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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jul 31, 2024 22:35:16 GMT -5
Sneakers: I hope your surgery went well. I would hate to have you loose another toe. But for some reason, it just did henot heal right. You have had skin grafts, rehab, home health care and medical care from Dr. Clause for so long. Who knows why things happen in life. I wish you the best for whatever transpired today (Wednesday).
The surgery went well. I have not yet seen the foot yet because it is wrapped in bandages. But I have gotten so I can feel it. Did not eat or drink anything between 9:00 AM and 6:30 PM.Since had four mini cans of pop and a turkey sandwich, a small bowl of mandarin oranges, and a bag of Original Flavor Sun Chips. I went back and looked at my Medicare Summary Notices. First claim for my left foot was July 25, 2023. Just over a year ago. Got the Boeing pension payment credited late tonight. Informed Delivery shows nothing for tomorrow. AJ said two boxes for me today.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 1, 2024 5:10:38 GMT -5
Last night, I had two four-ounce cups of vanilla ice cream.
Turned off the TV and started Alexa to playing iHeart Radio Classic Rock.
Respiratory put on my CPAP a few minutes after 11:00 PM and I fell asleep.
Woke up at 3;35 AM and the nurses came in and cleaned me up.
They fitted me with a male PureWick system to collect my pee.
Warm except my arms which are above the blanket.
Today is Boeing pension payday and it turns out the hospital staff also has their first payday of the month today,
Going to pay bills this morning on the iPad which I can do in a pinch. Really would prefer the ThinkPad because the E-statements are there already. But I am not going to ask AJ to bring it in because it’s locked up in the dock.
Figured out how to get SiriusXM in the hospital room on the iPad.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 1, 2024 7:04:51 GMT -5
Nurses are running out of places to poke for blood. I had them try on my chest and it didn’t work.
Thinking about paying bills but I may wait until tomorrow. ACH transfers entered on Friday wait to Monday to take effect. Nothing is due today, IIRC nothing is due until the fifth.
Wait until I tell AJ today’s nurse is Chelsea. But she isn’t AJ’s former girlfriend. Looks nothing like that Chelsea.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 1, 2024 8:14:38 GMT -5
Sneakers--With modern technology you can pay bills online while in the hospital. How is your foot feeling? Is the hospital food decent. Ours is sometimes good and sometimes not so good.
Lorando--We will have to see how the trade works out. Astros finally defeated the Pirates. I agree you should have been notified ahead of time about the cleaning so you can make plans accordingly.
Patty--Most of the people who come in to do Maintenace in a government project are the lowest bidders. You get what you pay for. Dealt with those issues when I was teaching. Good luck with your appointments.
The window installers arrived at exactly 9AM. There were three installers who worked efficiently.
We had agreed to allow the business to make a commercial using our house/windows. What I didn't anticipate was wife and me being in the commercial. However after 7 takes we finally got it right. Then the video crew got their drone out to fly around the house. But we are in a restricted zone and the FAA got control of the drone and stopped it at 5 feet. Then the drown piolet got a call from the FAA. We are 1 1/2 miles from the airport she explained. He was able to get temporary permission. By 3:30 PM, the installers were done and owner of the business came out to inspect the work. The video team commented on the tall grass in the ditch. jokingly asked if the could fly the drone over the ditch and get a video I can post on the Mayor's and city Facebook page. He did so and will send it to us when they send a copy of the commercial.
Nephew came and picked up the old windows which he will install at caretaker sister's home.
Learned while we outside the 88-year-old next door neighbor had fallen and was taken to ER. She had no broken bones but some other issues. She did come outside with her daughter.
Tonight, we have a rosary for a former co-worker. I guess at our age funerals are going to be a part of our lives.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 1, 2024 8:48:46 GMT -5
Just had breakfast. Grits, pancakes, turkey sausage patty, milk, OJ. They brought me eggs, which if they want me to eat them they have to feed them to me in an omelet.
Got my food order taken for the next 24 hours. Made a point of getting an omelet for breakfast tomorrow.
Had Chelsea the nurse come by with morning meds and a nursing student. Got my after breakfast meds. Holly, the nursing student, even got to give me a shot in the belly. I commented that she was good.
Got temperature in the room increased by five degrees.
I am non weight bearing on the left leg. Guess if I have to poop I will need a bedpan. Will hopefully do better with it than I did last stay.
Just switched to Alexa classic rock. Was watching the CBS morning news.
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Post by lorando (NW PA) on Aug 1, 2024 8:54:50 GMT -5
Good Morning, Sneakers. Glad the surgery went well. Hope you are resting as comfortably as possible. Getting blood from your chest? Ouch!
Hi, Patty. I can't blame the pressure washing crews. They're outside contractors who had to stop in June when the new patio fences were being installed. We were notified that they would be back this week, but there are 20 pods of 6 apartments each, so it's impossible to know where they'll be at any given time. Sounds like there's a lot of projects going on in your apartments too. It's probably better to be inconvenienced now than in mid-winter. (Let's not talk about winter!)
Hi, Uncle. Lots of trades to evaluate. Mark Leiter Jr is the son of Mark Leiter Sr, who also was a MLB pitcher. And Mark Leiter Sr is the brother of Al Leiter, whose son also pitched in the majors. I think Al pitched for the Jays after he left the Yankees the first time. He eventually rejoined the Yankees and became their color commentator for awhile. He was good! Speaking of baseball families, I see Vlad Jr. is still a Blue Jay.
Mornin', soutxed. That sounds like an interesting experience, being in a commercial. Did they have a director's clapboard and everything?
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 1, 2024 9:02:34 GMT -5
Sneakers--With modern technology you can pay bills online while in the hospital. How is your foot feeling? Is the hospital food decent. Ours is sometimes good and sometimes not so good.
I have the modern technology or it dates back to 2017. That is how I am writing this. The left foot has a mild sensation from being bandaged up. Methodist has good food. HCA, less so. AJ took food to Isaiah when he was in HCA because he found the food there unpalatable. I thought it was good when I was in HCA in December but I probably know what hospital kitchens can’t flub up.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 1, 2024 9:12:06 GMT -5
Good Morning, Sneakers. Glad the surgery went well. Hope you are resting as comfortably as possible. Getting blood from your chest? Ouch!
Pretty comfortable although I can feel the dressing against my foot. The needle went in just inboard of my left armpit and that is a relatively insensitive area.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 1, 2024 18:17:21 GMT -5
Have frequent visits from the nurses, less so the doctors. I think the doctors are waiting on test results to come back.
Listened to iHeart Classic Rock on Alexa from about 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM.
Ed will be happy to hear that I had the carrot trifecta for lunch again (carrots in the soup, carrots in the chicken pot pie, carrots as a side).
Had another incident of “stretched rear end” after lunch. They gave me a dose of stool softener and a glass of prune juice. I managed to poop on my left hand. Mario the tech cleaned my hands thoroughly.
Also had one mini can of Diet Coke plus a cup of Diet Coke. And in related news, Coca-Cola stock went up today.
Talked to AJ this afternoon. He went to the food bank because he is between jobs. Got fifteen cartons of a dozen eggs each. Don’t know how many people he spread them around but the previous time we got a large number of bananas and grapes and spread them around. I said if I was at home Michelle could make me an omelet. As it stands, I have one scheduled for Friday morning breakfast.
Now watching the news on KHOU Channel 11.
The Houston Texans and the Chicago Bears will be playing in the Hall of Fame Game tonight. Just looked and it will be on ESPN, which I think they have here. Just no business news.
Talked to nurse Chelsea this afternoon. She said that I would undoubtedly go to rehab after the hospital. I have already requested that I go to Ignite.
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Post by patty7841 on Aug 1, 2024 18:26:33 GMT -5
Sneakers: So good that your surgery went well. I am sure that your medical care will be excellent in the hospital that you are at. And You sound like you feel better than you did yesterday. Hope you remain comfortable and your rehab goes well. I have to check my account online to see if my social security deposit made it today. I have tons of bills too that have to be paid.
Soutxed: That is nice that the window people did a commercial at your house. How nice is that? Is that commercial going to be on tv? The windows are finally in too. You are so right about projects being done at government buildings. The window project was started in my building in January. Talking about it being cold. And they made a mess. How cheap the windows are too. They were the lowest bidders. The heat/AC pumps are the same way. Cheap!!!!! I am not going to use the pumps for heat this winter, if I am still here. I cannot be breathing dry air blowing around due to respiratory issues. I will check with the maintenance guy, whom I already spoke to. I need to use the hot water vents along the wall. No hot air blowing. I just have to turn on the breakers on the wall to get the heaters to work.
lorando: You are right about the project that happened at your apartment complex. It sounds like an ideal place to live from what you have commented before. The place sounds like it is well kept. I only have 2 rooms. I wish that I could do better. It is a lousy situation. Oh well!!!
Have a good Friday Everyone!!
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Post by Unclebal on Aug 1, 2024 21:14:26 GMT -5
patty7841, I do have a GPS unit to guide me. You can't always trust them though, but they do help. soutxed, glad the window installers did arrive and worked effectively. Hopefully that will be the end of it. And you're in one of their commercials? Did they give you a discount? Sorry to hear about your neighbour falling. lorando (NW PA), Mark Leiter Sr. played for the Expos for part of one season. He name rings a bell, but probably because Al Leiter did play for the Jays. They can't trade Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He's part of the future plans, I guess and a fan favorite. sneakers (Metro Houston), glad you got through the surgery. Take care everyone.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 1, 2024 21:47:33 GMT -5
Sneakers: So good that your surgery went well. I am sure that your medical care will be excellent in the hospital that you are at. And You sound like you feel better than you did yesterday. Hope you remain comfortable and your rehab goes well. I have to check my account online to see if my social security deposit made it today. I have tons of bills too that have to be paid.
Houston Methodist Hospital has a five-star rating from Medicare for effective care. So does Ignite. I wasn’t NPO after breakfast today. Although I did have two or three sessions of “stretched rear end” but I am on a diet to avoid that. They gave me a glass of prune juice but it was more watery than what I remember from the Dark Ages. At lunch today, I had a drink of water that went down the wrong pipe. Did one heck a lot of coughing and spit a good bit of it out. Nursing tech got concerned. Now watching the CW 39 9:00 PM news. They are talking about the weather guess. Have a good appetite. Just called the nurse to get me some ice cream. Then I’ll not eat until breakfast. Nurse Chelsea (not to be confused with AJ’s former girlfriend) said I will likely go to rehab instead of directly home. Already want to go to Ignite despite the $2.70 cans of pop. One of my clinicians ordered a ABO and Rh check. I was A Positive every time they do that. .
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 2, 2024 4:36:31 GMT -5
Surgery was a piece of cake. The major annoyance is “stretched rear end” which the nursing staff is taking measures to prevent. It doesn’t help to be stuck in bed not able to put weight on your left forefoot.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 2, 2024 5:44:34 GMT -5
Went to sleep last night about 10:30 PM.
Got woke up by the respiratory therapist putting on my CPAP mask.
Slept until about 4:10 AM.
By 4:30 AM, I had two nurse visits. One to get vital signs and the other to get two or three tubes of blood. They also cleaned off my tray table except for an information card, a box of paper tissues, an incentive spirometer, and a water container.
Got to pay bills today. I will go through the process of doing it on my iPad. I could do it faster on the ThinkPad but it’s locked up at home and I don’t want it with me in the hospital. Got to pay water/sewer/garbage, electricity, and cable TV bills. Then what’s left goes on the HEB Signature VISA card. Its balance is about $800 more than my Boeing pension payment.
Got one pill that I only know the generic name that the staff here calls out by the brand name.
Nobody has come in the room for over an hour. Just drank all my water so somebody will come in to refill it when I hit the nurse call button.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 2, 2024 6:38:11 GMT -5
Have to make it quick as I need to mow the lawn before the heat wave sets in. Sneakers--Sounds like you are getting treated well. You can special order your eggs. Not sure that happens here. The nursing where BIL was did cook eggs and others the way BIL liked them. But caretaker sister was pretty demanding. The nurses were glad she is gone.
Uncle--Let's see what the trades do for each club. Next door neighbor is doing well considering her age and all.
Lorando--Glad they got the work done in an efficient manner.
Patty--Not sure if commercial will be on TV.
They didn't have one of those director claps, he just did a countdown. Discount on the next windows which will be after the first if the year.
Had a rosary last night for one of our coaches. Room was packed.
Found out the cause of death for our son, heart attack brought on by his diabetes. Good to have that behind us.
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