From The Past: July 27, 2007

Kevin has been draining mom’s Denver Catheter one time each day. The liquid he gets from her lung is measured in milliliters. Yesterday I believe he only got 48 milliliters and today it was down to FIVE. Yes, you read correctly; only five milliliters! She is praying they will schedule to have this catheter removed when she visits her doctor on Monday.

The draining part of the daily procedure causes no pain; it is removing the dressing that is so bad. Her skin is raw where the bandage is applied and the bandage itself is super sticky – it has to be though in order to keep the area sterile.

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When Kevin and I went to pick up my trial pair of contact lenses, I also made a quick stop to this store on Short Street:

Not only does the man sell and repair clocks, he also sells magic tricks and supplies. It is a very unique, vintage little shop and one that I love visiting.