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rena_librarian) wrote2008-07-05 05:34 am
rena_librarian) wrote2008-07-05 05:34 am
meep
My mom's in the hospital.
She had a blood clot, and the 17-hour plane ride back from Thailand caused pieces of it to break off and they got stuck in her lungs, causing shortness of breath. She got lightheaded and had to ride around airports in a wheelchair--twice--and though I told her the first time that I talked to her that she needed to get to the emergency room, it took two days and my grandmother crying to get her to go. (My Grandma Crawford kicks ass. Srsly.)
They've got her on blood thinners and she's going to be fine, but they're keeping her at the hospital to monitor it all--she's hooked up to a heart monitor, but other than the wack hospital gowns, she looks totally normal. However I've been spending most of my free time (and I do have a glut of it at the moment, thanks to my joblessness) at the hospital, which is NOT a WiFi hotspot (I asked; medical records were hacked so internet was discontinued for patients), so I haven't had time to be online. Her blood thickness level is 1.1 as of this afternoon and she gets to leave when it's 2.5, which they're guessing will be Sunday. (Yeah, I'm not sure if they're unthinning it after having her on heavy doses of thinners or if they're trying to thin it more. Probably the former...?)
Anyway, I'm behind on LJ, so comments will be sparse, lol.
In other news, I solved a Rubik's Cube completely from memory for the first time tonight--at Nico's at 2:37 AM. YAY. We went to Wal*Mart and I purchased my own darn cube in celebration. Am planning to take it with me to the hospital tomorrow and show off.
OH, and they brought me back a purple sake set with a black serving tray. Pics eventually. It's AWSHUM.
And Kristy got me a fish; a purple betta. Contemplating names, pics eventually. Lol.
The word from the paper is that they actually had another position open up, they're talking about combining the two positions, not sure what they're doing and no one's in the office to discuss until Monday, etc. He did say that my name came up in the discussions. =D Sooo...hopefully I hear back on Monday.
She had a blood clot, and the 17-hour plane ride back from Thailand caused pieces of it to break off and they got stuck in her lungs, causing shortness of breath. She got lightheaded and had to ride around airports in a wheelchair--twice--and though I told her the first time that I talked to her that she needed to get to the emergency room, it took two days and my grandmother crying to get her to go. (My Grandma Crawford kicks ass. Srsly.)
They've got her on blood thinners and she's going to be fine, but they're keeping her at the hospital to monitor it all--she's hooked up to a heart monitor, but other than the wack hospital gowns, she looks totally normal. However I've been spending most of my free time (and I do have a glut of it at the moment, thanks to my joblessness) at the hospital, which is NOT a WiFi hotspot (I asked; medical records were hacked so internet was discontinued for patients), so I haven't had time to be online. Her blood thickness level is 1.1 as of this afternoon and she gets to leave when it's 2.5, which they're guessing will be Sunday. (Yeah, I'm not sure if they're unthinning it after having her on heavy doses of thinners or if they're trying to thin it more. Probably the former...?)
Anyway, I'm behind on LJ, so comments will be sparse, lol.
In other news, I solved a Rubik's Cube completely from memory for the first time tonight--at Nico's at 2:37 AM. YAY. We went to Wal*Mart and I purchased my own darn cube in celebration. Am planning to take it with me to the hospital tomorrow and show off.
OH, and they brought me back a purple sake set with a black serving tray. Pics eventually. It's AWSHUM.
And Kristy got me a fish; a purple betta. Contemplating names, pics eventually. Lol.
The word from the paper is that they actually had another position open up, they're talking about combining the two positions, not sure what they're doing and no one's in the office to discuss until Monday, etc. He did say that my name came up in the discussions. =D Sooo...hopefully I hear back on Monday.