I must say that letting Rita Cosby host her new MSNBC show (dedicated entirely to the worst natural disaster in American History) live from Aruba certainly provides one with a total sense of irony.
I imagine there are more than a couple missing white girls in Louisiana & Mississippi tonight.
Pathetic.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Monday, August 29, 2005
Florida= TOO HOT!
I remember now why I moved. I have no clue how people can take this weather all year.
Anyhoo, we arrived for a few days here so the family could all get some face time with Grace.
Unfortunately, by the time she was in her jammies, she had crapped through my first outfit (just after getting off the plane) and eventually threw up everything in her stomach on my second outfit (in hotel tonight). Long day, almost no napping, and the aforementioned heat, and I think it was just too much.
Hopefully tomorrow will prove to be a better day for our little hero.
Anyhoo, we arrived for a few days here so the family could all get some face time with Grace.
Unfortunately, by the time she was in her jammies, she had crapped through my first outfit (just after getting off the plane) and eventually threw up everything in her stomach on my second outfit (in hotel tonight). Long day, almost no napping, and the aforementioned heat, and I think it was just too much.
Hopefully tomorrow will prove to be a better day for our little hero.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Antibiotics
Grace has been on a daily dose of antibiotics of one form or another since then end of September, 2004. I don't write this to encourage your sympathy, although you are welcome to.
I write this only to say that she seems to have gotten wise to the whole thing and doesn't want to injest them anymore. The new one she is one (another mystery infection... lab results on Monday) clearly tastes like cat sick, as she immediately shakes her head "no" as soon as the spoon (or syringe, or squirter) nears her pie hole.
We end up having to lie her down, hold her hands, and use the syringe, but this is traumatic for both mother & child. Sarah was convinced tonight that Grace was going to hold this against us, but the genuinely lovely hug Grace gave her about 90 seconds later proved otherwise.
As for me, I'm not so worried about pissing her off, but I must wonder what essentially a year's worth of antibiotics is doing to her immune system. If you want details on what they do to her digestive system, email me. I won't post it here.
We have been dealing with this urinary tract "situation" for nearly a year now, and I am starting to wonder if we aren't creating another long term problem due to all of these antibotics.
I write this only to say that she seems to have gotten wise to the whole thing and doesn't want to injest them anymore. The new one she is one (another mystery infection... lab results on Monday) clearly tastes like cat sick, as she immediately shakes her head "no" as soon as the spoon (or syringe, or squirter) nears her pie hole.
We end up having to lie her down, hold her hands, and use the syringe, but this is traumatic for both mother & child. Sarah was convinced tonight that Grace was going to hold this against us, but the genuinely lovely hug Grace gave her about 90 seconds later proved otherwise.
As for me, I'm not so worried about pissing her off, but I must wonder what essentially a year's worth of antibiotics is doing to her immune system. If you want details on what they do to her digestive system, email me. I won't post it here.
We have been dealing with this urinary tract "situation" for nearly a year now, and I am starting to wonder if we aren't creating another long term problem due to all of these antibotics.
And Now for Something Completely Different
On our neighborhood travels today we purchased Grace her first official pair of "real" shoes.
$39.
Yes that is right.
This is where parenting starts to get silly expensive.
Also, on the way home, Sarah went into a pet store to get some new food for our old as dirt cat, Frank. In his advancing years, Frank has become rather choosy in his dining, and because he is firendly to Grace, we have decided to indulge him. Anyway, she came out with a can of "California Roll". Clearly they aren't selling this cat food in Alabama.
$39.
Yes that is right.
This is where parenting starts to get silly expensive.
Also, on the way home, Sarah went into a pet store to get some new food for our old as dirt cat, Frank. In his advancing years, Frank has become rather choosy in his dining, and because he is firendly to Grace, we have decided to indulge him. Anyway, she came out with a can of "California Roll". Clearly they aren't selling this cat food in Alabama.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Top Ten Atrocities of the 20th Century
I found this on line tonight.
10. Chinese Civil war 1945-49 (puts ours to shame) - Total dead: 2, 500,000
9. 2nd Indochina war 1960-75 (to inc. what we call Vietnam War) - Total Dead: 2,800,000
8. Korean war 1950-53 - Total Dead: 2,800,000
7. Congo Free State (I didn't even know about this) 1900-08 - Total dead: 3,000,000
6. China Warlord & Nationalist Era - 1917-37 - Total Dead: 4,000,000
5. Russian Civil War - 1918-21 - Total Dead: 8,800,000 (wow, a huge jump. Very ambitious)
4. WWI (inc. Armenian massacre) - 1914-18 - Total Dead: 15,000,000 (supposed to be the war to end all wars. They were wrong)
3. Stalin's regime - 1924-53 - Total dead: 20,000,000
2. China, Mao Zedong's regime - 1949-76 Total Dead: 40,000,000
1. WW2 - 1937/1939-45 (inc. Sino Japanese War & Holocaust) - Total dead: 55,000,000
Recent killings include Rwanda (#21 - 917,000), & Iran-Iraq War (# 18 - 1,100,000)
Apparently there was an influenza pandemic in 1918 on the heels of WW1 where a further 20-40 million died.
10. Chinese Civil war 1945-49 (puts ours to shame) - Total dead: 2, 500,000
9. 2nd Indochina war 1960-75 (to inc. what we call Vietnam War) - Total Dead: 2,800,000
8. Korean war 1950-53 - Total Dead: 2,800,000
7. Congo Free State (I didn't even know about this) 1900-08 - Total dead: 3,000,000
6. China Warlord & Nationalist Era - 1917-37 - Total Dead: 4,000,000
5. Russian Civil War - 1918-21 - Total Dead: 8,800,000 (wow, a huge jump. Very ambitious)
4. WWI (inc. Armenian massacre) - 1914-18 - Total Dead: 15,000,000 (supposed to be the war to end all wars. They were wrong)
3. Stalin's regime - 1924-53 - Total dead: 20,000,000
2. China, Mao Zedong's regime - 1949-76 Total Dead: 40,000,000
1. WW2 - 1937/1939-45 (inc. Sino Japanese War & Holocaust) - Total dead: 55,000,000
Recent killings include Rwanda (#21 - 917,000), & Iran-Iraq War (# 18 - 1,100,000)
Apparently there was an influenza pandemic in 1918 on the heels of WW1 where a further 20-40 million died.
A Day in the Life of a Urinary Tract
Frustrating day with medical professionals.
1PM: We show up to NYU Tisch (after getting lost in that massive hospital - the worst elevators in all of health care) to procure a sonogram of Grace's kidney and bladder to show surgeon the stent in her that he will remove tomorrow. I had assumed that it was about a half an inch long. WRONG. It runs from the kidney, along the ureter, and through the bladder. It's a monster. Note to self: ask more questions. Grace is suffering from some kind of bug (100+ fever for over 24 hours - simply because she has surgery tomorow!) and is very irritible during the entire procedure, crying unconsolably.
3:30PM: we arrive at the pediatrician (after an idiotic subway ride) to get the pre-surgery okay. Doc notices some white "gunk" on her tonsils and is somewhat against the procedure tomorrow. She puts a urine bag on Grace to collect a specimen, and tells us to come back in 30 minutes or so. Grace cries most of the time. We leave, run a few errands, and I realize she has crapped herself.
4:30PM We go back, the docs declare the bag useless, they attach another one and we head out again for a break. Did I mention she cried the whole time?
5:30PM Grace is finally exhausted from all that emotion and falls fast asleep. We run a few more errands and head back to the doc's office. Luckily she is a one a day pooper so all is well. They get their specimen and it seems like there is no urine trouble. We call the surgeon who of course says that Grace must come in tomorrow and HE will decide if all is okay to perform the procedure to remove the stent. Grace cries for most of the time in the office.
Sarah & I agree this is one of those days that age us. We stop off at the liquor store for a nice bottle of wine.
We will awake at 4:45AM to have Sarah breastfeed Grace before going into the hospital. Just another day dealing with medical issues in our house. It sucks, but you just get used to it. It's simply what you do.
1PM: We show up to NYU Tisch (after getting lost in that massive hospital - the worst elevators in all of health care) to procure a sonogram of Grace's kidney and bladder to show surgeon the stent in her that he will remove tomorrow. I had assumed that it was about a half an inch long. WRONG. It runs from the kidney, along the ureter, and through the bladder. It's a monster. Note to self: ask more questions. Grace is suffering from some kind of bug (100+ fever for over 24 hours - simply because she has surgery tomorow!) and is very irritible during the entire procedure, crying unconsolably.
3:30PM: we arrive at the pediatrician (after an idiotic subway ride) to get the pre-surgery okay. Doc notices some white "gunk" on her tonsils and is somewhat against the procedure tomorrow. She puts a urine bag on Grace to collect a specimen, and tells us to come back in 30 minutes or so. Grace cries most of the time. We leave, run a few errands, and I realize she has crapped herself.
4:30PM We go back, the docs declare the bag useless, they attach another one and we head out again for a break. Did I mention she cried the whole time?
5:30PM Grace is finally exhausted from all that emotion and falls fast asleep. We run a few more errands and head back to the doc's office. Luckily she is a one a day pooper so all is well. They get their specimen and it seems like there is no urine trouble. We call the surgeon who of course says that Grace must come in tomorrow and HE will decide if all is okay to perform the procedure to remove the stent. Grace cries for most of the time in the office.
Sarah & I agree this is one of those days that age us. We stop off at the liquor store for a nice bottle of wine.
We will awake at 4:45AM to have Sarah breastfeed Grace before going into the hospital. Just another day dealing with medical issues in our house. It sucks, but you just get used to it. It's simply what you do.
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