Day Eight: No staples, no hole
Well, our favorite patient had her staples removed today. I was not present in the room at the time (I was not sure if I was allowed to go back and witness the event. There are different rules at that kind of doctor's office and being of the opposite sex I am unclear on them), but apparently I was missed, because Dr. G asked where I was.
The patient said the removal was not too painful. A couple just pinched a little bit. Of course, there was no hole, and she took a couple precautionary pain pills before she left.
There's no official count on the number, but I'd guess somewhere between 15-20 staples.
And yes, as the Drs. De-squared suggested in the comments, she has traded staples for packing tape, in other words Steri-strips. Whoever came up with these things must be a millionaire by now. They don't look like much, but the professionals swear by them.
Her next trip to see Dr. G. is next Thursday. Dr. G. is pleased with her progress, but stressed that she needs to take it easy still. She's not allowed to go for a walk outside and no sleeping on her stomach for now.
After the removal, we stopped by our favorite coffee shop Kaiteur, bascially right across the street, and our patient had her first coffee from there in about 10 days. We also got to see Moose, the owner. That man makes a mean hot chocolate.
Earlier in the day, Coach Button stopped by and brought us some of her scrumptious chicken salad. It was awesome to say the least.
In the evening, the patient took a big nap while I finished my work for work. I think the day's activities took a little bit out of her.
Tonight, we watched a couple episodes from season two of Northern Exposure. That show, while a little off-beat, is a classic as far as we're concerned. Of course, the patient tries not to laugh too much because it hurts, lots of luck with that show.
By the way, congrats to Laura D. and her Fighting Irish. They beat Pitt tonight in South Bend to extend their home-court winning streak to 35 games. Unfortunately Laura, the Big East Tournament is played in the Big Apple, which will spell doom for Notre Dame in about three or four weeks (just trying to make sure you're reading the blog every day).
Well, that pretty much covers our day, except for four loads of laundry and the other domestic duties.
Until tomorrow.
Jeff
The patient said the removal was not too painful. A couple just pinched a little bit. Of course, there was no hole, and she took a couple precautionary pain pills before she left.
There's no official count on the number, but I'd guess somewhere between 15-20 staples.
And yes, as the Drs. De-squared suggested in the comments, she has traded staples for packing tape, in other words Steri-strips. Whoever came up with these things must be a millionaire by now. They don't look like much, but the professionals swear by them.
Her next trip to see Dr. G. is next Thursday. Dr. G. is pleased with her progress, but stressed that she needs to take it easy still. She's not allowed to go for a walk outside and no sleeping on her stomach for now.
After the removal, we stopped by our favorite coffee shop Kaiteur, bascially right across the street, and our patient had her first coffee from there in about 10 days. We also got to see Moose, the owner. That man makes a mean hot chocolate.
Earlier in the day, Coach Button stopped by and brought us some of her scrumptious chicken salad. It was awesome to say the least.
In the evening, the patient took a big nap while I finished my work for work. I think the day's activities took a little bit out of her.
Tonight, we watched a couple episodes from season two of Northern Exposure. That show, while a little off-beat, is a classic as far as we're concerned. Of course, the patient tries not to laugh too much because it hurts, lots of luck with that show.
By the way, congrats to Laura D. and her Fighting Irish. They beat Pitt tonight in South Bend to extend their home-court winning streak to 35 games. Unfortunately Laura, the Big East Tournament is played in the Big Apple, which will spell doom for Notre Dame in about three or four weeks (just trying to make sure you're reading the blog every day).
Well, that pretty much covers our day, except for four loads of laundry and the other domestic duties.
Until tomorrow.
Jeff
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4 comments:
February 22, 2008 at 3:44 PMHeck yes we won. I would have been there too if my season tickets hadn't been stolen... sad face. I watched from the student center, however, and there was much rejoicing. No one can beat us at home. As for the tournament, you never know... trying to be hopeful here :-).
Yay for no more staples, and even bigger yay for Kaiteur coffee.
February 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM
With all this blessed rain, it is a good time to be inside! Northern Exposure was one of our favorites as well - does it play as well the second time around? Laura would like it ( she was a wee bit small the first go-round). I tried very hard to type better this time so it looks like I can spell. BTW, who is coordinating the meal scheduling?
February 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Also, not trying to up my comment count, but what is with the clock on this site - it is off by three hours which means Laura was posting at 4 AM ( and she is not an early riser - we know!)
February 23, 2008 at 1:17 AM
Mom, in college, kids stay up till four. We don't get up at four. Think back to your wild days ;-)
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