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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2016

    Deb- you are a special person to work with those NICU babies! What rewarding work you do!

    Sorry to hear your tests are dragging out. I have 6 month mammo and ultrasounds for my follow up and it is done at the imaging center. My BS has an ultrasound in her office too and has taken looks too when we talk about anything that feel different. I have lots of scar tissue and they are always watching those areas.

    Here is what I tell myself every time I go in for a follow up "I hope everything is good, but if it is not, I remember I have already gone through this and gotten through what I needed to do and can do it again if I have to." There is no way not to be scared, but I try to comfort myself by saying I can get through it, because I already have.


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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited January 2016

    I'm here, checking in. LOL.

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  • mdnghtdeb3
    mdnghtdeb3 Member Posts: 130
    edited January 2016

    Jazzy - I'm glad to hear they are always watching your scar tissue areas! That is so important. Thank you so much for the advice. Your right, there is really no way not to be scared, but any comfort is helpful! Thank you!

    The babies are very rewarding! I work in Nicu/Picu and peds.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited January 2016

    Didn't catch everything, but sounds like things are looking up?

    Deb a NICU nurse? Yes, you are special.

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  • mdnghtdeb3
    mdnghtdeb3 Member Posts: 130
    edited January 2016

    Sass - NICU respiratory therapist. I take care of the breathing end of things. Ventilators, treatments, codes, bipaps, EKG's, etc.

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  • Cubbie2015
    Cubbie2015 Member Posts: 875
    edited January 2016

    Just stopping by to wave at everyone. I need to get to bed, but I've been keeping up reading all day. Goodnight, owlettes.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited January 2016



    Gotta go

    Wish my dance is as graceful

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited January 2016

    Jazzy, that is great advise Big Sis.

    Deb, you are indeed a special breed to work with little ones. You need to have a certain personality.

    Queenie, is this oneyours...

    image

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 2,042
    edited January 2016

    One of my twins had to go to NICU due to low apgar scores (2 then a 3) and the fact she had passed meconium and she was one of the healthier babies. It takes a very special person to work in that unit.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited January 2016

    image

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited January 2016

    BCO has a virus, be careful what you click on

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited January 2016

    Sassy! I don't have a clue as to what you are talking about.... I don't get anything when I click on things that are posted here.... Do you? I click on some of the topics, and they are all fine.....

    Maybe it's your own device? I have had Norton for about 5 years now, and whenever I have clicked on a link, from surfing, they will block access, saying it isn't safe.

    So no more of those ummm.... uh porn sites.... okay? Maybe someone is trying to hi-jack you.... and sweep you away..... is that why you haven't been posting? And what is 1100? It's 2016 now.... Is this a trick, to see if anyone notices?

    And HAH Spookers! YOU guys have been a little chilly, right? Some of the ice is getting melted around here.... But it is supposed to snow again Friday.... I'm ignoring it this time.


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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited January 2016

    lovely pictures Smaarty. Hope Evie will be home with her loving parents very soon.

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited January 2016

    Okay.... still nothing going on.....

    Smarty, little Evie is just beautiful! Can focus on you right away! Love all the pictures....

    Spookie and Glennie are over there freezing... even had to wear SOCKS! Hah! 48 degrees? That's WARM here!

    Morning Peppermint & Loverly.... Mitzy had an anxiety attack! Poor little thing. She doesn't MEAN to... she can't help it....

    By the way, your FLOORS are so CLEAN ! Very pretty!

    Glad you liked the video Midnight.... every once in awhile I watch it... just to keep grounded.

    Do any of you remember this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWloaxXWv0g

    And then this.....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8A9Y1Dq_cQ I love this.........

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVq0ONrSH-Q

    My Brother is the drummer on one of Ray Charles latest albums......

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited January 2016

    MammaRay - when I was on steroids I had the same experience - much like alcohol, I don't think steroids put in parts of us that weren't there before but they really MAGNIFY them. (Why it couldn't be our BEST characteristics that get magnified I don't know). It is probably not much consolation but I feel like that when I do homework with DD all the time and I am not on steroids now thank God. (DD is a difficult character in that setting. This doesn't bring out the best in me). Give yourself a pat on the back for all that you are doing well - you are a mother who cares and who works with her son, who puts so much energy and interest and love into her child. Give yourself a positive score for all the good things you do. XXX.

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited January 2016

    MammaRay: steroids can do all kinds of things to your brain. Hang in there.

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited January 2016

    Sassy is celebrating that we are on page 1100 though the image is a bit scary.

    Well Well Midnight (though I'm sure I will slip and call you Deb despite Chevster's nicknaming you) one more medical person to add here. So another pocket party tomorrow. Did we clean up sufficiently from yesterday? Maybe tomorrow is pig out day - chocolates and things like that. We are here for you. Do you expect to know something more definitive tomorrow?

    When I was driving lots at night the only stuff on radio here even in the Metroplex was hard rock, rap, talk radio and country. I would hit on a softer country station and stay there till they played honky-tonk stuff. That's where I 1st heard the Martina McBride song and this was b4 my DX. Tough to cry and drive.

    Huggs MammaRay. You are there for your son and many parents can't be bothered and they're not getting the tx you're getting.

    OK out to heat water for goaties.even though it is a warm 43 (compared to 31 about this time yesterday).

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited January 2016

    Image result for 1100

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited January 2016

    Okay I GOT it!

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited January 2016

    Who's going to watch the Minneapolis football game Sunday? Outdoors and temp of maybe ZERO.

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited January 2016

    Lover: (re. photo of cat with toilet paper roll) That's more the "It needed killing. It made a sudden move for the catnip. Or maybe it said something rude about you. I can't remember now. But it definitely required dismembering."

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited January 2016

    Love it!

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited January 2016

    HahaHahaha.....so I guess with mine, the pillow explosion was Mitzy way of protecting us from the disrespectful dangerous dufe.

    MammaRay, it would be nice if the Decadron hit that part of the brain that helps us to be calm and patient while it is doing its job to decrease the swelling. It can cause mood swings in some people that is not easy to control without pharmaceutical intervention and or discontinuation of the steroid. Take a break when you or DS gets frustrated. I know my brain shuts down when I feel defeated. There are exercises that you can do with your son to help promote the use of both side of the brain. Wish I had known this when my kids were younger.

    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/190277152981518282/


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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited January 2016

    Ms. Chevy, yes she did have a panic attack. Can't get mad at her. Btw, not easy to keep the floor clean with Mitzy because of the shedding and and skin flakes. That's why I wanted a labradoodle or poodle mix. I have to run my Roomba twice a day.

    Ms. Sas, yes I am in outpatient. I like to refer to myself as a licensed dealer. It sounds much more interesting. Regarding the Christmas tree: I am trying to declutter before we downsize in a few years. The tree along with many other stuffs take up too much space. The longer you live in a house, the more you accumulate.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited January 2016

    Patty,

    image


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  • mdnghtdeb3
    mdnghtdeb3 Member Posts: 130
    edited January 2016

    Hi ladies! I'm enjoying reading everyone's posts. Love the cat pic! :)

    Luvmygoats - Yes, another pocket party would be awesome and I am hoping to know something a bit more definitive tomorrow. Not positive I will, but a girl can hope. There are times when the Drs/techs know you work in a hospital and a bit of professional courtesy kicks in. We will see. At the very least...in a day or two I will be able to access the test result online. As far as chocolate...I'm not a fan. I know. I know. LOL! Actually, I am the total opposite of an emotional eater. I tend to just not eat at all. Healthy...no, but can't stomach food of any sort when I'm upset.

    Hope everyone is having a good night. Hugs to all!

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2016

    Deb- my imaging center comes in right away after my films and ultrasound are done and reviewed. I hope you get some good answers tomorrow on whether anymore more needs to be done with tests, etc. Remember the mantra "I can do this."

    Will be in your pocket girlfriend. Sending you love and strength for your appointment.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited January 2016

    Aw Midnight, I am like you. Can't eat when I worry too...just not hungry and food seems tasteless. Ok, how about ginger ale or apple cider for the pocket party?

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited January 2016
    Midnight: another "gets queasy when under stress" here too. Ginger beer and dry toast for me in your pocket party, if the smell wouldn't put you off?
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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited January 2016

    Loverly, it could have been worse. image

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