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Post by autumnmist on Jun 10, 2021 12:19:15 GMT -8
walkswithblackflies, I am SO envious! Loved the video. Reminded me of the time I saw a C-130 take off in JATO mode at an air show (probably Selfridge). It was impressive beyond description.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jun 11, 2021 4:38:35 GMT -8
I was watching US Diving championships. One of the athletes was Parratto, Jessica. My brain... Parratto, Jessica Jessica Parratto Jess Parratto Jessparatto
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Post by echo on Jun 11, 2021 7:19:56 GMT -8
And that is how earworms are spread.
Good morning.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jun 14, 2021 5:33:40 GMT -8
I was awoken at 1am last night by every single device going nuts. Tornado warning. Got the family into the basement. The dog wouldn't come out from under the table but finally pulled her out. Ended up being a big nuthin' burger. My tomatoes and corn were flattened but I expect them to recover. That was it for damage. Given no reports of damage anywhere nearby, I assume nothing touched down.
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Post by autumnmist on Jun 14, 2021 17:20:17 GMT -8
walkswithblackflies , glad everyone is safe. Tornado warnings are unsettling enough during the day, but to awaken at 1 am is unsettling. It's been a lot of years since we've had any tornado warnings; it was always frightening, but fortunately my specific area was never hit, although some neighbors about 1/2 mile away had significant house damage.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jun 15, 2021 5:54:27 GMT -8
I forgot to mention...
I ran a 5k race on Saturday (along with my daughter). I'm not much of a racer (I run to relax, not compete), but I run this race every year because my friend manages it. Our pace is 7:30 for the first mile. My daughter asks me to slow the pace a bit. At mile 2, she again asks to slow the pace. She can't keep up with my reduced pace so I go on alone. I ended up getting 30th overall (out of 330-ish runners), and 2nd in my age group! The old man still has it! I didn't know it at the time, but the person who finished right ahead of me won our age group. I blame my daughter for slowing me down. LOL!
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Post by rebeccad on Jun 20, 2021 7:00:18 GMT -8
Good morning! I’m enjoying Seattle, where you can actually go outside at any time of day and not die 🤣. Time to get serious about hiking and training!
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jun 22, 2021 10:17:38 GMT -8
Walking on railroad beds sucks. That is all. Carry on.
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Post by echo on Jun 23, 2021 7:01:54 GMT -8
Good morning. I’m about to begin a murderous frenzy. In my sites are germs! In 7 days my husband is having knee replacement surgery and we have two friends who had long term, 2 or more years of trouble with post knee replacement infections. Greg’s Dr. is fanatical but has an almost perfect record of success and a super high rate of hip and knee replacements per year. We have this massive check list, antibiotic body scrubs each day for five days prior to surgery for him and anyone who shares his bed, so including me and the granddaughter who snuggles in each morning and bounces on the big bed most days. Washing all the bedding every day, the last five days too, and even snorting antibiotic saline stuff to help him not be the one person in surgery without a mask, and so be responsible for breathing out the germ that starts an infection.
I’m getting the sense I might have already said all this sometime prior but not going to stop typing to go back and check.
We, (Daisy and I) cleaned the toys from all the communal areas of the house so we don’t have things to trip up his Walker. It’s early for that, but we will be out of town for his surgery and I need her and her Dad to be aware of floor space during that four days before I bring him home.
Throw rugs are going away too, should have done that when I first started having trouble walking honestly.
If anyone has been through this surgery and has suggestions let me know. We got the bed and a dinner chair and a love seat raised, a toileting seat and Walker, grab bar installed in bathtub/shower.
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Post by zeke on Jun 27, 2021 3:41:04 GMT -8
I am in the second week of a road trip. Currently at my Aunt’s house. She is 94 and wanted to tell me all about my father. Thus, we were up until nearly midnight last night. 2 hours past my own normal bedtime. Today we will drive to the cemetery he was placed in, in 1953. I was 15 months old at the time.
The early portion of the trip has been a blast Visiting friends in Michigan and Wisconsin. Arranged to have dinner with a friend from Baton Rouge while she and I happened to be in Madison on the same evening.
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Post by autumnmist on Jun 30, 2021 16:14:16 GMT -8
echo, I haven't been through a knee replacement surgery, but have been through 2 hip fractures with my father, and seen others in rehab centers recovering from knee surgery, so I'll offer what I can in the hopes that it can help. I'm kind of surprised that in-patient rehab wasn't recommended, but assume that there aren't any rehab facilities close by? Other rehab patients: They were provided with an automatic knee lift. If I remember correctly, the lower leg was placed in some kind of sling which held the leg parallel to the bed, but moved it as if the person were doing squats while laying down. The machine moved the knee up toward the top of the body, then down again. I believe it took the place of the patient sitting and slowly raising his/her leg repeatedly, kind of like squats, but the machine does all the work. I think laying on one's back while the machine moved the leg was probably easier, especially on older folks. You've already taken some appropriate actions, especially by removing the rugs, which can be a major factor in trips and falls. Are there also chairs strategically placed at intervals so he can sit down if needed? Are there any hand holds (specifically grab bars in areas where the rooms connect)? These can help if your husband becomes tired from walking and just needs to hold onto something for a few moments. I would also have them installed (but only by a carpenter) throughout the bathroom, an especially dangerous place. If the bed isn't high enough, there's a raised handhold device with a small platform at the bottom, which can be slipped under the mattress. Holding onto the device can help your husband raise up from the bed, with support. When I injured my back earlier this year, I couldn't get out of bed b/c my back muscles were so tight and painful. So I moved to the couch and held onto the couch ends, or to a cane, to safely get up. Your husband might find a walker a bit challenging at first. So you might want to consider a rollator, which provides more support and has a seat on which he could rest momentarily if he feels tired. That's not possible with a walker. After we discovered rollators, Dad rarely ever used his walker again. For the shower, there's also a slide-over seat which we found to be safer. The seat is wide enough that one side is placed in the shower, while the other end extends over the shower. The person sits down on the outside of the seat, holds onto one of the side bars, and scoots over into the tub for a sit down shower. No standing is required to get into the tub; the only standing is walking into the bathroom. It's much safer than lifting up one leg at a time and stepping over the tub to get into the shower. You do have to play with the shower curtain a bit though to ensure that water doesn't pour out onto the bathroom floor. Will someone be with him 24/7? If not, make sure his cell is charged all the time. Life alert devices are great and necessary if he's going to be alone. They should have the ability to detect changes in position, which activate and contact the provider of the device. Someone then asks the wearer if he/she has fallen, and if so contacts the first person on the list of emergency contacts. That can be you, your son, or EMS. If you aren't going to be with him constantly, you might also consider a key lock box to be attached to the stud outside the front (or other) door. Together with the life alert pendant, EMS can be contacted and enter the house if your husband is down and there's no one there to otherwise let them in. We used this method more than a few times. I gave either the lock box code to the Life Alert company or (more often) EMS (as Dad frequently called me even though Life Alert was involved). EMS had him loaded in the ambulance by the time I drove the 30 or so miles to his house. If you have any questions, or want links to some of the devices, just let me know. I didn't provide links b/c I've found that people often are familiar with the various devices and don't need to see them.
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Post by echo on Jun 30, 2021 17:52:27 GMT -8
autumnmist thank you and perfect timing. It is 6:44 and we left the surgery center at 5:30. We got there at 10 AM and they took him in at noon after a couple hours of “training” then he was in surgery 3 hours, and we are staying thru Friday at “Asante Family House” with a really nice bedroom with most of the gadgets available, Walker, raised toilet etc. shower seat. And we have most of the things you mentioned by now. The harshest part is the heat here is 100+ and at home is 57* - he has a physical therapy appointment soon after we get home and comes back for a check up here in two weeks.
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Post by echo on Jul 3, 2021 13:19:36 GMT -8
We are home and mostly he is doing great. The incision has one stapled area where blood keeps pooling and when he bends his knee it squirts like a squirt gun, so I have to keep it immobilized which means fighting his natural instinct to push it faster than the Dr says. But I need to Drive him back on Tuesday and hope it has sealed the leak or they might have to go in and cauterize so little blood vessels. He says he feels like a Tiger pacing his zoo cage, as he hobbles with his Walker, for 15 minutes, four times a day.
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Post by rebeccad on Jul 4, 2021 6:50:13 GMT -8
echo, I hope the bleeding is stopping. You already know that the #1 predictor of success for knee replacements is PT, PT, PT. Doing it religiously. autumnmist, knee replacement doesn’t get much of an in-patient anything, based on when my mom got hers (admittedly, now 10 or more years ago). The good news is that once he’s able to really start the PT (i.e., when that extra bleeding stops; IIRC it usually begins about 15 minutes after you wake up from the surgery), improvement will be pretty quick (never quick enough, of course, based on my own recent experience with surgery 😜)
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Post by echo on Jul 4, 2021 11:25:39 GMT -8
Happy 4th of .July. It’s my favorite holiday, all the parade, bbq, swimming, fireworks that were canceled last year but on again here - I’m still not going, so post some pictures if you get any celebrations in.
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