Mom had her second surgery in early September, shortly after labor day. She received an artificial graft of her thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (aka TAAA) in open surgical repair. From her aortic arch down to her illiac arterie. Here’s an illustration of something similar. Her aneurysm was over 6.2 centimeters in diameter in places, extended the [...]
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The Worrying Way
Try The Worryin’ Way by The Fabulettes
I have lost 10 pounds in less than a week. Admittedly, some of it was steroid bloat (oh, my friend methylprednisolone inspires me to cooking and eating wackiness). But a good deal was worry, hard worry, and its friend, the hospital hike.
My mom was admitted to the hospital from [...]
2 things not to take for granted
I spent the day at a friend’s house today. She hasn’t been feeling well lately–weird back pain. A doctor’s visit and a scan revealed that this was not a muscle strain or a kidney stone. It was an impacted colon. Probably several feet from the bowel.
So I hung out all day, with my magic gifts [...]