on that since my son was here in December in the middle of the living room and my husband sleeping in the chair with blankets over my windows and doors and doorways to other rooms to keep the heat in the living room and kitchen all winter. The bathroom is freezing. I sleep in a hat, 3 layers of clothes, etc. My pain has been through the roof.
So, why in 10 weeks do both my dogs die, we have the coldest winter on record, I have no furniture, no furnace, no stove, and my electric heaters go out, too. And I have to have fibro and it is killing me. And, no one gets it, either. I think someone is telling me to move. Is spring here yet? Ugh! My legs are aching!