Hospets

Not to horribly long ago I was browsing the GunBlogBlackList and ran across a post by someone (of course I don’t even remember which blog at this point, sorry), who’s a nurse (I think?) and had a patient come in for an extended hospital stay on short notice.  The patient was extremly worried about her dogs, having no family nearby to care for them.  The nurse took the dogs herself until such time as other arrangements could be made, but was curious if anyone was aware of a service for people in situations like this.  I think I was the only one who responded, but even my response was “no.”

That answer has now changed.  A lady in OH, inspired by watching her father go through the same process, has created a service called Hospets.  How it works:

Basically the way it works: Hospice or Senior Services will discuss our program with their pet owning patients. If the patient seems interested they are referred to us. At that point, we go to the patient’s home and meet with them, their family and their pets to determine what their needs will be. Do they need helping getting pet food? Does their pet need to be taken to a vet or to a groomer? Do they need helping with basics (walking a dog, cleaning a litterbox etc) During this meeting we will also determine if they have a plan for the care of their pet in the case of an emergency hospitalization, and what is the plan for the pet when the patient is no longer with us. We will get photos, a full bio on the pet, medical and vet info and emergency contact information.

If the patient opts to use us for emergency care or for placement services, they will sign releases allowing us to get vet records and also to allow us to take possession of the pet when needed. We are on call 24/7 and can come pick up a pet as soon as we are notified by Hospice. This will keep the pet from having to enter the shelter system. Usually when an elderly person is rushed to the hospital and there is no one left in the home to care for pets, animal control is called and the pets are seized. Because of the situation, pets don’t even have to be held for the stray time! While the patient is hospitalized, Hospet foster homes will provide respite care for the pet. If the pet owner is requesting that we place the pet in a new home, we will screen potential adopters while the pet remains with the patient. The goal is to keep the patient and their pet together as long as possible.

 Very cool, and totally awesome!

H/T to YesBiscuit!

Edited: Thanks to KurtP I now know the blog was Low Dog on the Totem Pole (aka: Tinkerbell and Spike).  I left a comment there again.


This is an example of why

My family has mostly gotten over the fact that I don’t go to church, and that when asked about my beliefs I generally respond “none of the above”. But occasionally I get asked by someone “why?”

A lady I went to high school with (a strictly Christian school) posted the following line on her Facebook today: God would rather us in the belly of a whale than living in disobedience..

Now I don’t if God want’s that or not, if there is such a creature, but I know alot of church leaders who do.

Before someone tries to educate me, I know what bible story she’s referring to, and I’m sure I know what she THINKS she’s saying, but that is rather not the same as actually saying it.


Blog award

Well cool, JOATed over at Compass Points sent me this blog award thing last night.

I’m thrilled people are reading here, horrified that I’m now going to participate in what is essentially one of those annoying email forwards (where you better forward this to 5 people or someone’s going to DIE!!!!), and desperately trying to decide who I should nominate (who hasn’t already been nominated, and who might appreciate it).

Anyway, here’s the rules:

1. Copy and paste the award on your blog.

2. Link back to the blogger who gave you the award

3. Pick your five favorite blogs with less than 200 followers, and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have received the award.

4. Hope that the five blogs chosen will keep spreading the love and pass it on to five more blogs.

So here’s my picks:

BogieBlog

DaddyBear’s Den

DIY Housewife

Lucrative Pain

Burnett Homeplace

And in the process of doing this I realized I really need to add a couple of these folks to my blog roll…..


Links

Letting your cat outside might soon be a crime.  But possibly not for the reason you’re assuming.

Veteran tries to get help.  Gets lots more “help” than he ever needed ever again.

Thats one way to end up in an early grave.

Pro-tip to all those video deleting police departments out there, these days there is no such thing as “permanently deleted

Attempting to set your wife on fire  will result in jail time, accidentally setting yourself on fire instead…priceless.

The cost of the WTC is going up, bets on who’s going to foot the bill?


To whomever runs the TransSiberian Orchestra’s Facebook page

You people are the only music group I have followed for any length of time on Facebook. Everyone else I tried to follow annoyed me quickly with constant spamming updates. But you guys are different, updates are once a month or so, its awesome!

Or, prehaps I should change all that present tense to past tense. You WERE the only music group I followed…..see, today whoever runs your Facebook page decided it wasn’t enough to remind everyone of the upcoming concert tour. Nope. Instead of a post reminding people that ‘hey, we’re on tour check our schedule!!!!’. You posted a bajillion individual posts, one for each stop on the tour stating “we’re going to be in THIS city, who’s coming?!?!”. You know what? Not only did you make sure that you got blocked from my Facebook feed, I now WILL NOT be buying tickets when you’re going to be near me. I’m sure you won’t miss my ticket money, I can just hope enough other folks got annoyed by your Facebook spam that you learned something from it.