Bless Your Heart
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Category: medical
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FINALLY! Sara has a diagnosis! If you haven’t heard, my sister Sara has been dealing with some medical issues for 5 years now, ever since she gave birth to Joey. She’s been exhausted, swollen, jaundiced, in pain, the works. She’s had a million tests and procedures, been to see a million doctors and specialists. Last…
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I received a call early this afternoon from Gigi who told me that Momo was in the ER. Momo woke up at 2 am this morning with sharp pains in her abdomen. She went to the local urgent care around 9 am. They took some blood, checked her out and promptly sent her to the…
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Are stem cells and stem cell research/therapy/etc still controversial? I don’t know much about stem cells or how they are used or why there is even controversy surrounding them.
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CSP took me to the doctor for this crud I’ve got. She kept asking me if I had breathing problems (I don’t) cause she said my lungs sounded like an asthmatic with an infection. So she hooked me up to this nebulizer machine for a half hour or so. Of course we took pictures as…
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At the doctor’s office for my pre-op appointment we covered a lot of important topics: Dr: Have you had any previous surgeries? me: Yes. Would you like me to work my way back from the most recent? CSP: (leans in toward doctor) You’re going to run out of space there. Might wanna get another sheet…
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I don’t like the V word. I know it’s the proper name but I don’t like it. And I really don’t like it when toddlers and small children use it. I’m alright when my doctor says it- let’s me know he paid attention in school- but everyone else can just stop right now. So anyway,…
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I have lots to tell you regarding my health and the health of my family. I will start with my family. You may remember that I told y’all that my Aunt L was diagnosed with Leukemia. She had a bone marrow transplant 2 weeks ago and so far it is looking good. I didn’t want…
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I present to you…my hand in surgery. Not really what I pictured in my head. I guess I thought there’d be all sorts of things sproinging out of my hand when they cut it open. But hey, now I know my hospital’s cool with photography during procedures!click to enlarge…if you dare! muhahaha!
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I had some moles removed the other day. The worst part is the numbing. Holy cracker sandwich that hurts. I even teared a bit and felt some tears slip down my cheeks. My dr. removed a little one on my nose and the one on my cheek that a different doctor tried to take off…
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Y’all are so great I swear. I thank you thank you thank you for all of your supportive comments & emails. I know it will happen one day for us, this whole parenting thing, it just seems so far away sometimes. By the way, the 2nd country we had chosen was Guatemala. Guat seemed so…
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