Saturday, October 19, 2024

Continuity is highly overrated

Thursday morning marked the first frost of this season at our house and I'm just getting around to telling you about it on Saturday night. Time flies when you're having fun, and sometimes even when you're not.

Mrs. RWP (the lovely Ellie) and I received our flu vaccinations and COVID vaccinations this afternoon.

We have had an unsettling horrendous interesting last three months. Mrs. RWP (the lovely Ellie) experienced three episodes of prolonged shivering and teeth chattering that led to two ambulance rides and three hospitalizations, culminating in a surgery called a colocystectomy, the medical term for having one's gall bladder removed. The very odd thing is that she had two more episodes of the rigors (shivering, teeth chattering, etc.) after the surgery, which caused a great deal of confusion in the local medical community. Tests were performed that eliminated the possibility of the pancreas being a part of the problem. The rigors have now ended and Mrs. RWP's recuperation is proceeding apace. Our PCP (primary care physician, current name for what used to be called a family doctor) believes she was having what he called "a stunted immune system response." Who knew?

The two most recent Jeopardy! answers that I knew and the contestants didn't were "What is buckaroo?" and "What is ballyhoo?"

The University of Alabama footbal team, ranked #1 in the nation, has been defeated by two teams from the neighboring state of Tennessee this season, first by Nashville's Vanderbilt University two weeks ago and then by Knoxville's University of Tennessee today. Tuscaloosa is not a happy place right now.

A roundabout is being built at the entrance to our subdivision (British, neighbourhood), so it is not a happy place right now either.

Let the commenting begin.

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  1. I am very glad that Ellie is getting better. It must have been a worrying time for you.

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    1. Worrying is putting it mildly. I was petrified, mostly because of the strangeness of it all, the uncertainty as to what was causing it, and the possibility of losing her. Thank you, Sue.

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  2. A friend of mine had some serious heart issues which took a bit of detective work to understand. At one point she was told it was a virus and she would be ok. When she went to a different hospital she was told she needed a pacemaker. It doesn't help me to have faith in doctors :)
    I hope Mrs RWP only improves.
    Speaking as an Australian, I would have thought "neighbourhood" to be very American and sub-division much more Aussie/ British

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    1. Well, our faith is in the Lord, but I know what you mean. Fortunately, her surgeon was excellent, just confused like the rest of us.

      I didn’t check anything before saying “neighborhood” so you may well be right. I was guessing, which is (a) unlike me and (b) always risky. Old age is having its effect. Thank you, kylie.

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  3. Nope, never heard sub-division in Britain Kylie.

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    1. So I was right, then, albeit accidentally. Thank you, Rachel.

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  4. Are you having a sleepless night Bob? It seems that you are up with this post in the middle of it.

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  5. I hope you dear wife is soon better. Gall bladder removal and teeth chattering and shivers sound like a strange combination to me.

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    1. I will explain more in my next post. Thank you, Rachel.

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  6. I hope your wife continues to improve - that is, your wife's health. I'm sure Ellie doesn't need any improvement!

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  7. Her health is improving every single day. We are now finding out what she should eat and what she needs to avoid, low-fat foods being the former and egg yolks being among the latter. Other than making a few dietary changes, Ellie is just about perfect, imho. Thank you, Janice.

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  8. Ellie will be so happy her pesky gallbladder is gone. She will probably have a bit more energy too. I hope she recovers quickly.

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  9. We are already seeing glimpses of what her new, stronger, happier, post-gallbladder life will be like. Thank you for your encouraging words, Emma.

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