It’s a Girl

I’ve got a new project that I’ve been working on this week, making some beads that fit an earth-tone theme. Given my druthers I tend towards the cool colors, so working with warm, earthy tones is a bit of a new experience. I particularly was hoping to come up with something that would approximate an…

I’m walking the five p.m. to six p.m. shift for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life this Saturday. It’s something I’ve done for five years now. I’d have done it last year, except that I ended up having surgery two weeks before the relay. This year my heart just isn’t in it though. I’ve…

What is your meaning of life? I really wanted my answer to be “42”, but I would have had to cheat. My favorite compliment is not that I’m froody>

I don’t do on-line tests anymore, as a rule. They’re fun, but they really aren’t what my diary is supposed to be about. So I have to blame MoonRidden Girl for getting me sucked into this one. I couldn’t put the results into her comments easily, so I’m forced to actually post them in my…

Ever hear this old chestnut? Q: What’s the difference between a surgeon and God? A: God doesn’t think he’s a surgeon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk today at the lunch table in the cafeteria touched on the plight of that poor teen in North Carolina who had the mix-up with her heart-lung transplant. She was waiting on a…

I called and got my current MELD score, based on last Friday’s bloodwork. I’m so frustrated I could scream. I actually LOST a point … I’m down to a seventeen now. I don’t understand this in the least. My INR is higher than ever before. When I plugged Friday’s results into the on-line MELD calculator,…