IN PAST POSTINGS WE HAVE DISCUSSED PATIENT\'S (OK! SERVANT GIRL\'S) CONCERNS ABOUT SCAR TISSUE. NOT JUST THE KIND YOU SEE BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE KIND THAT ...Read more
IN PAST POSTINGS WE HAVE DISCUSSED PATIENT\'S (OK! SERVANT GIRL\'S) CONCERNS ABOUT SCAR TISSUE. NOT JUST THE KIND YOU SEE BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE KIND THAT BUILDS UP UNDER THE SURFACE AND WRAPS IT\'S TENACLES AROUND YOUR RIBS, CHOKES YOUR HEART VESSELS AND MAKES YOU WALK ALL BENT OVER LIKE AN OLD MAN. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT OF SCARY STUFF ON THE INTERNET. STUFF YOU COULD NOT HAVE MADE UP EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO SCARE YOURSELF. NOT THAT PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL NEED MORE SCARES (OR SCARS). WELL ANYWAY, PATIENT WAS SEEN MONDAY BY VERY KIND, VERY CALM DR SILVERBERG. THE WORLD\'S GREATEST CARDIOLOGIST WAS VERY REASSURING THAT IN THE CASE OF THIS PARTICULAR PATIENT THE VISIBLE SCAR IS RAPIDLY HEALING. UPON FEELING THE TISSUE UNDERNEATH HE BELIEVES THAT THE HEALING THERE IS GOING QUITE WELL. PATIENT SEEMS TO BE AN UNUSUALLY GOOD HEALER. THIS IS A COMFORT TO SERVANT GIRL\'S HEART.
SERVANT GIRL HAS BEEN ATTENDING TO THE PREPARATIONS OF CASA DIFAZIO (EAST) FOR SALE. (AT AN ENORMOUS PRICE - HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL - EVEN IN THIS MARKET.) PATIENT ...Read more
SERVANT GIRL HAS BEEN ATTENDING TO THE PREPARATIONS OF CASA DIFAZIO (EAST) FOR SALE. (AT AN ENORMOUS PRICE - HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL - EVEN IN THIS MARKET.) PATIENT LEFT ALONE AT CASA DIFAZIO (MIDWEST) FOR 4 DAYS. SERVANT GIRL CLEANED OUT DRAWERS AND CABINETS, PACKED BOX AFTER BOX, FOUND HOME FOR ALL BUT A FEW PLANTS, GOT HAIR AND NAILS DONE, SCRUBBED, CLEANED AND GENERATED A LOT OF TRASH. PUT TRASH OUT, GAVE KEYS TO REALTOR, AND RUSHED BACK, HEART FULL OF LOVE, TO BE AT SIDE OF MUCH LOVED PATIENT. PATIENT LOOKED BETTER THAN EVER. SERVANT GIRL, WHILE EVER YOUTHFUL AND ATTRACTIVE, WAS EXHAUSTED FROM WORKING SO HARD.
SERVANT GIRL HAS DECIDED THAT NEXT TIME SHE WILL HAVE HEART SURGERY AND (FORMER) PATIENT WILL DO HEAVY LIFTING.
TOMORROW MORNING SERVANT GIRL PLANS TO HOP A FLIGHT FROM O\'HARE TO WASHINGTON DULLES. \"WELL, FINALLY SHE HAS HAD ENOUGH AND IS BAILING OUT\" AND \"WHO COULD ...Read more
TOMORROW MORNING SERVANT GIRL PLANS TO HOP A FLIGHT FROM O\'HARE TO WASHINGTON DULLES. \"WELL, FINALLY SHE HAS HAD ENOUGH AND IS BAILING OUT\" AND \"WHO COULD POSSIBLY BLAME HER? SHE HAS BEEN A SAINT\" YOU MUST BE THINKING.
NO SUCH LUCK. SERVANT GIRL IS GOING BACK TO VIRGINIA TO HANDLE SOME REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OFF DUE TO PATIENT\'S ILLNESS.WILL BE GONE SEVERAL DAYS AND WILL BE BACK ASAP.
PATIENT WILL BE KICKING UP HEELS AT NEW FOUND FREEDOM. SERVANT GIRL HAS AN ARMY OF FRIENDS LINED UP TO LOOK IN ON PATIENT.
TERRY FROM CALIFORNIA HAS ENLIGHTENED US ABOUT THE KNEADING OF SCAR TISSUE TO BREAK IT UP. CARDIAC REHAB DOES NO \"HANDS ON \" THERAPY. WONDER IF THERE IS SOMETHING ...Read more
TERRY FROM CALIFORNIA HAS ENLIGHTENED US ABOUT THE KNEADING OF SCAR TISSUE TO BREAK IT UP. CARDIAC REHAB DOES NO \"HANDS ON \" THERAPY. WONDER IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ARRANGE TO START PREVENTING THIS SCAR TISSUE FROM GETTING TOO TIGHT. ARE THERE ANY CHEST CRACK VETERANS OUT THER WHO HAVE HAD SCAR REDUCTION THERAPY? CURRENTLY THE VISIBLE SCAR IS PINK NOT RED AND VERY FLAT. NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT VISIBLE SCAR. MORE CONCERNED ABOUT SUBCUTANEOUS SCARING THAT MAY PULL SHOULDERS FORWARD. WATCHING CLOSELY. TEMPTED TO START PUTTING OLIVE OIL ON IT AT NIGHT. BUT THIS WILL ONLY HELP THE SURFACE. HMMMMMM.
PATIENT IS WALKING AT 3.5 MPH AT 3.5 DEGREE ANGLE FOR 45 MINUTES. HE HAS STARTED USING WEIGHTS TO IMPROVE UPPER BODY STRENGTH. THIS IS A HUGE TO PATIENT WHO ...Read more
PATIENT IS WALKING AT 3.5 MPH AT 3.5 DEGREE ANGLE FOR 45 MINUTES. HE HAS STARTED USING WEIGHTS TO IMPROVE UPPER BODY STRENGTH. THIS IS A HUGE TO PATIENT WHO WAS EXTREMELY FIT GOING INTO THIS. AFTER 8 WEEKS OF NO UPPER BODY EXERCISE HE WAS JUST FIT. NOW THAT HE IS ABLE TO START RECLAIMING HIS STRENGTH, PATIENT IS MUCH MORE ENCOURAGED. SERVANT GIRL WORRIES THAT PATIENT WILL OVER DO IT. HE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF FEARLESSNESS. (AND ACCUSING SERVANT GIRL OF WORRYING TOO MUCH. SERVANT GIRL WOULD NOT WORRY SO MUCH IF PATIENT WASN\'T SO FEARLESS. THUS, ON THE AVERAGE, WE ARE BOTH NORMAL.)
SERVANT GIRL IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR EXERCISE PROGRAM AS PATIENT IS BEING MONITORED BY PEOPLE HE WON\'T YELL AT.
THANK YOU TERRY C FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS ALIGNMENT SUBJECT. SERVANT GIRL HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THE SCAR TISSUE ASPECT OF THIS. UPON CONSULTING WITH PATIENT, ...Read more
THANK YOU TERRY C FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS ALIGNMENT SUBJECT. SERVANT GIRL HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THE SCAR TISSUE ASPECT OF THIS. UPON CONSULTING WITH PATIENT, THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO TAKE THIS UP WITH THE CARDIAC REHAB PEOPLE. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THEY MAY FIND THIS TO BE A HEAD SCRATCHER. (SERVANT GIRL HAS NOTICED A GREAT DEAL OF HEAD SCRATCHING IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.) IF CARDAC REHAB PEOPLE HAVE NO THOUGHTS ON HOW TO PREVENT SCAR TISSUE, PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO CONSULT A PERSONAL TRAINER. THIS IS TURNING INTO A NEVER ENDING STORY. OH, IF ONLY YOU COULD HAVE A LITTLE SURGERY AND GET BETTER AND THAT\'S THE END OF IT.
SERVANT GIRL HAS NOTICED THAT MANY VETERANS OF OPEN HEART SURGERY SEEM TO HAVE THEIR HEADS JUTTING FORWARD. AS IF IT IS SET ON THE FRONT OF THEIR SHOULDERS ...Read more
SERVANT GIRL HAS NOTICED THAT MANY VETERANS OF OPEN HEART SURGERY SEEM TO HAVE THEIR HEADS JUTTING FORWARD. AS IF IT IS SET ON THE FRONT OF THEIR SHOULDERS NOT THE CENTER. I MENTIONED THIS TO SEVERAL SURGEONS AND SEVERAL CARDIOLOGISTS. THEY DO NOT SHARE THIS OBSERVATION. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT SERVANT GIRL IS A SOCIAL SCIENTIST WITH GOOD OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS BUT NOT AN ACTUAL SCIENTIST WITH ACTUAL SCIENTIFIC DATA.
BUT HAVING THOUGHT THIS OVER QUITE A BIT, AND DETERMINED THAT THIS PARTICULAR PATIENT WILL NOT END UP WITH POOR POSTURE, THERE JUST MAY BE A GOOD EXPLANATION. ONE THAT LEADS TO PREVENTION. AND YOU CAN BE SURE BOTH PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL ARE WATCHING THIS CLOSELY.
AFTER OPEN HEART SURGERY, ONE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED FROM USING ONE\'S UPPER BODY. ALL MOVEMENTS ARE FROM THE WAIST DOWN AND ANY CHANGE OF POSITION REQUIRES HUGGING A PILLOW TO PREVENT PULLING THOSE RECENTLY SEVERED AND REATTACHED MUSCLES AND BONES. EVEN WHEN PATIENTS DO THEIR REQUIRED DAILY WALKS THEY ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO SWING THEIR ARMS. THIS LEADS TO MUSCLE ATROPHY IN THE UPPER BACK AND CHEST( IN THE CONSIDERED OPINION OF THE OPINIONATED SERVANT GIRL). AS THE REHAB PROGRESSES IT IS NECESSARILY FOCED ON REHABBING THE HEART. AFTER ALL, IT IS CALLED CARDIAC REHAB. AS MOST ACTIVITIES IN OUR DAILY LIVES MAKE US LEAN FORWARD, IF ONE DOES NOT REHAB THOSE CENTER BACK MUSCLE WHICH CONTROL POSTURE IT COULD LEAD TO POOR SUPPORT OF THE HEAD AND NECK.
PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL AT CASA DIFAZIO (MIDWEST) INTEND TO GET THOSE MUSCLES BACK IN SHAPE. REHAB OVERSEERS WILL BE CONSULTED JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.
WELL TODAY WE BEGIN 2011. ACCORDING TO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW \"2011 WILL BE HEAVEN\". THIS IS THE YEAR WHERE WE (HOPEFULLY) PUT ALL THIS ILLNESS AND MEDICAL STUFF ...Read more
WELL TODAY WE BEGIN 2011. ACCORDING TO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW \"2011 WILL BE HEAVEN\". THIS IS THE YEAR WHERE WE (HOPEFULLY) PUT ALL THIS ILLNESS AND MEDICAL STUFF BEHIND US. THE HEALING OF JOHN\'S HEART CONTINUES AS HE SPENDS MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AM IN CARDIAC REHAB. AS OF MONDAY THIS COMING WEEK HE WILL BEGIN USING LIGHT WEIGHTS TO START RECLAIMING HIS UPPER BODY STRENGTH.
THE HOLIDAYS TESTED BOTH PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL\'S STAMINA AS WE WENT OUT WITH FRIENDS AND OUR HOUSE GUEST (JOHN\'S SISTER) EVERY NIGHT. WE ARE TALKING OUT TO DINNER NOT DANCING AND CAVORTING. BUT AFTER ALL THOSE WEEKS OF STAYING HOME, GETTING OUT WAS QUITE PLEASANT. EVEN TOOK IN THE LIGHTS AT THE LINCOLN PARK ZOO. LOVELY. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT TOMORROW MARKS TWO MONTHS SINCE THE SURGERY. WE ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOW. AS WE APPROACHED THIS EVENT WE WERE SO ANXIOUS TO PUT THIS BEHIND US. NOW IT IS. WE ARE FAR FROM THE FEARLESS ENTHUSIASM WE ONCE HAD FOR THE FUTURE BUT SOMEDAY THIS WILL BE A MEMORY THAT MAKES US SIGH WITH RELIEF. WE JUST AREN\'T QUITE THERE YET.
A VERY DIFAZIO CHRISTMAS WAS CELEBRATED ON SUNDAY DEC26. PATIENT\'S SISTER WAS IN CHICAGO FOR THE FESTIVITIES. PARIENT\'S SON, DAUGHTER IN LAW, HER MOTHER, ...Read more
A VERY DIFAZIO CHRISTMAS WAS CELEBRATED ON SUNDAY DEC26. PATIENT\'S SISTER WAS IN CHICAGO FOR THE FESTIVITIES. PARIENT\'S SON, DAUGHTER IN LAW, HER MOTHER, BEAUTIFUL GRANDSON NO.1 AND BEAUTIFUL GRANDSON NO. 2 WERE IN ATTENDANCE. CHILDREN WERE ADMIRED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THEIR AUNT DIANE. PRESENTS WERE EXCHANGED. BEST PRESENT WAS GIVEN TO SERVANT GIRL. IT IS A MOTION ACTIVATED DOG THAT LAUGHS OUT LOUD AND ROLLS OVER. IT IS EXACTLY WHAT SERVANT GIRL HAS BEEN NEEDING - A GOOD AUDIENCE. FINALLY.
MENU INCLUDED LASAGNE, BAKED EGGPLANT AND A NICE SALAD. THIS WAS WASHED DOWN BY THREE BOTTLES OF VEUVE CLICQUOT . A FRESH BAKED CHERRY PIE FOR DESSERT. WHERE DOES SERVANT GIRL FIND THE TIME TO COOK? WELL! THIS IS CHICAGO! YOU CALL SOMEONE ,THEY DELIVER. AND THE PIES ARE BAKED FRESH ACROSS THE STREET EVERY DAY. LUCKY WE LIVE IN THE CITY
A WONDERFUL LOVING FAMILY HOLIDAY WAS HAD BY ALL. IT SEEMS SANTA TEAMS UP WITH JESUS AND PROVIDES BUNDLES OF LOVE(AND A FULL SET OF WORKING VALVES) AT CASA DIFAZIO (MIDWEST). IT WAS JUST WHAT WE WISHED FOR.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE THAT ANXIETY IS COMMON IN RECOVERY FROM MAJOR SURGERY. IT IS PARTICULARLY COMMON AFTER HEART SURGERY. SOMETIMES IT TURNS INTO SERIOUS ...Read more
WE HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE THAT ANXIETY IS COMMON IN RECOVERY FROM MAJOR SURGERY. IT IS PARTICULARLY COMMON AFTER HEART SURGERY. SOMETIMES IT TURNS INTO SERIOUS POST SURGICAL DEPRESSION. PATIENT AT CASA DIFAZIO (MIDWEST) HAS EXPERIENCED SOME ANXIETY BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. SERVANT GIRL IS WATCHING CLOSELY FOR SIGNS OF ANYTHING MORE SEVERE. BUT IT SEEMS ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN THE MOVIE YOU WANT TO SEE \"THE KING\'S SPEECH\" IS SOLD OUT, A GOOD SECOND CHOICE IS NOT \"BLACK SWAN\". HAVING NOT READ ANY REVIEWS, BUT KNOWING PADMA FROM STAR WARS IS IN IT, WE CHOSE IT AS OUR SECOND CHOICE. LESS THAN HALF WAY THROUGH THIS PSYCHO THRILLER WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS A BIT TOO HARSH FOR A RECENT SURGICAL PATIENT AND HIS, JUST AS EASILY STRESSED, SERVANT GIRL. WE STOOD UP AND EXCUSED OURSELVES OUT OF THE ROW, EXITED THROUGH THE MAIN DOOR, FREEING OURSELVES INTO THE CORRIDOR.
SEEING AS HOW WE WERE ALREADY $22 LIGHTER , WE CHOSE TO SNEAK INTO ANOTHER MOVIE. . \"GULLIVER\'S TRAVELS. WE QUIETLY ENTERED AND TOOK SEATS ON THE SIDE. I THOUGHT THE MOVIE LOOKED A LITTLE BLURRY. FINALLY JOHN LEANED OVER TO ME TO ASK \"IS THIS IN 3D?\". UPON OBSERVING THE OTHER VIEWERS I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE ALL WEARING THOSE GLASSES. OH WELL! AT LEAST WE DIDN\'T HAVE TO WATCH A BUNCH OF BALLERINAS KILL EACH OTHER. JUST SOME BLURRY TALL AND SHORT PEOPLE LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL WILL BE ATTENDING MASS AT HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL IN CHICAGO. WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. STILL NEED OUR OWN AND YOUR PRAYERS. ...Read more
PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL WILL BE ATTENDING MASS AT HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL IN CHICAGO. WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. STILL NEED OUR OWN AND YOUR PRAYERS. WHILE RECOVERY FROM THE VALVE JOB IS GOING WELL HIS HEART FUNCTION NOW HAS TO RECOVER FROM ALL THOSE YEARS OF LEAKY, CALCIFIED, DISFUNCTION. EJECTION FRACTION INCREASE IS THE GOAL FOR 2011. CHRISTMAS WISHES WERE SO SIMPLE WHEN YOU WANTED A BIKE.
WHILE PATIENT IS ACROSS THE STREET AT THE DRUGSTORE COLLECTING HIS RX FOR INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH MOTRIN, WORLD\'S KINDEST CARDIOLOGIST CALLLS TO SEE HOW WE ARE ...Read more
WHILE PATIENT IS ACROSS THE STREET AT THE DRUGSTORE COLLECTING HIS RX FOR INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH MOTRIN, WORLD\'S KINDEST CARDIOLOGIST CALLLS TO SEE HOW WE ARE BOTH DOING. DR SILVERBERG LAUGHS OFF THE WHOLE THING. CLAIMS PATIENTS THAT TRY TO OVERDO IT SURVIVE. PATIENTS THAT SIT AROUND ENJOYING BEING SICK DIE OF BLOOD CLOTS. THANKS TO VERY KIND DR SILVERBERG, SERVANT GIRL IS THINKING OF LETTING PATIENT LIVE. AT LEAST UNTIL SHE GETS SOME REST.
UPON RETURN TO HOSPITAL PATIENT IS REMORSEFUL AND EXPRESSES DEEP LOVE FOR SERVANT GIRL. SERVANT GIRL THINKS YEAH, YEAH, YEAH BUT IS HAPPY IT WAS NOT A HEART ...Read more
UPON RETURN TO HOSPITAL PATIENT IS REMORSEFUL AND EXPRESSES DEEP LOVE FOR SERVANT GIRL. SERVANT GIRL THINKS YEAH, YEAH, YEAH BUT IS HAPPY IT WAS NOT A HEART ATTACK. STILL HAS THE OPTION OF KILLING PATIENT HERSELF. ENJOYS THIS THOUGHT BUT IS TOO TIRED TO EXECUTE A PLAN OR PATIENT, FOR THAT MATTER.
ALL THE NURSES LOVE PATIENT BUT PROBABLY THINK SERVANT GIRL NEEDS A LITTLE SPRUCING UP. PATIENT IS RELEASED AT 3PM. IT IS A COLD BUT VERY SUNNY DAY. PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL WALK HOME HOLDING HANDS.
AROUND 6 AM PATIENT IS ADMITTED TO VERY QUIET, QUITE CLEAN ROOM ON 10TH FLOOR. SERVANT GIRL WALKS HOME JUST BEFORE DAWN. EXHAUSTED,FREEZING AND WALKING HOME ...Read more
AROUND 6 AM PATIENT IS ADMITTED TO VERY QUIET, QUITE CLEAN ROOM ON 10TH FLOOR. SERVANT GIRL WALKS HOME JUST BEFORE DAWN. EXHAUSTED,FREEZING AND WALKING HOME SERVANT GIRL IS ACCOSTED BY NASTY LITTLE YAPPY DOG. FAT GUY WALKING NASTY DOG DOESN\'T EVEN LOOK UP. SERVANT GIRL PONDERS IF HER EARTHLY SUFFERING WILL BUY HER A BETTER PLACE IN HEAVEN. SERVANT GIRL TRULY HOPES SO. ARRIVAL AT APARTMENT BRINGS COMFORTABLE BED FOR 3HOURS AND BACK TO HOSPITAL
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, SERVANT GIRL IS QUITE TIRED SITTING IN THAT NASTY CHAIR. THE ONLY THING SEPARATING PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL FROM WOMAN HAVING A PSYCHOTIC ...Read more
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, SERVANT GIRL IS QUITE TIRED SITTING IN THAT NASTY CHAIR. THE ONLY THING SEPARATING PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL FROM WOMAN HAVING A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE IS A FILTHY CURTAIN THAT IS COVERED WITH UNCOUNTABLE AMOUNTS OF BIOTOXINS FROM UNTOLD NUMBERS OF PREVIOUS OCCUPANTS OF THIS CUBICLE. SERVANT GIRL, REALIZING THAT SHE IS THERE DUE TO FOOLISH DECISION ON THE PART OF HER PATIENT, IS ABOUT TOI HAVE PSYCHOTIC EPISODE OF HER OWN. SERVANT GIRL QUIETLY AND DIPLOMATICALLY MENTIONS THIS TOO PATIENT. SHE IS IN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION OF BEING IN A PLACE OF HIDEOUS HYGIENE TRYING NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE CARDIAC PATIENT THAT PUT HER IN THIS UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION.
IN THE COURSE OF WHAT PROVED TO BE A LONG NIGHT, PATIENT EXPLAINED TO INQUIRING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT HE (IN VIOLATION OF AGREEMENT W/SERVANT GIRL) WALKED ...Read more
IN THE COURSE OF WHAT PROVED TO BE A LONG NIGHT, PATIENT EXPLAINED TO INQUIRING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT HE (IN VIOLATION OF AGREEMENT W/SERVANT GIRL) WALKED THE TWO MILES HOME FROM CARDIAC REHAB. FURTHER, HE STOPPED AT THE GROCERY STORE HALF WAY AND BOUGHT GROCERIES. GYM BAG CONTAINING GYM GEAR AND GROCERIES WAS THEN SLUNG OVER SHOULDER. ALL THIS ON A 20 DEGREE DAY. JUST ADD 8 HOURS AND YOU HAVE SUDDEN AND SEVERE SHOULDER PAIN.
IN SHORT ORDER, AND MY APOLOGY TO FOLKS ALREADY WAITING,HE WAS GIVEN AN EKG AND BLOOD TEST TO CHECK FOR CARDIAC ENZYME. AT THIS POINT WE WERE ESCORTED THROUGH ...Read more
IN SHORT ORDER, AND MY APOLOGY TO FOLKS ALREADY WAITING,HE WAS GIVEN AN EKG AND BLOOD TEST TO CHECK FOR CARDIAC ENZYME. AT THIS POINT WE WERE ESCORTED THROUGH THE DOUBLE DOORS AND PLACED IN ONE OF THE TREATMENT BAYS. CARDIAC MONITORS WERE HOOKED UP AND THE WAIT BEGAN. CHILDREN WERE CALLED AND DEAR FRIEND ON 18TH FLOOR. ALL WERE TOLD NOT TO COME AS WERE UNSURE OF PROBLEM. FRIEND ON 18TH FLOOR DID NOT LISTEN. CAME OVER. WE WERE GLAD TO SEE HER.
NITRO WAS PLACED UNDER TONGUE. IT DID NOT STOP PAIN. IF IT DID THIS WOULD BE INDICATION OF HEART ATTACK. FINALLY PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH MOTRIN WAS ADMINISTERED AND PAIN STARTED TO RESOLVE.
WELL, NOW THAT WE KNOW I CAN STILL POST. I WILL TELL YOU WE HAD A BIG SCARE ON DEC 13 AT 10PM. JOHN DEVELOPED SUDDEN AND SEVERE SHOULDER PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. ...Read more
WELL, NOW THAT WE KNOW I CAN STILL POST. I WILL TELL YOU WE HAD A BIG SCARE ON DEC 13 AT 10PM. JOHN DEVELOPED SUDDEN AND SEVERE SHOULDER PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. NO SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR CHEST PAIN BUT PAIN SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE PANIC. AFTER SERVANT GIRL CALMED DOWN WE CALLED THE CARDIOLOGIST\'S OFFICE AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO GO TO THE ER.. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, NORTHWESTERN AND ALL IT\'S MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS ARE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IN SHORT ORDER SERVANT GIRL HAD PATIENT DRESSED AND IN THE LOBBY OF OUR BUILDING WHERE A TAXI WAS DISCHARGING IT\'S OCCUPANTS. FORTUNATELY FOR SAID OCCUPANTS , THEY VACATED QUICKLY. THERE WAS DANGER OF THEM BEING JANKED OUT BY THIS WRITER. AFTER 1 MINUTE TAXI RIDE PATIENT WAS PUSHED THROUGH THE ENTRANCE AS SERVANT GIRL ANNOUNCED WITH VOLUME \"I THINK MY HUSBAND IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK\". AS PATIENT\'S DOCTORS ARE BIG SHOTS AT THIS FACILITY A GREAT DEAL OF NAME DROPPING ENSUED. SERVANT GIRL IS VERY DETERMINED TO KEEP HER PATIENT ALIVE AND INTENDS TO USE ALL OPTIONS IN A CRISIS.
DEAR FRIENDS,
SORRY FOR THE HIATUS. WE HAD A LONG ER NIGHT 10 DAYS AGO. I WROTE A LONG ENTRY ABOUT THAT NIGHT AND IT DID NOT POST. I DO NOT KNOW WHY. I THOUGHT ...Read more
DEAR FRIENDS,
SORRY FOR THE HIATUS. WE HAD A LONG ER NIGHT 10 DAYS AGO. I WROTE A LONG ENTRY ABOUT THAT NIGHT AND IT DID NOT POST. I DO NOT KNOW WHY. I THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD EXCEEDED MY LIMIT, EITHER ON THAT PARTICULAR POST OR MAYBE THEY FIGURE 6 WEEKS IS ENOUGH. I AM HEARING FROM MY READERS THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP READING. I AM THINKING I SHOULD MOVE THIS BLOG TO MY OWN SITE. YOUR THOUGHTS?
PATIENT DID NOT WALK TODAY. FIRST DAY SINCE SURGERY THAT PATIENT DID NOT WALK. EVEN HAVE A TREADMILL IN BUILDING BUT PATIENT DID NOT WANT TO DOD IT. EVEN PATIENT ...Read more
PATIENT DID NOT WALK TODAY. FIRST DAY SINCE SURGERY THAT PATIENT DID NOT WALK. EVEN HAVE A TREADMILL IN BUILDING BUT PATIENT DID NOT WANT TO DOD IT. EVEN PATIENT GETS A DAY OFF. IT IS A VERY SNOWY, BLOWY, COLD DAY HERE IN THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN AMERICA. NOT SO LIVABLE OUTSIDE TODAY. WHAT MAKES IT STILL LIVABLE IS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT KITCHEN APPLIANCE IS STILL THE TELEPHONE. YOU CAN CALL PEOPLE AND THEY WILL DELIVER ALREADY COOKED FOOD.
CITY LIFE IS THE LIFE FOR US.