From The Past: August 21, 2007
Kevin and I have been trying to lose weight all summer. Kevin has lost more weight than me, but I have been told this is normal since most men weigh more than women. I only wish I had already lost as much as he has!
You know, all women have a magic number they think they would be happy weighing. I have had a number in mind from the very beginning of this “diet” (it’s really a life change, not a diet) and when I reach it or even near it, I’ll let you know. It may take me another month or so. We’ll see.
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I spoke with my sister, Jennifer today while she was on her lunch break. She is in Lexington today for training, but they have told her she will be away an entire week for training in Owensboro or someplace like that. She has a job at night cleaning, so she will have to arrange for someone to do that, plus she has other arranging that will have to be accomplished with the kids and so on. She lives a hectic life! By the way, a man took one of the rabbits she found the other day.
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I received a document in this afternoon’s mail stating that Guido’s tumor was not cancerous. Yea!
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Mom has a hard, round place on her arm. The doctor told her it is Phlebitis and she has to take an antibiotic called cefdinir (Omnicef) to rid herself of it. She has had this place for three weeks – ever since someone came into her hospital room one night to draw blood. She believes this was the second person to try to draw her blood that night. There is still no word on her chest x-ray.
August 22, 2007
Mom just called and said when the home health nurse came on Monday and took blood, the results showed that her platelets were dangerously low. That was MONDAY. So, she is going to the Markey this morning and no telling what they will do.
She also has a very gruff cough. She sounds like someone who has pneumonia, so I hope they address that also. She said she will keep me posted.
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Mom is home now. She said her chest x-ray was fine which surprises me, but I am very happy. She said she only needed one bag of platelets and that brought her numbers back up to normal.
They gave her more medicine and some of it has made her sleepy, so she is going to lay down for a nap. All seems well.