Saturday, January 31, 2004
Fashion Victim
It appears that, in the name of fashion, Britney Spears has had her nipples surgically removed.
I think Sheri is just going to sleep all day. She said she was up every 1.5 hours. I don't know if she did her breathing exercises or not, but it is important for her to at least get out of bed and be vertical on a regular basis.
I set my alarm for 6:00 AM to give her a shot of Heparin. It leaves a nice bruise around the injection point, so in two weeks after 42 of these, she should be one big bruise.
I don't know what I am going to do today. I have taxes to do, and I have a lot of paperwork, bills, checkbook balancing, filing, kind of work to catch up on. I don't feel like doing either.
I set my alarm for 6:00 AM to give her a shot of Heparin. It leaves a nice bruise around the injection point, so in two weeks after 42 of these, she should be one big bruise.
I don't know what I am going to do today. I have taxes to do, and I have a lot of paperwork, bills, checkbook balancing, filing, kind of work to catch up on. I don't feel like doing either.
Friday, January 30, 2004
Sheri is home and doing well. I mixed her up 4 ounces of protein drink, some ice water, and three teaspoons of liquid Vicodin, an opiate similar to codeine, and has about the same pain relieving qualities of morphine.
She said she is not up to talking on the phone tonight. Very tired. The Vicodin will also make her even more tired.
She said she is not up to talking on the phone tonight. Very tired. The Vicodin will also make her even more tired.
I just talked to Sheri (I am at work today) and the doctor said she is doing so well that they might actually let her out today rather than wait until tomorrow.
She still has feelings of nausea, but has not thrown up since that one time yesterday. They gave her two ounces of Boost, and now she is working on some cranberry juice. She has not had anything to eat besides clear liquids on Monday and Tuesday.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Truth is Stranger than Fiction
A 56-foot sperm whale's insides lie strewn about after its belly burst due to decomposition while being transported to the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan in southern Taiwan on January 26, 2004. The whale ran aground and died on a beach in the southwestern county of Yunlin on January 17. (Taiwan Apple daily via Reuters)
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
I made it home alive. (Read that as: I didn't fall asleep at the wheel.) Last night I went to bed a little after midnight, and then got up at 4:00 AM. I wasn't able to catch any catnaps at the hospital.
Sheri is doing GREAT. She barely had a bought with nausea. She felt a little wave come on around 6:00 PM, but she told the nurse right away, rather than try to tough it out like she normally would, and she shot some anti-nausea medicine in her IV. Fixed her right up.
She has been going through about a Styrofoam coffee cup of ice per hour with no problems.
She walked twice today.
I gave her the first shot of Heparin today. She will get three injections per day for the next two weeks. She wanted me to do it for her first, and then she will try it if she is up to it.
She is in good spirits. She even said at one point today that she was happy. Go figure. She got a call from her California friend. A New York friend. Lisa. Toledo Mom. Columbus Mom. A Chicago friend. And she called another local Chicago friend.
I barely made it to the cafeteria before it closed. I had two pieces of baked chicken on rice. It was supposed to be somewhat southwestern, but the only indication of this were a few canned tomatoes stirred into the baked rice. It was average, but for only $2.79 it was a pretty good deal. I also made a big salad from the salad bar. I think tomorrow I will just get a big salad and add extra chopped turkey breast to make it more of a main course.
She has to breathe some medication through a nebulizer for ten minutes every six hours. That means her next session is at 2:00 AM CST. Give her call around then if you like.
That's about all I can recall right now, plus I am so tired that my mind is starting to get confused. I hope I am not too tired to fall asleep. I also drank too many Diet Pepsis and coffees today.
Sheri is doing GREAT. She barely had a bought with nausea. She felt a little wave come on around 6:00 PM, but she told the nurse right away, rather than try to tough it out like she normally would, and she shot some anti-nausea medicine in her IV. Fixed her right up.
She has been going through about a Styrofoam coffee cup of ice per hour with no problems.
She walked twice today.
I gave her the first shot of Heparin today. She will get three injections per day for the next two weeks. She wanted me to do it for her first, and then she will try it if she is up to it.
She is in good spirits. She even said at one point today that she was happy. Go figure. She got a call from her California friend. A New York friend. Lisa. Toledo Mom. Columbus Mom. A Chicago friend. And she called another local Chicago friend.
I barely made it to the cafeteria before it closed. I had two pieces of baked chicken on rice. It was supposed to be somewhat southwestern, but the only indication of this were a few canned tomatoes stirred into the baked rice. It was average, but for only $2.79 it was a pretty good deal. I also made a big salad from the salad bar. I think tomorrow I will just get a big salad and add extra chopped turkey breast to make it more of a main course.
She has to breathe some medication through a nebulizer for ten minutes every six hours. That means her next session is at 2:00 AM CST. Give her call around then if you like.
That's about all I can recall right now, plus I am so tired that my mind is starting to get confused. I hope I am not too tired to fall asleep. I also drank too many Diet Pepsis and coffees today.
I just found out now that there is an internet-connected computer available on the floor for patients and family. I wish I would have known that 12 hours ago!
There is also a coffee machine that makes GREAT coffee fresh one cup at a time.
I feel like a zombie. Sheri is doing good. Just tired. I wake her up every 10 minutes to take 9 breaths on her lung exercise device.
I didn't eat until after she came up to her room. I had a make-it-yourself cold cut sandwich, and a bowl of pretty good split pea soup from the cafeteria n the basement. $6.
No complications. All vitals look great. She is scheduled for her first walk between 6:00 and 6:30.
She talked on the phone with Greta just for a few minutes, but she is too groggy for any kind of conversation beyond that.
This is kind of a thrown-together post because I didn't really think about what I was going to say. I was just excited to see this PC in the visitor's room. I imagine I will post more this evening and tomorrow.
If everything goes well (and at this point there is no reason to believe that they won't) she will be discharged Saturday morning or early afternoon.
TTFN!
There is also a coffee machine that makes GREAT coffee fresh one cup at a time.
I feel like a zombie. Sheri is doing good. Just tired. I wake her up every 10 minutes to take 9 breaths on her lung exercise device.
I didn't eat until after she came up to her room. I had a make-it-yourself cold cut sandwich, and a bowl of pretty good split pea soup from the cafeteria n the basement. $6.
No complications. All vitals look great. She is scheduled for her first walk between 6:00 and 6:30.
She talked on the phone with Greta just for a few minutes, but she is too groggy for any kind of conversation beyond that.
This is kind of a thrown-together post because I didn't really think about what I was going to say. I was just excited to see this PC in the visitor's room. I imagine I will post more this evening and tomorrow.
If everything goes well (and at this point there is no reason to believe that they won't) she will be discharged Saturday morning or early afternoon.
TTFN!
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Monday, January 26, 2004
I forgot to put on my watch today. I hate when I do that. I feel naked.
I figured out how to take the northing and easting coordinates from two points and use the Pythagorean theorem (A2 + B2 = C2) to calculate the distance between the points.
There is a measure tool in the software that lets you click on two points and it will tell you the distance, but you could be off by several feet of clicking on the true location of the points.
The problem with just using the Pythagorean theorem is that it only uses XY data (two dimensional) and assumes the two points are both at the same elevation. Imagine that the two points are on a 45° hill. Looking at them from overhead the distance will appear shorter than if you actually took a tape measure on the ground and measured between the two points. My next goal is to figure out how to incorporate the Z plane (vertical data) to get a true distance between two points.
I figured out how to take the northing and easting coordinates from two points and use the Pythagorean theorem (A2 + B2 = C2) to calculate the distance between the points.
There is a measure tool in the software that lets you click on two points and it will tell you the distance, but you could be off by several feet of clicking on the true location of the points.
The problem with just using the Pythagorean theorem is that it only uses XY data (two dimensional) and assumes the two points are both at the same elevation. Imagine that the two points are on a 45° hill. Looking at them from overhead the distance will appear shorter than if you actually took a tape measure on the ground and measured between the two points. My next goal is to figure out how to incorporate the Z plane (vertical data) to get a true distance between two points.
Sunday, January 25, 2004
I have lost about four pounds since I started back to work two weeks ago. The biggest components of my new diet have been soy protein powder and nuts. In the morning at home I mix two scoops of protein powder with 10 ounces of water. This is quick, no fat, and fills me up until about 10:30 AM.
When I start to feel hungry again at mid-morning I will have three or four handfuls of peanuts, soybeans, or almonds. The high amount of nut oil cuts the hunger pangs almost immediately. There have also been a few studies recently indicating that nut oils have a lot of benefits to diabetics.
If you feel that nuts are a "bad" food because of the high fat content, remember two things: 1. They contain "good" fat that reduces the amount of "bad" fat in your body. 2. If the nuts are in place of other types of food rather than in addition to, you will be OK. For example, having nuts along with your beer and pizza during the football game is just extra calories. If the nuts are replacing a burger or a trip to the candy machine, you will actually be consuming fewer calories overall.
For lunch I have been taking either a frozen SmartOnes® frozen dinner, or packing a sensible lunch (turkey sandwich, fruit, tomato juice).
I will have some more nuts mid-afternoon when I start to get snack hungry, and then eat a normal dinner with Sheri.
There is also not a pop machine at work that is easy to get to. The closest one is in another building across the parking lot. I think that the amount of Diet Pepsi I was drinking at my previous job left me a little on the dehydrated and made my body less efficient at processing calories.
At KDOT there is a Culligan water dispenser about 20 feet from my desk. I have a 32 ounce cup from home that I have just been keeping filled up at my desk. I probably go through about four of those per day.
When I start to feel hungry again at mid-morning I will have three or four handfuls of peanuts, soybeans, or almonds. The high amount of nut oil cuts the hunger pangs almost immediately. There have also been a few studies recently indicating that nut oils have a lot of benefits to diabetics.
If you feel that nuts are a "bad" food because of the high fat content, remember two things: 1. They contain "good" fat that reduces the amount of "bad" fat in your body. 2. If the nuts are in place of other types of food rather than in addition to, you will be OK. For example, having nuts along with your beer and pizza during the football game is just extra calories. If the nuts are replacing a burger or a trip to the candy machine, you will actually be consuming fewer calories overall.
For lunch I have been taking either a frozen SmartOnes® frozen dinner, or packing a sensible lunch (turkey sandwich, fruit, tomato juice).
I will have some more nuts mid-afternoon when I start to get snack hungry, and then eat a normal dinner with Sheri.
There is also not a pop machine at work that is easy to get to. The closest one is in another building across the parking lot. I think that the amount of Diet Pepsi I was drinking at my previous job left me a little on the dehydrated and made my body less efficient at processing calories.
At KDOT there is a Culligan water dispenser about 20 feet from my desk. I have a 32 ounce cup from home that I have just been keeping filled up at my desk. I probably go through about four of those per day.
I picked up a really nice boneless pork roast yesterday on special. I put it dry into an open roasting pan and sprinkled some salt and two Indian spice mixes on it (rogan josh and garam masala).
I am cooking it at low heat (325°) until the internal temperature reaches 155°.
I don't have any meal plans for it other than cutting it into pieces and eating it plain.
It is a 2.6 pound roast, so it should be good for a few quick leftover meals this week.
I am cooking it at low heat (325°) until the internal temperature reaches 155°.
I don't have any meal plans for it other than cutting it into pieces and eating it plain.
It is a 2.6 pound roast, so it should be good for a few quick leftover meals this week.
Friday, January 23, 2004
The latest round of RIAA lawsuits has everyone spooked. There is no free music out there now to download.
