Sometimes it can change our present mood to project a short time into the future, into greenery, thaw, warmer air and renewal. Take a moment, now, today, and simply put yourself into your spring, wherever you are. Feel the sun, see the new buds on the trees and plants, hear the animal life declaring itself.…
Projections are that we may in fact find the end of this pandemic tunnel towards the latter part of next month. Until then, breathe, exercise, continue precautions as indicated. Make sure you are reaching out to your social support system. Reach out here, in this space, any time, should you feel simply overwhelmed by it…
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The Omicron variant has taken the world by storm, featuring strongly in the United States by way of case numbers. The CDC has just issued altered recommendations for quarantine- 5 days instead of 7 instead of 10. It is important to understand that this applies to asymptomatic persons who have been diagnosed with COVID. Truly,…
Pretty cheesy. Made you look. It’s dark. It’s cold. The days run together during what is a holiday season for many, a stressful season for many, now marked by uncertainty re the Omicron variant, ramped up flu season, amongst the usual stressors of the season. We are still, many of us, staying close to home,…
The scenario as outlined in the last several posts was not an exercise in catharsis, but, rather, was to, by way of personalization, to illustrate just why someone might be in need of an advocate, a navigator, someone to represent their interests in the storm of modern medicine. Staff is at a premium, there remains…
Home again, home again, but still answer-less. Please remember that this is with us hooting and hollering and hand-waving and asking for help. But still, we fell into algorithm after algorithm after algorithm. To be sure, his symptoms would come and go, but most folks become uncomfortable witnessing their loved-ones heaving for breath after a…
Into the bowels of the beast, short-staffed, patients extending into hallways, COVID cases ramping back up- we were fortunate to be placed in a room shortly upon arrival, whereupon we sat. We sat some more. Henceforth, we sat. We received excellent, empathetic care, but sit we did. Ultimately, another chest XR suggested a pneumonia- they…
So, antibiotcs in twice daily, walk, pushing protein drinks like a car salesman, yet still, episodes of profound shortness of breath, all hours of day and night, concerning, little energy for much activity, little food intake, ongoing poor balance. Final culture results from the drainage- nada, nothing…. so, check wound infection from the all-causes list.…
So we bundle carefully into the car- he is weak, ill-appearing, still having difficulty breathing- also, he now smells like a hospital- and we head to another emergency department- so, the overnight resident had assured me that the alleged receiving department “was aware.” Eh. They were not. But, in the course of my phone call…
