[My] Life in Wisconsin

Our Easter Week(end)...

Our Easter Week(end)...
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Good Morning Everyone;
Hope your Easter weekend was special.
Mostly we just lazed around... Kind of a nice thing to do.
(And it compliments this malaise I seem to have of late so very well)!

The picture above, taken a few months back, but oh so appropriate after our visit to the vet on Friday.
When Doc Spires called for Punk, she headed straight for the exit!!!
(Don't even try
to tell me that dogs don't have the power of recall)!
Once IN the exam room, this 93 pound beast of mine then tried her level best to "hide" under a chair...
Didn't work.
But with the exception of a small tear yet in that third eyelid, she is good to go.
Say "YAY!"

Now for CaseyFace...
A rough weekend for her; and yet, she was bound and determined that she would make our meal last night.
She made garlic chicken, mashed potatoes, and for the veggie, green beans!
So very yummy! (Poor kid paid for it later, but it was so good too)!

One of you has asked for the specific medical language from her hospital report, so here it is, condensed:

..."There is a small nonspecific low density lesion in the right lobe of the liver, which is too small to characterize."

This was done sans contrast dye. They wanted to see if there were any areas of calcification within the pancreas, and the dye would have made those areas harder to see.

On another page then...
"Focal linear opacity in perihilar central right lung, suggestive of atelectasis, (new since 11/10/07). Left lung remians clear. Mild bilateral apical thickening."
"CONCLUSION: Mild central right perihilar subsegmental atelectstasis."

(This now, from her ECG)...

Sinus tachycardia.

Nonspecific ST abnormality

***ABNORMAL ECG

When compared with ECG of 10-NOV-2007.

**Nonspecific T wave abnormality evident in inferior leads.

**Nonspecific T wave abnormality evident in Anterolateral leads

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So, there you have it.

With special thanks to my friend WYCK, who has translated a few items for me.

I still do not understand the 'lingo' for her ECG/EKG; the ST waves, and the T waves. (But I have no problem whatsoever understanding the word "ABNORMAL").

Oh, and with respect to both her ECG and her CT Scan, where the writer has used the word "nonspecific"...
I also have no problem believing that this concise medical explanation is to be interpreted in laymans terms as "we really don't know what the heck it all is/means."
Translation:
Cover your @ss, doctors.

Caseys doctor is back from Brazil, thank God. He called last night to be updated on all things that happened in his absence. Not a direct quote here, but he did tell Casey how relieved he was that she 'could get to Froedtert because frankly Green Bay does not have the knowledge or the resources to care for her properly.'
Ya think?
Friday will not come soon enough...

As for me...
Anxiety attacks seem to be thriving just fine this Spring. My immodium has been my best friend for almost the past week.
HAHA, big joke that...
Newsflash: It doesn't work.
Holy crap!
I should be plugged up 'til September at the earliest.
Instead I am considering buying stock in Charmin...
Um, have I ever mentioned that there is only one toidy in this house?
(The way I see it, that is one of the best reasons for me never to get married again).

Scenario(s) here:
Picture these if you will...

Casey,
...barfing.

Me,
stepping on the cat,
jumping hurdles over the dog,
and pushing my poor sick child down the steps to get her out of my way...
hehehe
OK, it really wasn't like that.
But(t) only because I had dibs on "The Throne" for this past week...

And life goes on...
Desperate times calling for desperate measures, I found myself rummaging through the cupboard... and finding a very old prescription of mine for Lonox.
Since Casey has the generic of this, (AND a more recent prescription), she offered me one of hers.
HAHA
Didn't work.
As I continued to spend the better part of my waking hours behind that closed door, I was finally talked into taking another.

The 2nd one I took 'seems' to have done the job...
(No pun intended Berta).

Time will tell.

Have a "wunnaful" Monday; my love to all.

XOXO
Anne

Originally posted to my Y! 360, Monday March 24, 2008 - 08:10am (CDT)