Friday, August 7, 2020

The BIG mystery revealed and other non-essential stuff in this pseudo normalcy world by this pseudo normalcy gal!




So I went to the neurosurgeon's office and found out after waiting in the conference room front desk personnel, Mara led the way, and for the nurse, Kerry to take me back to the exam room and she had taken my nearly picture-perfect blood pressure of 122 over 80, high for me but not too bad for my whitecoat syndrome that I have seemed to acquire over these  last few years

Melissa the nurse practitioner entered the room where my baclofen pump X-ray was displayed on the computer with other boxes showed other items installed in me I presumed.

Never went to that discussion, only my allergic reaction to medication given to me while I was there at the hospital causing hallucinations, narrowed it down to pain opioids given to me via the IV. Well, at least now I know for sure! (Silver lining?...NOT!)

Now another group of medications I cannot take and must tell everyone to NOT give to me, Melissa asked me what medication did I then want for pain if I needed it in the future, I sheepishly said Lamaze, meaning none... also my catheter from the pump had not just one kink in it but was twisted several times over. And that rubbery sensation of my legs was caused by the rush of withdrawal from the baclofen as it had been cut off by the twists of that catheter!!! 

The revision surgery Dr. Douglas Hershkovitz, the neurosurgeon did to repair the problem was to stitch the catheter in place along its way to my spinal column! I was that 1% that this happens to, again me... too many meds too cause the same issue with me.

I almost said and had actually said to Dr. Liliana Montoya's nurse Miquel if it happened again I should have it removed, but that was on the phone... and I did not mention it ever again to the surgeon or his people.
Maybe it is fixed???

My 18 staples were removed by Kerry the nurse, but Dr. Heshkovitz said the girdle to hold everything in place had to be worn a month or more still! I do see him again in a few weeks perhaps that will change?

Not my favorite piece of lingerie, considering it is fluffy on one end and has a Velcro closure, ugly and uncomfortable.
Someone should recreate this item that is desperately seeking a more user-friendly design! 
So medical usage looking! Calling all lingerie designers help with this issue too???


Moving on... This morning's sunrise!







Moving on again to...





PRESIDENT NEXT!





VOTE FOR JOE! VOTE FOR JOE! VOTE FOR JOE! VOTE FOR JOE! VOTE FOR JOE!




Sanity runs in his family, and kindness, and smarts! Plenty of experience too! Did I mention EXPERIENCE! And level headed clear thinking!







And so we must go...



Be smart and be safe! 
Happy good night to all!


Count those blessings and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
Take it, Bella! ( I am a Maltese Yorkie, a Morkie, and I might be four years old! We are all rescues so no one knows for sure.)I did this so I will be.


Aussie shut it down!


(I am an Australian Shepherd, an interesting factoid I was supposed to be a miniature but...as you might know I AM NOT! But I am now over two and a half years old, so I am the baby HA! I was three months old when Mommy and Daddy adopted me.)

No tail/tale publishing circa 2018.

Don't forget us too! 

Easy as Aussie, Bella, Chance, now you got it!
And me Chance, I am a Bichon Frise mix, first I thought Maltese but now I am considering poodle? I am pictured here with Mom and Dad at the Port Charlotte Animal Welfare League! I am five years old they think.

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