Who left the dimensional door open? - Thread 020

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[acnielsen guy]

THREAD 020

Dregs and Flakes

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[Darksheare]

Well, when I get stuck with a needle I tend to pass out.
(Kinky... sorta...)
One way to get me to sit still...

[palo verde]

''tall yellow daisies' is beautiful pic chickie
I love it
the sky in it is pretty

[andysandmikesmom]

You are indeed a champion shopper....8prs of earring in 11 minutes....a bathing suit, and dresses and nighties, in about 20 minutes, the other day....of course, the one that got to me, was when you left Bill in the grocery store, in mid cart, to buy a dress...where theres a will, theres a way, and Palo has got the will to shop, and she will find a way around Bill, and his minute counting....good going...

Sometimes when the boys were little, and we were going to the mall, I would say, to each of them..."Present, Wallets" in a military sounding voice, and they both had to whip out their little wallets, with their little spending money in them....then after they put their wallets back into the pants pocket, I would say, "Ready, Set, Shop" and we would dash out to the car, drive to the mall, and shop...

I bet that seeing Miss Lulu at the psychotherapy institute would help make the patients feel a little better about things...such a lovely sight, is bound to make anyone feel better...Lulu therapy...its what the doc should order...

[andysandmikesmom]

You sure do have a very low blood pressure...hypo-tensive, I think is the term....I used to have a somewhat low blood pressure, about 110/60...I had to be careful, when I got out of bed in the morning, because resting my blood pressure was low, and then when I got up, the blood pressure would drop even more, and I would tend to get light headed and dizzy, and sometimes would pass out....

Tho, as I aged, my blood pressure for some reason, slowly began to rise more towards more normal readings...

Its all the more odd, because just about everyone, my mom, my dad, my brother, my dads sister, my cousins, all have high blood pressure and some need medication for it...I on the other hand, am the 'odd' one, having low blood pressure...

[Darksheare]

Yes, I know about the dropping blood pressure. First you hear white noise in your ears. Then you see blue and black dots after the room gets done with it's wavy dance.. then you hit the floor. Oh, and you feel your face get cold and white.
I tend to have the opposite problem. My blood pressure has consitently dropped since I was 15. (The lowest My blood pressure got was 60 over 50, heart rate 60... I was conscious.. but I couldn't see, hear, or feel anyone touching me. But I sure talked my fool head off! The doc asked if I ever shut up.........)

[andysandmikesmom]

Good gracious, that is really extremely low blood pressure...

[Darksheare]

The doc had just drawn about 5 to 10cc of blood from me for a test.. and I got five foot from the chair after I stood up. Then the room started dancing to the nice tune of "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" in the ears. My statement was, "Oh, this is bad." I got asked, "What's bad." My last tjhought before meeting the floor, "Oh, you'll find out."
*Thud*
The poor nurse now refuses to draw blood from me, they send me to the hospital's lab.
Funny part was, I had Mono at the time and that was making my blood pressure do funny things by itself....

[andysandmikesmom]

Its so funny, tho not really funny, but saying, "Oh, this is bad" just struck me as so drole...

[andysandmikesmom]

One time, when I was working in the nursing home, I was taking late morning vitals on the seniors....When I appeared in this one ladys room, she, being about 95, or so, was just sitting there, in her wheelchair, and appeared to be sound asleep, or possibly dead, which is not unexpected in a nursing home...

But I gently tapped her on the hand and she immediately woke up...I explained it was time to do vitals...well, I tried to take her pulse, but just could not feel anything...so thought, well, let me take her blood pressure...could not get any blood pressure at all..tried and pulse and blood pressure again, and could get neither....

So I went out into the hall, and grabbed the first nurses aide I could, and had her try to get the pulse and blood pressure...nothing...so we went and got another nurses aide and explained the situation, and she tried...she could get nothing...

All the while this 90 something lady, is yakking away, telling us about her dog, which died 12 yrs ago,(tho she thought he died just the previous week)...she kept talking, her face was regaining color, she got more and more lively now, with all the attention, but still not one of us could get a pulse or a blood pressure...

So then we grabbed an LPN and had her try...no dice...she could get nothing...we then went and got the charge nurse, an RN, told her what was going on...she looked at us, as if we all were nuts...she tried to get the blood pressure and pulse, and guess what...she could get nothing...

Now we have got three nurses aides, an LPN, and an RN, all hovering over this old lady, and trying to figure out what was wrong...we were all experienced, we had all taken vitals for years, we even tested the equipment out on each other, and it was working...and this old lady, was just thrilled to have so many 'important' people hovering over her, and trying to figure out what to do....

So we grabbed another LPN...she came in, tried, and failed to get any readings...so we picked up the old lady, put her in bed, and tried to get her pulse and blood pressure through reading it in her skinny little legs...all the usual places, the wrist, the upper arm, and area across from the elbow, the carotid, all the usual places provided no readings....

But finally, a weak pulse and very low blood pressure were obtained in this little ladys legs....so that was that...but it was great cause for concern...what was going on with the little old lady?

So the charge nurse called her family, explained the situation, and said perhaps they should come up and visit the old lady(which they did anyway on a regular basis, unlike some other patients families)...but the charge nurse was perhaps envisionning that something was going on with the old lady, perhaps her near demise...

So the whole family came up, kids, grandkids, greatgrandkids...bearing the old ladys favorite meal of Kentucky Fried Chicken, with roll, taters with gravy, and cole slaw(a giant leap above usual nursing home fare)and they spent the whole day with the old lady...she was beside herself...after all she had had 3 nurses aids, 2 LPNs, and an RN , all hovering about, and just wondering what was going on....she must have felt like she was living on 'Queen for a Day' what with all the attention from the staff, and her family...

The family stayed until the evening hours, and waited till the old lady was safely in bed for the night....they went home, feeling really quite good with their delightful day with this sweet old lady....

When I came in the next day, I found out that the old lady, had died during the night....

The RN charge nurse came up to me, that morning when I first came in, and told me, that they thought that when I first entered the old ladys room, to first take her vitals, she was probably actually in the very process of dying when I first tapped her...seems like I somehow 'jumpstarted' her...and I guess we could not get her pulse and blood pressure at first, because altho the old lady was responsive and talking, it may have been that it was taking a while for her heart and pulse and blood pressure to get to the point where we could hear and measure them....

All I know is, it was quite the experience...and that little old lady, sure had a wonderful last day...so for a while, I was known at the nursing home as the 'jumpstarter'

[lodwick]

Good lord - sounds like b-12 mixed with Extasy.

Way to go guy.

Quarterly treaments rule.

[grannie9]

The Tortilla Soup was delicious... You can't see the shredded chicken or know that fresh Tomatoes is the base with chicken stock..but believe me.. this is a sure winner in our outfit..

Big Al had two full bowls.. This is mine.. I only had one.. Have to watch my girlish figga yaknow...

[lodwick]

Good job - I was gonna ask "Where's the chicken and the chips?" Thanks for the explanation - it looks great!

[grannie9]

http://images.fotki.com/v6/photos/3/34670/128006/SatinDreamsf-or.jpg

Darks Satin Dreams..

[grannie9]

I'll do the rest tomorrow... Right now I'm pooped... Had a couple nice cocktails..good food and now I'm beat... Forgive me?

[grannie9]

Ahhh.. there's six shredded breast of chicken in that pot..and tons of "chips" on the bottom, with lots of melted cheese that you can't see. "It's in There." lol

[habs4ever]

Gosh and golly, I didn't know you modelled as well as cook???

When does the video appear? Nice work!!

[habs4ever]

I wanna see Larry the Lobster in one of your pics, as his tail is swimming in your soup bowl ;-)

[lodwick]

Forgiven - great job tonight with the chow. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing with us. ;-)

[palo verde]

Hi Darksheare
''Satin Dreams'' is wonderful drawing
your title is perfect
it is dreamy, and satiny
very well rendered, and atmospheric
thank you
Love, Palo

[palo verde]

your soup looks delicious, chickie