Sunday September 25th 2022

[Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN]

NJ22 glad the financial advisor was reassuring

Stars I am glad that he will be going to GI doc.  Understandable that you feel tired of talking about it

Tweety I'm glad the hurricane will likely miss you

Got a lot done yesterday.  Bird watching in the morning, came home and did some baking, picked up lunch at a local place I  hadn't  been to before, did some shopping,  then cooked and did a bit of knitting.  J has developed fever chills and body aches, he thinks it's flu I wonder if it's a reaction to the Omicron booster, so we didn't meet

Was feeling a bit off yesterday, a bit anxious and a bit down despite it overall being a good day.  Might be because I wasn't able to see either J or Dad yesterday, and some anxiety about helping  Dad move today.  Plans are still a bit in flux which bothers me

I'm feeling better this morning.  Will do laundry before church.  Won't  be able to stay for coffee hour, will have to leave and then head to Dad's to help pack.  Hopefully it won't take long and will go smoothly.   Will be glad when that's done.  Rest of the day should be fairly quiet,  doing so much on Saturday means relatively little to do today

Will be in the mid 60s today, no rain expected

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Good morning!

Joe, hope J feels better.  Likely reaction to the booster if he just got it.  It can cause flu like symptoms even if other boosters didn't cause it.

The latest spaghetti plots have the hurricane moving more towards the panhandle, but we're still in the cone and anything can happen in the coming days.  I best get prepared.

I found out the new owner asks for volunteers rather than pre-assigned teams to cover disasters.  Not sure what they do if they don't get enough volunteers.  We would need at least six nurses to cover our side.  I still want to volunteer for relief but I suppose if I get drafted I will.  My only objection to working a hurricane is my poor sleep habits and I know I wouldn't be able to sleep in the hospital.

I didn't do much yesterday other than go to yoga and a couple of grocery stores.  I had some Jamaican vegan "beef patties" from a box for dinner and a some dill pick kettle chips.  This is why I need to meal prep. LOL.  Today hope to be a bit more productive and do some laundry at least.

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Hi. Nice day here. I was just out in the garden, admiring the spider webs, putting some water on a rose bush, cutting out some wild blackberries. I'm trying to get dh to go for a drive up to the mountains, but eldest ds asked us to go to dinner, and dh is worried we won't get back in time. And nobody is willing to say where they want to eat, so it is up to me. And I am fine with anything, but dh is pickier, so I end up naming off a list of restaurants for him to veto. It would be so much easier if he just chose, and he will not. It's sort of a running joke, except it stopped being funny a long time ago. 

Our hospital does not really have a bad weather policy; you are just expected to show up when scheduled, and call out when you can't make it. The local search and rescue goes to pick up vital staff, like OR. One year they tried to tell people they couldn't leave, except there was no place to sleep and no food and staff raised a big stink. I was never unable to get in or get home. 

I had a COVID booster 2 weeks ago and only effect was a sore arm for a day or two. I am going to get my flu shot toward the end of October. 

I made a bean and kale soup from Hello Fresh last night, and dh didn't eat any. Didn't even try it. I think I'm going to cancel it. Yeah, it saves shopping time, but if I have to toss it out because it doesn't get eaten, it's not worth it. 

 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

No good news today. Hubby fell again last night; I was watching TV and his recliner is over my left shoulder; I heard a crash, and there he was on the floor. He fell on his left side this time. Said he was trying to get up from the recliner and as he stood, he grabbed at the stairs' railing, missed it and over he went. His head fell against a bow-front display cabinet but fortunately did not break it (glass). He did, however, cut the back-top of his head and was bleeding like crazy from that. Got the blood stopped, mostly, and saw where he had a cut maybe 1/3 inch long by maybe 1 or 2 centimeters wide. No brains (ha) showing, no skull showing. Probably could've used a stitch or two, but he refused to go to the ER, naturally.

I had to go out to the store and pick up cranapple juice, milk, Pepsi and Pepsi-0, and Nannie's caffiene-free diet Mountain Dew. When I came back, hubby was sitting on the porch drinking a cup of coffee. So, at least I know he was listening a day or two ago when I read that coffee (2-3 cups a day) was GOOD for an alcoholic liver. Saw that in an on-line, legitimate medical site, but can't remember which one. 

Now he is laying down on his bed with a fan blowing on him because he is "too hot." I tell ya, he makes me nervous and I am scared for him. But, nothing I can do, if he feels like there is nothing he can do. Although there is still the option of the Librium taper. Doubt we can even get him into a rehab, (like Tweety said) because of his multiple health problems. He has not had a shower or a haircut or trimmed his fingernails since the last time he was in the hospital. I guess he doesn't care that he doesn't care...

He is coming downstairs now, so I'm getting off here......

 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

PS: He said last night that he believed he had vertigo. I told him they would not give him any medicine for dizziness, nor would he be given hydrocodone for the pain at his right ribs and side, because of his drinking. He muttered, and I said, "oh well, sorry, but that's the way it is." 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Also, "I'm sorry. Sometime, somehow, I will make all this up to you, for all the things you've had to do." I said, "Sometime/somehow can only happen if you quit drinking."

His response? "Yeah."