Mary's Pad

So what if you’re so old you need shoulder repair surgery and can’t even eat a birthday cake without worrying about gluten and lactose? I still love you tuffchick! Happy Birthday!

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It’s been a relaxing few days. As you know from the last post I was off all weekend, and had a marvelous time at the circus. Yesterday I had an easy day at work, in other words I was not in the ER. Instead we had a classroom day, which we’ve been having every Monday, [...]

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So I had this weekend off – ALL weekend!! AND, Mary is feeling much much better! She’s actually eating and keeping most of the food down. I have no response to her poop comment in my last post, at least not one that I want everyone to see. PLUS, the weather was perfect! Nice and [...]

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Literally, it’s been really crappy.  Mary has been really really sick, and had to be admitted to the hospital for a good number of days. Even after them pumping her with 4L of IV fluids in the ER they couldn’t bring her fluid balance back to equilibrium, and she was emptying herself as fast as [...]

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This is one of those random in-the-moment posts. I am just sitting here doing some work and Mary is transcribing a recorded audio discussion for one of her classes.  She’s using some of my old transcription equipment to make it easier, and from all the groans and under-her-breath cusswords, I am guessing she’s not having [...]

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