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Meanderings and Musings: A short update, a taller one to follow
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Sunday, August 21, 2011. A short update, a taller one to follow. Sooolong time, no see. How's life? Okay, so I haven't written in over a month. After my mom was extubated she spent another 5 days in the ICU and 2-3 days in the Medicine Ward. She was eventually transferred to Health South, a medical rehab hospital, where she spent another 2 weeks before coming home with a walker. She couldn't come straight home because she had a nose feeding tube and wasn't walking. Just, not now!
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Meanderings and Musings: December 2010
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Monday, December 6, 2010. I hate warm weather. It's the 6th of December. Christmas is 19 days away. And the temperature outside my door in *#&$ sunny Tucson, AZ is 80 flippin' degrees! It just isn't right. The song is "White Christmas" not "Iced Tea Christmas". There are precious few days of the year in Southern Arizona when I can wear sweaters as it is, but does the heat wave really have to come during Christmas? When cold is part of the holiday spirit? Sunday, December 5, 2010.
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Meanderings and Musings: ICU Chronicles
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Woops, it just turned Tuesday; happy Tuesday, everyone. It's onlya minute old. Okay, let's see, Tuesday means that Mom's been in the hospital a week and the ICU for, um, let's see, 5 days. And I'm very happy to report that she's doing better! Yesterday she was extubated, which sounds dirty, but is really a complicated word for saying the intubation tube out of her mouth. So Mom is breathing on her own and her oxygen stats are up. It's wonderful! The turkey ...
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Meanderings and Musings: Status Report
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Saturday, September 24, 2011. It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I can't sleep. I haven't been able to sleep for the past two weeks. For the last couple of nights, it's because of restless legs - if the CIA could do it, they'd use it at Gitmo. My muscles and sinews are being played like the harpsichord and it's damned awful. I'm getting cellulite on the front of my legs. THE FRONT! So this is my new life. Living in a loft on a mattress, without my dog. Haven't seen anyone b...Simpl...
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Meanderings and Musings: February 2011
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Sunday, February 20, 2011. In the almost-month since I've written I've developed a bad habit: Earrings. Blame it on migraines and the 24-hr news cycle. On January 8 (the day Gabrielle Giffords was shot) I had a bit of a migraine. (Important tidbit: When I get a migraine I can get a little bit of an OCD focus on things.) And a need to water down the the traumatizing information streaming in. So I turned to etsy. I found the shop The Modest Jeweler. I have 42 earrings! I'm keeping t...
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Meanderings and Musings: No love for the food
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Thursday, August 25, 2011. No love for the food. My mom is a wonderful person who loves people unconditionally. This is not to be said of food. When we go to an Italian restaurant, she always orders fettuccine alfredo, but asks for the alfredo sauce on the side. Garlic bread, like at Olive Garden, is asked for without garlic. She is picky, picky, picky. Which is fun, fun, fun for me! Tonight for dinner she wanted a baked potato and ham, but I couldn't just bake. No love for the fo...
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Meanderings and Musings: May 2011
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Update on Migraines - and a cute niece story! But it the last week or two, I think we may have found part of the secret to controlling my migraines: Injections! Dogs, especially mine, toddled everywhere after Mia, her arms stretched open for a hug. Sadly, the pup was a little spooked from the car ride over and refused to sit long enough for my niece. But it was awfully cute to watch her determination. This is just TOO, too much! My Odd Odd Family. It hurts t...
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Meanderings and Musings: Mom's sick again. Really, terribly sick. And, god, I wish I were joking.
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Saturday, July 9, 2011. Mom's sick again. Really, terribly sick. And, god, I wish I were joking. Last weekend my mom stopped making sense. She couldn't answer questions or follow conversations. Then on Sunday she developed a cough and Monday it got worse. Tuesday we took her to the ER. Why is this happening? Why did it reach this point? Put me on with the nurse! Where's the doctor - let me talk to the godd* n doctor! Labels: My Odd Odd Family. The turkey cant go in the oven. I rea...
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Meanderings and Musings: September 2011
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Wednesday, September 28, 2011. I was rescued by two strange men. Yesterday was always going to be a busy day. Get up early to zoom over to the house and pick up some much need items (books! Over to Mom's doctor's appointment, two different banks, and then back to Karen's in only a couple hours. It's tight, especially given that I didn't sleep a wink the previous night and Mom, even though she's walking independently w/o the walker, still needs me for support and tires easily.
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Meanderings and Musings: March 2011
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Scotland. Bring a coat. Wednesday, March 16, 2011. At least we don't have Bush saying 'Nukhular'. Their lives to work inside those 4 reactors that are melting. Amazing. They. I'm also watching because my uncle works at a nuclear power plant for a couple months every year, so you could say I'm a little interested in them. And their safety. Just a little. Anyway, here are some links in case you're interested: (First two taken from the BBC.). Summarizes what's happened so far at the plant. Well, as is commo...