I am posting from my phone she's still in there her appointment was for 1:15. I am not using their Wi-Fi I'm going through my phone.
I think they're running tests for my wife she's at St Francis Heart Center it's about a half mile from my house. John, Sorry it took a little while for me to respond I fell asleep in the car. I bought the both of us lunch after I drop her off when she didn't come out right away I ate mine that's all I needed to fall asleep.
Boy I'm really messing up things today too much going through my earlier I said to my wife will leave at about a quarter to 12:00 for your 12:15 appointment. She says that's not the correct time for my appointment it's 2:15. Meanwhile in a prayer post I said she was in there from 1:15 it was supposed to be 2:15 sorry I got it wrong.
That's good news. I wondered why she was in there for so long, but I figured I'd wait for your report rather than get everyone's anxiety stirred up. I assume they have your number should they need it.
We just got home. They did give her E. K. G, Her phyical exam came out normal, they checked 7 different area. She has PAF Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation and was giving a different prescription. Her report indicates she's been stressing over the progress of getting the house and yard in order since the fire. I've tried to make it more of the enjoyment process to get everything in place. In truth I'm enjoy going through stuff I haven't seen in a long while. She puts Unnecessary pressure to get things done, I tried to tell her take it as it comes, work on it when we feel up to it. We don't have time pressures to get it done, except what we put on ourselves. She's 79, I'm close to 81 years old so I said don't push yourself, the Doctor did say it could lead to a stroke.
Monday night, I heard a bird call I've never heard before, but I didn't have time to check it out. Tuesday morning, I heard the same call repeating, so I recorded it with my birdnet bird identifier program. It was a Raven, I could not see it clearly it was pretty high up on a pole, and the lighting wasn't that great. We've had plenty of crows in the past, but this is the first time there was a Raven on my property. It was a good feeling to see a new critter. My wife's heart rate and blood pressure went back to normal. She mentioned that the doctor warned her of a stroke if she doesn’t calm down. There was one point over last weekend where she took half of a tranquilizer pill she was so stressed. I hope the Doctors message got through and takes things in stride.
Hoping your wife gets better and calms down. I know how it is to be so wired at times. I see crows here every day but never a Raven, wish I could see one.
@Tony Page .. sounds like she needs to learn how to breathe better. It will lower pressure and help with stress. Plus 5 mintue quite time focus on breathing and being quite. 3xs day would be good. Hope all is well soon.
@Tony Page I always remind myself that stress is a reaction, not always in proportion to the situation. I didn't always listen, but I always remind myself. I was thinking of that trip she recently took. That's kind of a major deal full of unknowns that would prevent a lot of folks from even considering doing such a thing. So she's got greater skills than a lot of folks.
Especially traveling with a colostomy, I probably wouldn't even leave the house. She is very strong. About 4 years ago, she had terrible abdominal pain. After 3 days of watching her suffer, I called emergency. She was rushed right into surgery. The surgeon later told me if I didn't call emergency when I did she be dead. She had a burst intestine, was septic and had peritonitis, along with kidney failure. She wound up with a colostomy. She spent 10 days in the hospital, of which 3 were in intensive care. After 3 months, she went for a reversal. The night she was released, the surgery didn't work she had a large leak, I had to rush her back to the hospital for another 10 day stay. The colostomy was reinstalled. She decided not to go through a reattached again. So she's living with a colostomy. It takes a lot of effort changing appliances or bags, she takes care of it without complaining. She belongs to a colostomy online chat room, she has given help to those who are new to having a colostomy. It wasn't long after she she was healed from her surgeries, that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After her treatments and surgery, she is now cancer free for about 2 1/2 years.
Right after she was clean of cancer, we had the house fire. You know the saying waiting for the the other shoe to drop, that's us. I think that why I try to see humor sometimes where it don't belong.
This has been a good week for me seeing new critters. Earlier this week, I saw a raven first time ever on my property. This morning on my front stoop, basking in the Sun was a lizard. I'm pretty sure it is the Italian wall lizard, which was accidentally released on Long Island years ago. I have seen them out east of me, and read some were spotted in my town. He scrambled off the stoop and went into a weedy front bed. He looked to be about 5" long and fat. I'm thinking maybe putting on weight for the winter hibernation. My daughter and I have allergies to the herbs, Tyme and Rosemary. They're both used as seasonings in store bought products. To our surprise, we noticed that General Mills is putting it in some cereals. It's used as a natural antioxidant. My daughter had an allergic reaction this morning to one of GM's cereals. Fortunately, it didn't last long she did take an inhaler squirt.