Saturday July 30 2022

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 30, 2022

Good morning!

J22, glad to hear that your sister got her potassium down and was able to go home. Hard to understand that she had three abnormal labs before they decide to worry about it. Usually if a specimen is hemolyzed, the lab knows and asks for a re-collect. I'll get called a critical potassium sometimes and they always say "and the specimen is not hemolyzed".

Stars, when my grandfather died my sister took his books. He had box after box of Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey. I got curious and looked them yup. L'Amour sold over 200 million books and wrote over 100 of them. Impressive.

Dianah, I think that's why I never bothered to learn to bake because I would eat the results. LOL. I did work with a coworker, that loved to bake, was extremely thin, and would bake cookies all the time and bring them in and not eat them. She said she just loved to bake. Crazy right?

I think I've had Turkish delight as part of a package of Turkish treats that someone brought in to work. I've been to a Turkish restaurant in Tampa before and I remember liking the food except that it was too greasy with olive oil. There's also a couple of other Turkish places nearby.

I can tell I'm getting better because some of the fatigue lifted and I had insomnia last night. So much so that I took 1/2 a klonopin at 3AM. Eventually feels asleep and woke up at 7AM to feed the dogs and then slept another two hours.

I was only to end my isolation today but read that day of positive test is day 0 and not day 1.

My mother fell and broke her arm. She spent most of the day in the ER and the ortho discharge her. Dad said "her arm has to heal first before doing surgery" which makes no sense to me. Maybe the swelling has to go down? My sister suspects she refused surgery. She has a really bad bone on bone knee and she fell again getting out of her recliner. EMS had to come and get her off the floor and into her bed where I suspect she remains since it's too painful to move around. I wish she had gotten admitted for surgery PT and maybe SNF/rehab placement. Our docs admit 85 year olds for arm fractures all the time. My sister will arrive today and let me know what's going on.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Jul 30, 2022

Good morning. The temp got to 88 last night and the same is predicted today and tomorrow, and the humidity is still high. On my way home yesterday I went to the mall and grabbed some clothes for sis because I've been noticing that due to weight loss her clothes hang on her and are getting threadbare. I bought her some nice, Summer weight PJs.

We went out to eat, and I had a beer to help relax after the crummy day in ER. I know, that is not a healthy response, but I really enjoyed it. It was a dark ale called Irish Death. Today, it's going to be water the garden and laundry.

Tweety, that is too bad about your mom. And I know its so frustrating to see family not accept or get the care you know is possible. Don't be surprised if you have some lingering COVID.

Joe, you salad sounds good. I used to work with a Punjabi lady who brought us fried things made from garbanzo beans. Very spicy, but good, although a little greasy.

Dianah, your baking sounds delicious! I do try to keep sweets at a minimum in this house, and it's way too hot to turn on the oven. I will enjoy them vicariously through you!

Ado, I hope your trip is going well.

Good grief Stars, you have quite a load to bear. My dad had a ton of Louis L'Amour. When he passed we donated his books to a group that gives them to incarcerated people.

No Stars In My Eyes · Jul 31, 2022

The Louis L'Amour books were part of the box of other books she had sent me; mysteries and histories, a real variety!

Oops, big thunder-storm and lightning flash/rumbling over head, lights blinked a few moments; time out here----I'm outta here! *

* Computer Safety 101: When a storm's around, shut down, shut down!

BOOM! FLASH!

Later!