Journal RM6f9's Journal: Angel update (calmer me) 3
Well, I've calmed down some: after a visit to an ER on the 9th, resulting in the discovery of 3 clots around her lungs, an overnight hospital stay, and a massive/rapidly-applied course of blood thinners, we brought her home - 4 days of sub-cutaneous levidox (sp?) injections left bruises that would've had her in a shelter and me in jail had anyone seen them w/o the real explanation.
Fast forward to Monday last (7/20), when she went in for a routine day-surgery, the replacement (bilateral) of her ureteral double-ended "J" stents - the actual procedure went perfectly smoothly, but when they tried to bring her out of anesthesia, her blood O2 wouldn't stabilize, so they put her back under, re-entubed her, and left her sedated for 19 hours until they could get a lung specialist and some tests back - they stopped the oxygen, but left the tube in for an hour, then removed the trach tube and put her on a nasal oxygen feed, then removed that all the while very carefully watching her O2 levels...
Badness: when my mother passed, before my out-of state family could get in to say good-bye, she spent 4 days on life support - machine breathing for her by way of a trach-tube, tongue relaxed, tip protruding slightly - fast-forward to Mon night, when that was almost exactly the same picture/sight I had of my wife, before they told me I probably shouldn't wake her due to the tube...
Terror comes in many forms, I might've slept 2 nightmare hours Mon. night.
We jumped through all the hoops they set up to get her released, we've been home since Tuesday (yesterday) afternoon, now all we've got left is a CT scan (Friday, if her kidneys are up to the IV contrast) and a visit with her oncologist on Tuesday next to discuss new treatment options - the oral she is on was, they think, what caused the clots.
So, how's everyone *else's* month gone?
My month has sucked but not as bad as yours (Score:1)
Not just unemployed, but like getting kicked in the teeth every morning when I get up and apply for more jobs and see the rejections come in. First week in 2 months I haven't even had an interview.
Early last week had a recruiter call me saying are you interested in working for BIG company (I mean really big like you in the US probably have dealt with them today at least this week), This week follow up after calls last week saying they were still thinking - "No probably not you, they don't need someone as s
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Being unemployed when one needs work really hurts. I take it self-employment is not an option? Please, by all means consider yourself a success for continuing to act - the success is not in the creation of desired results (control of which is not entirely in your hands), but in taking the best actions you can to create the opportunity for the results you wish - given the state of things, and not knowing your needs, a suggestion to take what you can get while working for getting what you really want sounds
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"Sorry about your Mother-In-Law, here's hoping she's still enjoying some quality of life - "
Not being allowed ice cream, lollies and chocolates is the biggest problem there. And when she finds out the cashews she has are unsalted my wife may get a whack around the ears (wife takes her shopping as she can't do it herself).
"a suggestion to take what you can get"
I have been trying - nobody in there right mind would hire me as a labourer (my wife has banned me from using power tools in the house),
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