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  • MRSA

    Grandpa has a staph infection. To be specific it is MSRA, which stands for "methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus." But most people just call it "staph." It is dangerous and can be fatal especially for someone in …

  • That's Life...Full of Infections

    Thanks to all of you for your prayers. G'pa had another bleeding episode today at the hospital which frightened Kristin, the student nurse, but she had help in getting it stopped by an RN who used to work at the outpatie…

  • Real Courage

    We had a big scare tonight. The dialysis center nurses had trouble stopping the bleeding of the arterial site on Grandpa's arm. He bled from 10 p.m. to about 10:35 before they finally put a "tip stop" (like a band aid wi…

  • The Morphing of Romance

    I remember being very romantic in my twenties and joyfully reading the love letters I received....some containing poetry and sometimes an occasional misspelled word too. He was, after all, a teacher of mathematics and sc…

  • Crochet Crazy!

    There was a sale on yarn at Meijers. The Dialysis Center nurses, Lana and Julie, sent me a message via their patient, G'pa L., that they needed to talk to me....about the hats I make. They wanted to make some like my ya…

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