| | So I have been...ahem...encouraged to post on xanga. So this is me, posting on xanga. *grins*
Let's see...life has been crazy busy lately. Here's my other weblog, which I also neglect (I'm an equal opportunity neglecter): http://lightaura.blogspot.com It's intended to be more of a medically-oriented blog, so I don't bore everyone on here with long posts about medicine. But it's pretty limited, and intended to be more academic than personal, so that's why I keep this one.
My grandmother passed away from her pancreatic cancer about a month ago, now. Her family was there by her side. I went up on Wednesday night, and she passed away on Sunday afternoon. She had slipped into a coma on Wednesday, but I got to see her the weekend before, for one last time where she was still communicative. I only ended up missing two days of my rotation, and then one day of the next one for the funeral. I was glad to be able to be there for my family.
My other grandmother fell and broke her pelvis about a week or two ago. The first idiot of a doctor told her to go home and stay in bed for four to six weeks with no DVT prophylaxis...because an 86-year-old woman who is put in bed for six weeks will walk again, sure, if she manages to go that long in bed without infected pressure sores and a blood clot that travels to her lungs and might kill her. *rolls eyes* But they called her PCP at UAMS the next morning, and he was understandably angry, and he had her admitted to UAMS. They evaluated her to see if she would need a plate placed . They decided the broken area was not a weight-bearing area, and she could do fine without surgery. So now she's in rehab at St. Vincents.
Justin and I moved again. They raised the rent on the townhouse, and though it wouldn't take effect until November, I'll be in surgery at that time, and we wouldn't have been able to move. So we went ahead and transferred into a one-bedroom apartment. We like it a lot better. We are just now getting time to get it in order though. Unfortunately, Justin tore his rotator cuff when he helped move the piano upstairs to the new apartment. I love the piano. But Justin hasn't been able to go to the doctor yet, because his insurance has yet to kick in. But otherwise, the apartment is fabulous.
I replaced my poor Civic, which the insurance company totaled. I now am the owner of a green 2001 Saturn three-door coupe. It's a cute car. But so dirty from the dirt student lot at UAMS. I've only had it for two weeks or so, and it's filthy. I hope today's rain will clean it off a bit. I'm going to get it registered today.
Lots of other stuff has been going on, in the two months since I've posted. And while it's been a trying couple of months, married life is good. I never knew how much I'd like being married. It's not that much different from dating. Except now we get to be together and connect like we did in college. It makes me happy.
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