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I promise that eventually my JEs won't all be about my dad's health problems. Really.

So Mom called tonight during supper -- it was the first I'd heard from her since the message left around Noon:30. Some things got clarified -- his foot wasn't ALL black -- just around the wound and some on the top. Still sounds gross, but better than an all-black foot, I'd say. My dad went to the ER to avoid waiting for the HMO to process & approve a hospital stay. They checked him in and began administering antibiotics.

He started feeling better right away. He had told me yesterday that he was hardly eating 300 calories a day -- he just wasn't hungry. After he started getting the meds, he ate a sandwich, tea, fruit, and some soup. Gotta love that hospital food!!

My mom sounded really upbeat & much calmer than she had on the message. I guess I'd better stop reacting to how she sounds on those, since I seem to be the first person she calls (when she's most upset and doesn't know *anything*). So I'm feeling better, too.

They're waiting on an MRI. Dad will still probably get the big chop (I think). But it's not such a "rush him to the ER, he needs to lose that foot, STAT!" situation.

In other news, I'm taking the kids on an apple orchard tour tomorrow! I called up a local place & they have tours just for kids, so we signed right up!! I think it'll be fun for Kiddo to see how apples grow and how a farm works and all that jazz. Afterwards, we're gonna buy one of a bunch of different varieties and have a tasting. Then I'm going to have her come up with words to describe each different kind. Juicy!
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  • Bring home some cooking apples (granny smiths are good) and maybe within the next few days I post a recipee for Appeltaart[1]

    Yum yum.

    [1] Dutch Apple Tart.
    • OK. I actually keep them as a staple, 'cause I've decided I like eating them out of hand, as well as cooking with them. They're really good with this recipe [slashdot.org].

      I'll look forward to getting the recipe. If you post it before Friday, I'll be able to get the ingredients when I go to the grocery store!

      ....Bethanie....
      • If you're shopping for appeltaart, you'll need flour, sugar, butter, cinnamon, raisins/currents/whatever, a lemon, an egg - and of course apples.
        I'll need to find time to dig out the recipe and post it.

        Springform tins are best, but any cake tin will do.
        I may post the recipe tomorrow, in a few days, or in a week. I'm off work for a week next week and I don't often post from home. My wife has other plans than sitting at the computer ;-)
    • Appeltaart[1]

      [1] Dutch Apple Tart.

      I love Dutch. Like English, but with more vowels. (e.g. Centraal Station, Strippenkaart [hiptravelguide.com].) Afrikaans is even more this way.

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    • Bethanie, your title almost knocked me outta m y chair.

      HBI, that comment about the grudging conversation was one of the most charming gruff things i've heard in awhile.

      Doctors. Give 'em an inch, they'll take a foot. *sigh*
    • but i'll have a grudging conversation with someone I don't acknowledge the existence of.

      heh

      This reminded me of something I read once (many years ago) that has stuck with me ever since. It essentially summed up my whole view of God and the universe.

      The universe sees no distinction between the multitude of creatures and elements which comprise it. All are equal. None is favored. The universe, equipped with nothing but the materials and the power of creation, continues to create: something of this, some
    • Heh. You pretty much described my dad to a tee. Nasty, sitting in his chair all day, not being bothered... Although he's gotten sweeter with age, he still is extremely sedentary. He hasn't dealt well with getting weak, I don't think. He used to be a fucking BULL, and now he bemoans not being able to do ONE toe-lift (where you lift yourself up on your tiptoes -- uses the calf muscle). Marvels at how gimpy he is, almost in disbelief.

      He also is going through filing [very valid] claims of PTSD (Post-Traumatic
    • Gangrene is funny.

      Now that's a phrase you don't hear everyday for some reason.

    • it's bad enough breaking out into sweats 3x a day

      You may want to change your type of insulin and use ONLY the regular, quick-acting kind.

      One study my sister clued me into was how test subjects who mixed insulin types gained ON AVERAGE 30 pounds the first year, more reactions, etc.

      I've been using just Novolin Toronto R for more than a decade, because I got tired of unpredictable reactions caused by the longer-acting insulins. So now I just stick myself before each meal, adjusted based on what I see on

  • I was pretty busy throughout your last pregnancy and lost track of when your latest was born. Sounds like you are back on the mend since you are posting a little more now. Hope all is well. :)
  • Is around the edges of a wound on a diabetic foot.

    I don't want to be Cassandra, but I do want you to be prepared. The antibiotics may only be of limited use because it is likely that the circulation in his foot isn't (or at some point in the future won't be) good enough to deliver them to the wound in sufficient quantity to effectively fight the infection. Topicals don't help either because the body tries to form an impermeable barrier over the top of wounds when this kind of thing happens. Sigh. I hat
    • I haven't been very upset about him losing his foot. I appreciate your empathy very much -- yeah, it will be hard for him to be an amputee.

      What has been worrying me much more has been this infection and him being so *sick*. I'm happy that the antibiotics seem to be working on that part of it.

      Oh, and the apple tour got called on account of Ivan. Not that it's hurricane-y out today -- just a little drizzly. But they cancelled the tour, anyway. We rescheduled for a couple weeks from now.

      ....Bethanie....
  • Juicy!

    That's my line.
  • In other news, I'm taking the kids on an apple orchard tour tomorrow! I called up a local place & they have tours just for kids, so we signed right up!!

    My parents live near some orchards... keep asking them to take us out to one, cause I know Joey will enjoy it. Hope you have a great time! :-D
    • Meh. Cancelled on account of Ivan. Oh, god forbid we walk through the orchard!! It's drizzling and there's a breeze, oh no!! It *has* gotten a little rainy over the course of the day, but I don't think we're gonna get our own Weather Channel correspondent assigned to us because of it.

      We rescheduled for a couple weeks from now, so that should be fun.

      ....Bethanie....
      • Think of it on the bright side. When you aren't in hurricane drizzle, at least the weather is nice (if you like it hot and sticky, which I know you do!) ;-)

        Sorry the fun was delayed. Sometimes natural disasters can be a real bitch ;-)

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