What's everybody doing today?

[Peanut]

Excellent! That looks like a neat system. Sounds like it is tailor made for what you need!

Just got a real life test. Everyone had left for the day. I'm sure dad was asleep in his chair, the tv was at full volume when i got upstairs. Mom needed assistance and pressed the transmitter. Worked as advertised.

The receiver (which plugs into an outlet) flashes and give a 2 second alert sound. It sounds like a midi file from a 90's computer, a little tinny sounding.

I like the full 2 second alert. Any longer would just be annoying. It's plenty loud and long enough to get your attention (3vol settings). Can be pressed repeatedly too. The transmitter is water proof, has a nylon band, can be worn around the neck or in the shower... or hung on a bed post, hook, in easy reach. It's battery powered, odd size battery which i don't like. We'll see how long they last.

Edit to add.. tomorrow i might test the 4th reciever. Put it out in the shop, supposed to transmit 600' of open ground. Walls are an issue, i'll test it n see how it handles a brick wall.

Oh, don't like it taking up space on outlets, each receiver has to powered. Dad and i built the house on a budget... not a lot of outlets. I might have to expand a couple to 4-plug.

 

[Magus]

I went to the dentist to have that third rotted tooth pulled, but my BP was 6 points too high and he wouldn't touch me! So NOW I have to go back to the doctor and try to get him to find some medicine that actually works, which isn't likely. my first shrink called me a "hand grenade" ready to blow...that was 17 years ago. I keep telling these overly-educated butchers I have some strange life signs, a high BP is one of them, Oddly my body temp hovers around 92-94, and you should see the PH of my overall system! LOL Pity I don't have cool mutant powers to go with it.

 

[Amish Heart]

Oh I love kids Christmas programs. I already went to little granddaughter's grade school program. Am sad to miss the Amish school's program that I was planning to go to, it's tomorrow. Little Brenda (the breathing problem neighbor child) is also having a birthday tomorrow, her fifth. I have a gift for her. I'll have little granddaughter wrap it up tomorrow and have our son drive her over to bring it to her.
Went over instructions with daughter that is here, leaving tomorrow, but going to Kansas on Saturday on where the stocking stuffers are and what goes to who. She's laughing on her brother's stocking...chocolate, of course, but also ammo and lots of cardamon that he likes for his coffee. Little granddaughter's gifts arriving by Friday, so she'll unbox and wrap them for her.

 

[Weedygarden]

Me, too, Pearl And I wish they would agree on his treatment. My thoughts are do the life saving thing...the sepsis infection. Clear it and we go home on oxygen. Before the storm on Saturday. But nooooo. Now they think of all the other things they want to do to him that he can have done in Kansas NOT on Christmas and NOT when he's doing poorly. They keep changing their minds every couple of hrs when another doc is consulted.
Weedy...we're at St Joes Hospital, 5th floor. We went to the Safeway on 20th this morning with the funky shopping carts.

I drove right past the hospital a couple times this week. I'm not close there for a few days, but I'll honk next time.

That Safeway store is the same one I posted photos from the outside more than a year ago. Lots of homeless camps have come and gone from around there. It is actually called UnSafeway by locals. The homeless have stolen many of the carts and use them to steal stuff around where they are. They also go into the store and load up the carts with food and take them out without paying. Or they did, before the locking wheels. There was a time when so many carts were stolen that they only had 5 carts for the whole store. It is a very busy store. With the locking wheels on the carts now, people will go in and grab a basket, fill it up, and walk out with it. That store didn't have any security forever, but it has for more than a year now.

 

[Peanut]

I drove right past the hospital a couple times this week. I'm not close there for a few days, but I'll honk next time.

I looked up st joes out of curiosity. Long ago I worked on a catscan in denver. It was at a hosp near downtown, i was just there a couple hours and was already showing symptoms of cfs. Don't remember the name of the place. Stayed out by the airport.

 

[Magus]

I drove right past the hospital a couple times this week. I'm not close there for a few days, but I'll honk next time.

That Safeway store is the same one I posted photos from the outside more than a year ago. Lots of homeless camps have come and gone from around there. It is actually called UnSafeway by locals. The homeless have stolen many of the carts and use them to steal stuff around where they are. They also go into the store and load up the carts with food and take them out without paying. Or they did, before the locking wheels. There was a time when so many carts were stolen that they only had 5 carts for the whole store. It is a very busy store. With the locking wheels on the carts now, people will go in and grab a basket, fill it up, and walk out with it. That store didn't have any security forever, but it has for more than a year now.

They're not allowed to stop them here. We had a Mexican walk out with several chainsaws at Home Depot and they just watched him go. Someone did get his truck tag number and when the cops visited him, they found thousands of dollars in stolen stuff, the bugger was selling it on eBay and at the flea markets in little Mexico.

 

[snappy1]

overly-educated butchers

I prefer the term "high priced bell hops" from MASH.

@Amish Heart , I hope that your husband will cancel the bronch surgery and that you can come home!

Took DH to orthopedic appt. yesterday-all is well.
Bunch of chores at home.

Today, I will walk in a few minutes.
DH has a transport service coming at 10 to take him for 3 appts. about 100 miles away. He will be gone most of the day.
I have many chores at home for the day.
I'm just tired as are many of you!

 

[sonya123]

I went to the dentist to have that third rotted tooth pulled, but my BP was 6 points too high and he wouldn't touch me! So NOW I have to go back to the doctor and try to get him to find some medicine that actually works, which isn't likely. my first shrink called me a "hand grenade" ready to blow...that was 17 years ago. I keep telling these overly-educated butchers I have some strange life signs, a high BP is one of them, Oddly my body temp hovers around 92-94, and you should see the PH of my overall system! LOL Pity I don't have cool mutant powers to go with it.

wow, they check your blood pressure now at the dentist? I have never had that happen
Mine told me I need a $1500 crown...not happening

 

[UrbanHunter]

They're not allowed to stop them here. We had a Mexican walk out with several chainsaws at Home Depot and they just watched him go. Someone did get his truck tag number and when the cops visited him, they found thousands of dollars in stolen stuff, the bugger was selling it on eBay and at the flea markets in little Mexico.

Dumb Macan, he should have stole the truck first...

Sorry, I'm grumpy, I have to go to the doctors today to get my shots, is it rabies or distemper? Oh, wrong doctor... I hate shots. I may need to wear one of those cone collars to keep from biting him....

I did take my weight today, then got fully dressed.. I'm not going to drop my coat or take off my boots.. I'll tell them what it should be and they can stick it in their puter...

 

[sonya123]

Me, too, Pearl And I wish they would agree on his treatment. My thoughts are do the life saving thing...the sepsis infection. Clear it and we go home on oxygen. Before the storm on Saturday. But nooooo. Now they think of all the other things they want to do to him that he can have done in Kansas NOT on Christmas and NOT when he's doing poorly. They keep changing their minds every couple of hrs when another doc is consulted.
Weedy...we're at St Joes Hospital, 5th floor. We went to the Safeway on 20th this morning with the funky shopping carts.

your husband has some say in what they can do to him. Can't he just tell them he doesn't want it? I hate hospitals
When I had my accident, I picked up a cdiff infection . They wanted to put me on MORE antibiotics, but that is what caused it in the first place, so I just said no. I didn't eat gluten for a few months and it cleared up on its own. They just want to keep people sick , so they make more money I think

 

[sonya123]

colder than yesterday, 13 degrees. Our historic average is 49 for high, 31.2 for low, just looked it up ( I keep track of the weather), this should probably go in the weather thread sorry

plan on going swimming and doing some shopping today
the animals are going out first, it is supposed to warm up some today
tomorrow is the winter solstice, maybe when we get back if I have time I will decorate the house with some greens, maybe we will find a cheap last minute tree to put up ( we did last year, I bought the last tree at Rural King, $10 for a Charlie Brown Christmas tree )
we don't have any everygreen trees here except huge cedars but I can cut off some branches

daughter and family got back ok from their trip to Tulsa but it took them ALL day to get from Tulsa to Norfolk. They might as well have driven
they are leaving for Florida next in a day, hope she doesnt have problems , I remember the nightmare of getting in and out of Florida for Christmas holidays , big mess every year. It took us 20 hours to drive from Boone NC to Orlando one time. I 95 is always a traffic mess, that year we saw like 10 accidents. I am glad I no longer have to do that

 

[Pearl]

Same as yesterday, two bigger jobs! Tis the season! Not doing a bunch of anything later!! Have to run by the bank and Walmart after work , I can see everyone in their Christmas pajamas!

 

[Patchouli]

@sonya123 we used to cut big branches from cedars in our yard back east. Here we went out somewhere and cut them too. Legal like picking flowers. Lol. And stuck the branches in a bucket, smelled great, decorated it reminded me of a Dr Seuss Christmas tree.
Also have to run to Wally World before work.
Woke up too early, as usual.

 

[Amish Heart]

I woke up too early, too. Waiting for daughter's alarm to go off in 20 minutes or so before I make noise. She has a busy day today helping me load up all this medical equipment to the truck, then she flies home. Not much expected today, except the Infectious Disease doc comes in later today with reccomendations. She popped her head in two days ago then said she wouldn't be in till today. Regular doc said they would do another blood culture at the end of the day to see how the sepsis is.

 

[Magus]

wow, they check your blood pressure now at the dentist? I have never had that happen
Mine told me I need a $1500 crown...not happening

United health care will cover damn near anything, the trick is finding a dentist who will accept it.

 

[Weedygarden]

I looked up st joes out of curiosity. Long ago I worked on a catscan in denver. It was at a hosp near downtown, i was just there a couple hours and was already showing symptoms of cfs. Don't remember the name of the place. Stayed out by the airport.

I didn't expect to write this much!

The area where the St. Joe's and National Jewish combined hospital is, is within a mile of several hospitals and a few hospitals that no longer exist and close to downtown. St. Luke's used to be kitty-corner from the UnSafeway. It is long gone and has been redeveloped with blocks of condominiums. I was interested in that development changing up the shoppers at UnSafeway, as well as the products they would carry.

When the Olympics were to be in Denver in the 60's, there were a large amount of homes (one story row houses) built close by there. The then governor, Governor Lamb, as a result of his advisory team, rejected the Olympics and those homes were then used for Section 8 housing, welfare people, projects. It was known to be a place where a lot of drugs were dealt.

That area is called Five Points, and the area was designated for people of color. There was a red line where blacks were not allowed to live past, east of there a mile or so.

When I first moved to Colorado, I was told a few times to stay out of that area, especially at night. The school I was teaching at was fairly close to it and there was crime, teachers mugged in the parking lot and cars broken into.

Those projects have been torn down and replaced with apartment like buildings, but still subsidized housing. I once met someone who lived in them and I was told they were nice. Housing for Section 8 is now scattered around. There are some areas where there are projects, but there are many row houses scattered around, not close to one another that are for Section 8.

Another hospital that has been torn down is Mercy Hospital, which was on 18th, across from City Park.

There was Children's Hospital, between St. Joe's and St. Luke's. Children's Hospital has been moved out to Fitzsimmons, a former military campus close to I-70 and I-225. There are remnants of Children's there, but I don't know how it is used. There are many medical facilities out there, including CU Medical Center. My daughter's pediatrician was affiliated with Children's and that is where she had her tonsils removed, had her broken bones set, and was diagnosed with meningitis, close to St. Joes/National Jewish.

Close, within blocks of where Amish and her husband are staying, are Presbyterian St. Luke's (PSL), a new building and built to replace the old St. Luke's. Also close is Kindred, a hospital that deals with people who are on ventilators. Kindred is a smaller hospital. I know it has not always been called that, but I don't know what it was called before. Another one that is new is Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. These three hospitals are within 2 or 3 blocks of St.Joes/National Jewish.

St. Joe's used to be a few blocks east of there. It was the main hospital for birthing. When I was teaching, I would always ask children with birthdays where they were born? St. Joe's! Now St. Joe's and National Jewish have built a building together where babies can be born and people with lung and breathing issues are treated. It is a beautiful and big hospital, in part of the area where Children's was.

 

[Weedygarden]

@Peanut, I'd bet it was what was formerly known as Denver General, now known as Denver Health Medical Center, SW of downtown.

 

[Peanut]

@Peanut, I'd bet it was what was formerly known as Denver General, now known as Denver Health Medical Center, SW of downtown.

Might have been, it was about '99. I remember the CT was on the ground floor but the building sat into a hill. The street was at eye level out the windows of the waiting area, sloping upwards right to left. The patient scanning table room had horz. slit windows at the top of the wall at the ceiling.

I don’t remember much, was in bad shape with cfs, still hadn’t been diagnosed. I remember calling my boss that morning to trick him. I had forgotten why I had been sent to denver, didn’t know what repair I was supposed to make. I called my boss knowing he’d ask me about the repair… sneaky, I know. But I found out why I was in denver.

 

[dademoss]

@Peanut, I'd bet it was what was formerly known as Denver General, now known as Denver Health Medical Center, SW of downtown.

On a mostly completely unrelated note, yet kinda related: Wilmington Ohio "the big city close by" has the General Denver, resturant,hotel, bar. Home

 

[Weedygarden]

Might have been, it was about '99. I remember the CT was on the ground floor but the building sat into a hill. The street was at eye level out the windows of the waiting area.

St. Lukes has probably been gone longer than that, but between where it sat was uphill from downtown, making it known as Uptown, versus Downtown because of the hill that went down a fairly steep hill.

History​

Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center was not always one hospital. It was originally two separate hospitals: St. Luke's Hospital, which admitted its first patient on June 27, 1881, and Denver Presbyterian Hospital, which opened in 1926. Both operated separately until Columbia Health/HealthONE acquired both in 1992 and the old St. Luke's facility was closed. Patients were then moved and consolidated in the Presbyterian facility, which remains the current site. Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center has 680 beds and a staff of 1,428 employees. The hospital has many buildings that are newly constructed, although parts of the original cross-shaped building, dating from the 1940s, are still visible.

 

[LadyLocust]

@Peanut We had a "life alert" system for my Gpa when he was alive and living alone. I can't remember which system it was, but it saved him a couple times. Both my folks (who were closer) and I would receive a call stating that he needed help. I think he only ever used it twice, but in those cases was worth it alone.
@Neb Just a thought about the curved steps. If you are planning on aging in the home, the curved steps might plague you a little in that if going down the right hand side and your right foot is near the edge, your left foot has to go farther forward then down. Just food for thought. I love gently curved steps in large garden spaces.
@UrbanHunter Sounds like you need to test out those hiking boots again, get out in nature for a little while. Prayers.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Had freezing rain all day yesterday. The roads were very slick today and heavy fog in places. Just dropped the flat tire off at the tire store. Picking up feed now. The wife has a long grocery list for me to pick up too.

 

[Amish Heart]

I can see Kaiser Permanente out the window from his room. The doc said someone from there wants to come do the endoscopy tomorrow, and someone from National Jewish wants to do a bronch.

 

[LadyLocust]

I can see Kaiser Permanente out the window from his room. The doc said someone from there wants to come do the endoscopy tomorrow, and someone from National Jewish wants to do a bronch.

AH ~ I would ask directly with Hubby there: What can be accomplished by doing this procedure? If you determine X what are the next steps and if you discover Y what are the next steps? What gain of health is accomplished by this? Maybe you've already been through that, but it's amazing how often no change of course would be resulted by them doing extra "stuff." They just want to charge more $$$ for all of it.

 

[Amish Heart]

Yep. We have. And I think it's too risky. And he thinks it might be ok. So that's where we're at. But I swear, these docs change their minds every couple of hours. And husband is coherent, so it's his decision, it's not mine. He knows how I feel. There is nothing I can do about anything really.

 

[Neb]

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@Neb Just a thought about the curved steps. If you are planning on aging in the home, the curved steps might plague you a little in that if going down the right hand side and your right foot is near the edge, your left foot has to go farther forward then down. Just food for thought. I love gently curved steps in large garden spaces.
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You are correct. After a lot of thought I am ruling out the curved steps and the tree. Bag End was simple and straight forward. The tree roots in the entry hall was only there out of necessity.

Going simple will reduce time and costs.

Ben

 

[LadyLocust]

So since Ness (cat) died we've had mice testing us again. Amazing what the presence of a cat can do. Well, one got in the pantry over the past week. I keep very little in any sort of packaging that they can get into but they found a bag of pumpkin seeds and one of almonds that I'd not yet put in mason jars. They are such nasty little creatures. I had put more peppermint in there for immediate assistance, but this morning, I got the area all cleaned and checked everything else. Did a little reorganizing/rotating while at it. Will sound strange to some, but having the pantry well organized is a sort of comfort for me. Anyhoo, got that done before work this morning.

 

[Haertig]

Did my daily test of recognizing countries by their silhouettes. Got it on the sixth try today (final guess that is allowed). I'm slipping. I started off guessing in the far south of Africa then it kept telling me to guess more to the north on each subsequent guess. I've got my directions pretty good - where countries are in relation to other countries by compass bearing. But my guesses based on distance need a little fine tuning. I suck at estimating distances across Europe, as evidenced by me getting stuck and dragging my feet in the old Yugoslavia countries. I marched through them in the correct direction, but taking too small of baby steps. The entirety of Europe is not all that large.

 

[Mountain trapper]

So since Ness (cat) died we've had mice testing us again. Amazing what the presence of a cat can do. Well, one got in the pantry over the past week. I keep very little in any sort of packaging that they can get into but they found a bag of pumpkin seeds and one of almonds that I'd not yet put in mason jars. They are such nasty little creatures. I had put more peppermint in there for immediate assistance, but this morning, I got the area all cleaned this morning and checked everything else. Did a little reorganizing/rotating while at it. Will sound strange to some, but having the pantry well organized is a sort of comfort for me. Anyhoo, got that done before work this morning.

I usually catch a couple mice a day in the garage and in our vehicles. I've got a several poison bait stations and a few glue boards too. When I worked in the middle east, Asia and Africa it was always interesting to check the glue boards every morning.

 

[LadyLocust]

Did my daily test of recognizing countries by their silhouettes. Got it on the sixth try today (final guess that is allowed). I'm slipping. I started off guessing in the far south of Africa then it kept telling me to guess more to the north on each subsequent guess. I've got my directions pretty good - where countries are in relation to other countries by compass bearing. But my guesses based on distance need a little fine tuning. I suck at estimating distances across Europe, as evidenced by me getting stuck and dragging my feet in the old Yugoslavia countries. I marched through them in the correct direction, but taking too small of baby steps. The entirety of Europe is not all that large.

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That's an intriguing game/challenge. I know I would do better in some areas than in others. Some I used to know but have since forgotten etc.