It's called
Only a few things listed, but I saw him downstairs on my sewing machine a bit ago with some hot pink fleece,
it's cute
pass it on.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Broken Heart Syndrome...its real
Who would have thought it was real??
Takotsubo
About 70-80% of cases of Tako-tsubo Syndrome (TTS) occur in post-menopausal women under some form of extreme, exceptional and prolonged mental stress,... with no good way out, no relief and often feeling deep resentment.
I trained on the Telemetry floor yesterday. (heart/cardiac)
Usually when you train, you train with someone...but yesterday, they were a bit busy, so the Charge Nurse said, "you can handle it. I'll be your 'go to person'. You take this lil ol lady, nothing really wrong with her, she just thinks she's having a heart attack"
OK...
I can handle it, I am a nurse. I think quick on my feet. I can wipe an ass just like the rest of them.
My patient:
83 year old lady...having chest pain, weighs 72 pounds with rocks in her pockets.
This patient did have an underlying problem. She had an Aortic Aneurysm . But that was not her real problem.
Her real problem was Takotsubo...the broken heart syndrome.
Saddest thing I've heard in a while.
She has a husband...He's 88, she's 83...She just had heart surgery 3 weeks ago they (the son) arranged for her to have a bit of home care after the surgery, where they come in and help you with meals or laundry...anything really...for a few hours a week.
The husband said NO...GET THEM OUT.
She told me, with tears in her eyes, "I need some help, I can't do everything anymore and he won't let anyone help me....I'm going to die."
Then she proceeded to tell me how she was a direct descendent of Queen Elizabeth and was invited to her arrival party when she came to the US a few years back. Gilded invitation and everything....and her bastard hubby said, "If you go you won't have a house when you come back" . That was when she was in her late 70's.
They have been married for 45 years.
She's dying of a broken heart...
It's not rocket science
It's common sense.
Monday, April 4, 2011
leaky tub=hole in ceiling
If it's not one thing its another.
The tub was leaking, which meant it went into the floor and traveled to the ceiling underneath which traveled to the floor there...ie: hole
Whatever, I have told myself I am not going to stress over things I can't control.
So I called the plumber, Mike's Plumbing.
He came, he saw, he shook his head, he fixed....
50$
and no plumber crack
(which was a bummer because he was quite easy on the eyes.)
now I have to fix the hole.
I want a new bathroom, but not really feasible right now.
Things happen, and if you think they don't you live in a fantasy world of unicorns and fairy dust.
This is minor compared to most.
LIFE UPDATE :
finished a knitting project
working on a knitting thing for a dear (wink wink) friend
Start training at a new location in the hospital Wed. (Telemetry!)
Start phase 2 of P90x (and no...i see no change in my body, except that i'm a bit firmer)
Kids are back to school (thank god)
Saturday, April 2, 2011
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