Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
Especially when your boys are willing to spend many hours playing card games with you to break up the time spent reading on your new kindle or in front of the TV: We've had this game for awhile but at first our brains hurt or we were just too tired or something to want... Continue Reading →
A morning of talking while I caught up with my parents and did their taxes. My dad is doing great and has been cleared to start his rehab to build back his strength. Follow that up with a lovely, slow, yappy lunch with Jax. Combine that with the cold I was fighting, and this is... Continue Reading →
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom - anais nin First of all, welcome to Day 1 of NaBloPoMo the bloggers challenge to post at least once a day in the month of November. Yeah, not sure why... Continue Reading →
Lovely surgical attire eh? This was AFTER the morning portion which was h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e!The people at SPC were awesome, but dangit if the cells were just not in the worst possible place I guess. We started in the regular digital mammogram room with the intention to have me seated while they had me positioned in the... Continue Reading →
The anesthesiologist called me at 9:45 tonight (clearly from home with his kids yammering in the background). He wanted to confirm everything and then tell me about what his plans were. Just a 4-5 minute sleepy drug then keep me 'relaxed' but conscious once the localized numbing is complete. He said that means nearly a... Continue Reading →
Thankfully once I reached the surgical nurse she told me she had faxed the lab order already. I asked her to fax me a copy and went in with that today and got the blood draw done in less than an hour. Yay! Something went smoothly. Now, why do I have a pounding headache? Sigh.A... Continue Reading →
I should probably not ask "what more can they screw up?" because they will surely show me!! Yes, I am referring to the *brilliant* and *utterly efficient* staff at the surgeon's office. Nurse calls this AM asking for me email address and to confirm all the previously mentioned arrangements. Surgery is still on for noon.... Continue Reading →
Let's review, shall we?Dec 23rd '06 - receive call that some calcifications were spotted on the left breast in recent mammogram. Schedule second set of films.Dec 28th '06 - get second set done. Radiologist on the spot confirms a spot they want to test. An order for a needle biopsy will be written and I... Continue Reading →
He passed all his lab tests with fling colors. Yay! Now he wont have to have labs done before his fixing on the 10th 🙂 I already checked and that entire procedure with follow up pain meds should only be $150. The vet is guessing that Chip had a puncture wound that became inflamed internally... Continue Reading →
Ugh! Only slept 3 hours last night. Chip the pootie fell ill this week. I noticed he was low energy on Wednesday night, but he was eating and drinking and all those other good things and not sneezing or anything. Last night around 11:00pm though the boyfriend called me into see a very limp pootie.... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 