jwhtewolfd
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Um...in a word...YES!
I did go to the doctor. I had fallen asleep and didn't wake up until around 11 so it would have been nearly impossible to get walk-in at the office, so I went to the ER. They have like a dual ER - trauma and "fast-track" (like a clinic...but it's not that fast). From the time I got there to when I left it was about 4.5 hours; which is probably less than the clinic would have been - one time I went at 8am walk-in to the clinic and they left for lunch and I wasn't seen until the afternoon.
I do have a slight fever; just over 100. I'm usually around 96 so this is pretty high for me. It's not swine flu (I didn't think it was) but it may be regular flu (but they didn't test for it because it's so unreliable it's pointless.) They did do a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia; it's likely bronchitis. They did give me antibiotics and sudafed...he said I could take sudafed.
And he doesn't want me going back to work until Friday. I got a doctor's note for that.Another thing is they said it may be environmental, but until there is a change in environment they cannot say for sure.
and our clients complain about waiting 20 minutes.
Huzzah! for sudafed. I am not feeling well. we had the cat in the house last night ( the one that has adopted us)and Jeff decided this thing needed to be spayed. so he brought it to the SPCA..well they called after it was under anesthesia and said "uh, it has already been spayed..."
Yes, they need to be spayed, or else come spring there will lots and lots and lots more of them!
Ear tipping lets people know the cat is already altered so they won't be trapped/brought in/anesthetized unnecessarily. Though they could have shaved her abdomen and checked for a spay scar BEFORE knocking her out.Been there. Done that. Got the tee-shirt. But actually Tony weeded the garden, cut the grass and ALMOST finished cleaning the kitchen over the past two days. Of course he didn't change litter boxes, FINISH cleaning the kitchen, edge or weed eat the grass or plant the clippings along the back fence, but I guess I'll take what I can get.
I'm not going anywhere. Once a New Orleanian, always a New Orleanian.
So I've had a fairly miserable past two days. Wednesday started well enough. But then an emergency came in. WARNING: THIS PART MIGHT GROSS YOU OUT. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. Highlight this if you really want to know: The cat rushed in was rolled over by a car. His skin from midback down to his tail and down his side and over his left leg had all been ripped back. We had to try to decontaminate the inside of the skin and the exposed tissue and muscle before we could stretch it back over him and stitch it back into place. Very tedious to begin with but complicated by gravel and hair. Hey, I warned you. We finished surgery on the emergency at 10:30pm. THEN we went to one of our long-term client's house to put his cat to sleep
(he had been battling lymphoma for several months). I clocked out at 11:45pm. This morning I'm working by myself, though I'm supposed to have an assistant. Then another emergency came in. Acute kidney failure; more IV fluids (this makes 3 patients on IVs for today - think intense nursing required). Add to it a pounding headache (6 advil before noon) and hardly any sleep, 3 critical patients, a highly contagious kitten in the isolation ward and a full schedule of appointments. To top it all off, our late night surgery from yesterday had started to smell. We went to change his bandages at the end of the day and find (time to highlight again) gangrene. All the skin we worked so long to save was dying anyway. all our efforts were for naught.
At least we had him resting with massive amounts of pain meds. We put him to sleep tonight at 8:30. Don't get me wrong. I love my job, and there are some wonderful moments, but some days I wonder if I've done anyone any good.
I'm going to have to watch those videos tonight. 
The ladies at the salon were just awed by my belly and some asked to touch it- they were so surprised that it is hard and that you can feel limbs in some places. They almost looked a little frightened! 
Definite curb appeal. 
You know I'm jealous! Hopefully I'll be either on my way or already there this time next year.
I'm doing okay, just bummed cus I planned a day of WF's, Rouse's and errands.
That was completely unacceptable! Well, they didn't even come out and tell us it would be a week. They said they guaranteed to have someone out WITHIN a week. When I told them my husband is in real estate and really needs the internet at home they said they would note that and move us up the list. It was a lie. When I called back on Wednesday, our appointement was still set for the 22nd....today. I told them I was calling Cox Cable and whoever could get out here faster would get our service. Cox could come out the next day (yesterday) and we went with them. I took great pleasure in calling AT&T today and cancelling both our internet and phones with them. <evil grin> We've been thinking about doing away with our home phones for a while now. All we ever use is our cell phones now so why pay that extra every month. So, I'm back online! Woo Hoo! And one less bill to pay each month! 
when it comes to my money and my credit!! BUT we are interested in hearing about our options. Yes I will help my sister get our home, but not to my disadvantage. 
So, is Cox usually that quick or was this some sort of freak of nature experience? 
to my mom's house. They get a little vacation in the country for a week too.
