23rd April 2007
[QUOTE=Sannah;2937756]Dakota, glad to hear about your dad. I'll be waiting for your relationship issues post. Have a great day out in the sun - I'm going out now too!
hi sannah,
well, we did go to that botanical garden yesterday, and i took my camera with us, because i knew the trees (at least the magnolias) were going to be in full bloom--and so they were!! it was sunny, beautiful and relaxing. we took many pictures, with the trees, including some that i don't know the names of. one tree was especially interesting--it was sooooooo gorgeaus, it looked like light pink snow against the bright blue sky, and the branches were full of flowers. the tree itself was quite high, and the branches seemed to lean down towards the ground, with those small, almost translucent, light pink flowers that i could've stared at for an hour!! i took other pictures of spring flowers, close-ups, and i loved doing it. i found that it really focuses you--photography, that is. i was even thinking of doing it as a hobby. it's really interesting when you get into it. you know--llike they say, try it, maybe you'll like it. and so it is.....i've taken pics before of large vistas and beautiful views on my trips, even to other countries, but i found that it's the close-ups that really make a difference. the concentration part you need to do in order to take a pretty picture of a flower.
there were sooooo many people outside yesterday, it was unbelievable!!! i guess it was b/c it was the first nice weekend day in a long time. i also felt a bit better b/c my father is considered stable.
but of course, my b-friend had the idea (normal, really) for me to call my mom and see about any updates, and if we could pass by the hospital, to see dad, since it was within walking distance of the garden. so i did. i could tell immediately she wasn't in a good mood. she said there were no updates, and sounded pretty tired. she said he's feeling v. weak and had diarrhea (sorry to be pretty gross when i just talked about flowers)... but we both knew it was due to the antibiotic he's on (vycomicin--not sure of the sp). anyway, she also told me something about the endocrinologist having said that my father isn't in need of any thyroid meds right now, since even though his thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is low, and his T3 and T4--thyroxine (especially T4) are rather high, it's not "Caused" by the thyroid itself, but WAS caused by an antiarrhythmic medication he was placed on about a year ago... amiodarone. she said that this med. interefered with his thyroid function, and it would take about a month for it to leave his system completely. meanwhile they've placed him on sotalol, another antiarrhythmic, to slow down his pulse, because when he got to the ER that night, it was going up to 153, and as i said the nursing home was afraid to keep him there overnight. now, i have no idea what to make of this, or how they're going to keep him on this other medication if the first one was responsible for the thyroid prob.
i asked her if craig and i could pass by for about 20 min., but she said no, it wasn't necessary. instead she asked me why was i "lounging" around in the botanical garden, when we talked about my looking at some cars the other day. it's true...she brought up the fact that i had been using my brother's car for the past three months or so (i paid him $ for the time i used it, although i almost had to force him to take them!), and it's about time to look for a car "for yourself. you know you can't use his car forever, and he's going to expect you to keep paying and paying..." i tried to explain to her that he loaned me the car in good faith, and that i didn't use it unnecessarily, except for work and such, and that the reason i didn't go looking for cars was b/c i wanted to spend some time out in the sun, and relax a little. "well, you know you can't relax just like that when you haven't taken care of your problems first...you could have gone to a car dealer with your sister this morning and looked at cars, instead of ...." and, "you know nobody is going to do anything for you, but you alone," (this line again) --of course i know this, but i just wanted to enjoy the freakin day for a bit!!! so, i repeated that i wanted to do just that...enjoy the day, and that i was going to look at cars another day. so that was the end of that, but it nevertheless, left me quite bitter. firstly, i didn't want to make the call, but i thought we could've passed by since we were so damn close to the hospital... well, i'll definitely go with my guts from now on, sannah!!!
hi sannah,
well, we did go to that botanical garden yesterday, and i took my camera with us, because i knew the trees (at least the magnolias) were going to be in full bloom--and so they were!! it was sunny, beautiful and relaxing. we took many pictures, with the trees, including some that i don't know the names of. one tree was especially interesting--it was sooooooo gorgeaus, it looked like light pink snow against the bright blue sky, and the branches were full of flowers. the tree itself was quite high, and the branches seemed to lean down towards the ground, with those small, almost translucent, light pink flowers that i could've stared at for an hour!! i took other pictures of spring flowers, close-ups, and i loved doing it. i found that it really focuses you--photography, that is. i was even thinking of doing it as a hobby. it's really interesting when you get into it. you know--llike they say, try it, maybe you'll like it. and so it is.....i've taken pics before of large vistas and beautiful views on my trips, even to other countries, but i found that it's the close-ups that really make a difference. the concentration part you need to do in order to take a pretty picture of a flower.
there were sooooo many people outside yesterday, it was unbelievable!!! i guess it was b/c it was the first nice weekend day in a long time. i also felt a bit better b/c my father is considered stable.
but of course, my b-friend had the idea (normal, really) for me to call my mom and see about any updates, and if we could pass by the hospital, to see dad, since it was within walking distance of the garden. so i did. i could tell immediately she wasn't in a good mood. she said there were no updates, and sounded pretty tired. she said he's feeling v. weak and had diarrhea (sorry to be pretty gross when i just talked about flowers)... but we both knew it was due to the antibiotic he's on (vycomicin--not sure of the sp). anyway, she also told me something about the endocrinologist having said that my father isn't in need of any thyroid meds right now, since even though his thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is low, and his T3 and T4--thyroxine (especially T4) are rather high, it's not "Caused" by the thyroid itself, but WAS caused by an antiarrhythmic medication he was placed on about a year ago... amiodarone. she said that this med. interefered with his thyroid function, and it would take about a month for it to leave his system completely. meanwhile they've placed him on sotalol, another antiarrhythmic, to slow down his pulse, because when he got to the ER that night, it was going up to 153, and as i said the nursing home was afraid to keep him there overnight. now, i have no idea what to make of this, or how they're going to keep him on this other medication if the first one was responsible for the thyroid prob.
i asked her if craig and i could pass by for about 20 min., but she said no, it wasn't necessary. instead she asked me why was i "lounging" around in the botanical garden, when we talked about my looking at some cars the other day. it's true...she brought up the fact that i had been using my brother's car for the past three months or so (i paid him $ for the time i used it, although i almost had to force him to take them!), and it's about time to look for a car "for yourself. you know you can't use his car forever, and he's going to expect you to keep paying and paying..." i tried to explain to her that he loaned me the car in good faith, and that i didn't use it unnecessarily, except for work and such, and that the reason i didn't go looking for cars was b/c i wanted to spend some time out in the sun, and relax a little. "well, you know you can't relax just like that when you haven't taken care of your problems first...you could have gone to a car dealer with your sister this morning and looked at cars, instead of ...." and, "you know nobody is going to do anything for you, but you alone," (this line again) --of course i know this, but i just wanted to enjoy the freakin day for a bit!!! so, i repeated that i wanted to do just that...enjoy the day, and that i was going to look at cars another day. so that was the end of that, but it nevertheless, left me quite bitter. firstly, i didn't want to make the call, but i thought we could've passed by since we were so damn close to the hospital... well, i'll definitely go with my guts from now on, sannah!!!