89 Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. 90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. 91 Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you. 92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. 93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. 94 Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts. 95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes. 96 To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.
I called Carol’s facility to talk to the nurse who (again) cut me off short saying she cannot discuss medical information. I said that’s fine, I’m just trying, if you’ll let me, to provide you with some information and you can do what you will with it. Besides, I said, I am the contact person in her file so I think, yes, you can discuss her condition with me but for now I’ll just tell you what I think is going on and I’ll trust you to take it from there.
Grrrr.
I suppose it’s the squeaky wheel I’m trying to be.
But I don’t know that it’s a good idea to take Carol anywhere tonight, I’m worried about her physical and (especially) her psychological ability to go on an “outing” where there will be crowds of people and she’ll have to do some walking.
Pray for some kind of resolution today, I’ve actually thought of just telling her I’m not feeling well so can’t come to get her tonight — in hopes that someone there will begin to take some action to get her seriously assessed, even if that requires hospitalization (and it may).
After reading what I did last night (posted on the prayer thread), I’m 90% convinced now that this is her potassium bottoming out again and causing the psychosis. The potassium levels dip to dangerously low points in her every couple months (so it’s right on scheduled) and she herself told me a few weeks ago that she thought it might be happening as she was starting to feel a bit dizzy (another symptom). They have her scheduled for blood work but I have no idea how soon that is happening, it apparently hasn’t been done yet. (And that would be the only way to tell what her potassium levels actually are.)
DJ, you could just tell her that, based on what she has told you lately, you don’t think it is a good idea to take her out right now and so you won’t. Putting the ball back in her court, so to speak. When my daughter is not up to snuff, though she behaves very well in public, I won’t take her out and have explained it to her.
Yes, I have thought of that mumsee. Although she really does *believe* her alternative reality right now so I’m not sure it would be accepted well.
I texted her a while ago asking if they’d done her blood work yet. But her phone is probably turned off again due to her paranoia.
She’s most concerned about getting her Christmas gift from me, I could just drop that off and visit with her (as she also desperately wants to tell me “something” about her situation). I really don’t want the responsibility of taking her out in the condition she’s in, both mentally and physically.
That sounds like the best idea. Take her her gift, give her a chance to talk, and take your leave. She will get her chance to tell you “something”, you can discuss it, and she won’t have to take the risk of going out where “they” can get her. I know a gentleman around here who goes off his meds periodically and calls from the jail to tell me the government is closing in on him and are poisoning his jail food. That is his reality. Work with it without agreeing with it.
Prayers for my dear friend her three children. They all have symptoms of an intestinal illness, but it has lasted for two weeks. The tests given for bacteria and amoeba infection came back negative, but the symptoms are only getting worse.
Prayer here as nineteen year old, who is set to head out to boot camp tomorrow, has two large open sores. She claims they are spider bites. She claimed that earlier on one she got after her trip to Japan, though it is self diagnosed. The Navy cleared the first one but she is afraid to tell them about the new ones as she knows they won’t let her in. Dad tells her to tell them, better before than get kicked out of boot camp for not telling. Wisdom.
Praise report : Just got out of appointment with ortho in Odessa. Miguel’s bones are pronounced healed, and he is released to weight bearing as tolerated! We are so happy! Praise the Lord!
Good to hear, RKessler. I hope you are both recovering from your illnesses.
Small praise item from me, I just got word today that I made it to the interview stage for a remote or global clinical placement. I still do not know what is going to happen with my missing half of clinical for this past semester, but this is a hopeful sign.
dj, based on my recent experience, it will be wise for you to not take her out by yourself. If someone else went with you it would be different.
I am suppose to go out this evening fora concert with Art. It will involve walking and he is still not doing well with distance. There will be another person with us. Please pray he can do okay. Also he has his MRI on his back and leg tomorrow real early. I hope we can drag ourselves out of bed after having a late night.
Please pray for my brother who is still sick with respiratory illness, and for my frisnd, Karen, who is in the hospital still.
Thank you all for your prayers for us. One need I am recognizing lately is for us to continue adjusting to our “new normal”, & our new responsibilities. We’ve been doing our best, but as time goes on, the reality that this is not temporary, that these responsibilities are part of our lives now, & for the foreseeable future, is coming upon us.
Nightingale seems to be doing well with this, but I seem to be having more trouble with it lately, not only for myself, but my heart feels stressed for her, too, as she has a lot on her plate. But that fierce independent stubbornness she was born with has developed into a mature persistence in whatever it is she works on, & she soldiers on cheerfully.
Meanwhile, because we are trying to keep up with our own things as we also take care of the new things we are responsible for, we get behind in some areas.
Just this morning, I realized that I am not going to bother with my usual pre-Christmas really-good-cleaning of the house, but only take time for a “quickie cleaning”, as I have some other things I need to attend to. I realize that a clean, tidy house is not necessarily important considering the circumstances, but I very much prefer my house clean & tidy, & it hasn’t been that way lately despite my efforts.
Boy, oh, boy, have I had to be flexible lately, even more so than usual. But I find myself deferring to Nightingale in many little matters rather than insisting on my own preferences, so I guess God’s many years of working on me to teach me to be more flexible have accomplished something after all. 🙂 (It is my own decision to do this deferring to her, not any pushiness on her part. She listens to my advice or ideas, & we are usually on the same page about how to handle the larger matters, for which I am very grateful.)
One other thing – When I filled out the application for the VA survivors pension, the life insurance payment had not come in yet, & there was no specific question on the application about life insurance. But it has occurred to me that receiving that may make a difference with the pension. I called today & reported it. They will review my case & get back to me within 40 days.
We can make it without that pension, but the pension (about $700 a month) would help so much. I am hoping that the worst result would only be a reduction in the monthly payment, but am leaving it in God’s hands. If I lose the pension, it will cause a wince, but I will continue to trust God for provision.
Kim – Yeah, I know, but they look for unearned income, too. We’ll see. I wanted to make sure I reported it, so there is no possibility of being accused of fraud or withholding information or whatnot.
Carol took the cancellation of plans well but wants me to visit; I suggested maybe tomorrow morning but she just called, in tears, saying she’s being accused of stealing someone’s money there so guess I’ll head up there. Bad weekday timing, I’m going to get really stuck in rush hour traffic but I can deliver her gift and listen for a while. Helen should be there at the front desk, she starts at 3 today, so maybe I can find a way, too, to connect in person with her about Carol. The nurse is of no help. What I’d really like is an administrator’s email so I can let them know when I’m overly concerned about something. I honestly don’t bug them much, but there’s something way out of whack right now and i’d *think* they’d want to know that. ??
Visit with Carol went well and I was able to connect with the administration & get an email for them — they stressed I could only provide info, not get any from them, and I assured them that was my point. I suspect I know her almost better than anyone and she talks to me pretty freely.
She loved the socks and comforter, put both pair of socks on and got under the comforter before I left, she kept saying she “never had a comforter.” And she gave me a very nice antique-looking journal, part of her shopping spree this past week for herself but I think she felt bad not having a gift for me so that was kind of sweet that she gave that to me.
I spotted another Spanish (pueblo) house on my block on the way home tonight that has those southwest luminaries out front. I love that look! Will have to find some …
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Prayer for Kizzie and family, Tim and family.
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I called Carol’s facility to talk to the nurse who (again) cut me off short saying she cannot discuss medical information. I said that’s fine, I’m just trying, if you’ll let me, to provide you with some information and you can do what you will with it. Besides, I said, I am the contact person in her file so I think, yes, you can discuss her condition with me but for now I’ll just tell you what I think is going on and I’ll trust you to take it from there.
Grrrr.
I suppose it’s the squeaky wheel I’m trying to be.
But I don’t know that it’s a good idea to take Carol anywhere tonight, I’m worried about her physical and (especially) her psychological ability to go on an “outing” where there will be crowds of people and she’ll have to do some walking.
Pray for some kind of resolution today, I’ve actually thought of just telling her I’m not feeling well so can’t come to get her tonight — in hopes that someone there will begin to take some action to get her seriously assessed, even if that requires hospitalization (and it may).
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After reading what I did last night (posted on the prayer thread), I’m 90% convinced now that this is her potassium bottoming out again and causing the psychosis. The potassium levels dip to dangerously low points in her every couple months (so it’s right on scheduled) and she herself told me a few weeks ago that she thought it might be happening as she was starting to feel a bit dizzy (another symptom). They have her scheduled for blood work but I have no idea how soon that is happening, it apparently hasn’t been done yet. (And that would be the only way to tell what her potassium levels actually are.)
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DJ, you could just tell her that, based on what she has told you lately, you don’t think it is a good idea to take her out right now and so you won’t. Putting the ball back in her court, so to speak. When my daughter is not up to snuff, though she behaves very well in public, I won’t take her out and have explained it to her.
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Yes, I have thought of that mumsee. Although she really does *believe* her alternative reality right now so I’m not sure it would be accepted well.
I texted her a while ago asking if they’d done her blood work yet. But her phone is probably turned off again due to her paranoia.
She’s most concerned about getting her Christmas gift from me, I could just drop that off and visit with her (as she also desperately wants to tell me “something” about her situation). I really don’t want the responsibility of taking her out in the condition she’s in, both mentally and physically.
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That sounds like the best idea. Take her her gift, give her a chance to talk, and take your leave. She will get her chance to tell you “something”, you can discuss it, and she won’t have to take the risk of going out where “they” can get her. I know a gentleman around here who goes off his meds periodically and calls from the jail to tell me the government is closing in on him and are poisoning his jail food. That is his reality. Work with it without agreeing with it.
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Prayers for my dear friend her three children. They all have symptoms of an intestinal illness, but it has lasted for two weeks. The tests given for bacteria and amoeba infection came back negative, but the symptoms are only getting worse.
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Amen, Phos.
Prayer here as nineteen year old, who is set to head out to boot camp tomorrow, has two large open sores. She claims they are spider bites. She claimed that earlier on one she got after her trip to Japan, though it is self diagnosed. The Navy cleared the first one but she is afraid to tell them about the new ones as she knows they won’t let her in. Dad tells her to tell them, better before than get kicked out of boot camp for not telling. Wisdom.
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Praise report : Just got out of appointment with ortho in Odessa. Miguel’s bones are pronounced healed, and he is released to weight bearing as tolerated! We are so happy! Praise the Lord!
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Good to hear, RKessler. I hope you are both recovering from your illnesses.
Small praise item from me, I just got word today that I made it to the interview stage for a remote or global clinical placement. I still do not know what is going to happen with my missing half of clinical for this past semester, but this is a hopeful sign.
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RK – So glad for you & Miguel! Praise God!
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dj, based on my recent experience, it will be wise for you to not take her out by yourself. If someone else went with you it would be different.
I am suppose to go out this evening fora concert with Art. It will involve walking and he is still not doing well with distance. There will be another person with us. Please pray he can do okay. Also he has his MRI on his back and leg tomorrow real early. I hope we can drag ourselves out of bed after having a late night.
Please pray for my brother who is still sick with respiratory illness, and for my frisnd, Karen, who is in the hospital still.
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Thank you all for your prayers for us. One need I am recognizing lately is for us to continue adjusting to our “new normal”, & our new responsibilities. We’ve been doing our best, but as time goes on, the reality that this is not temporary, that these responsibilities are part of our lives now, & for the foreseeable future, is coming upon us.
Nightingale seems to be doing well with this, but I seem to be having more trouble with it lately, not only for myself, but my heart feels stressed for her, too, as she has a lot on her plate. But that fierce independent stubbornness she was born with has developed into a mature persistence in whatever it is she works on, & she soldiers on cheerfully.
Meanwhile, because we are trying to keep up with our own things as we also take care of the new things we are responsible for, we get behind in some areas.
Just this morning, I realized that I am not going to bother with my usual pre-Christmas really-good-cleaning of the house, but only take time for a “quickie cleaning”, as I have some other things I need to attend to. I realize that a clean, tidy house is not necessarily important considering the circumstances, but I very much prefer my house clean & tidy, & it hasn’t been that way lately despite my efforts.
Boy, oh, boy, have I had to be flexible lately, even more so than usual. But I find myself deferring to Nightingale in many little matters rather than insisting on my own preferences, so I guess God’s many years of working on me to teach me to be more flexible have accomplished something after all. 🙂 (It is my own decision to do this deferring to her, not any pushiness on her part. She listens to my advice or ideas, & we are usually on the same page about how to handle the larger matters, for which I am very grateful.)
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One other thing – When I filled out the application for the VA survivors pension, the life insurance payment had not come in yet, & there was no specific question on the application about life insurance. But it has occurred to me that receiving that may make a difference with the pension. I called today & reported it. They will review my case & get back to me within 40 days.
We can make it without that pension, but the pension (about $700 a month) would help so much. I am hoping that the worst result would only be a reduction in the monthly payment, but am leaving it in God’s hands. If I lose the pension, it will cause a wince, but I will continue to trust God for provision.
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Kizzie life insurance is not reportable income.
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Kim – Yeah, I know, but they look for unearned income, too. We’ll see. I wanted to make sure I reported it, so there is no possibility of being accused of fraud or withholding information or whatnot.
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The fact that it is non-taxable is why I was so perplexed that there is such a detailed tax form required for it.
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Carol took the cancellation of plans well but wants me to visit; I suggested maybe tomorrow morning but she just called, in tears, saying she’s being accused of stealing someone’s money there so guess I’ll head up there. Bad weekday timing, I’m going to get really stuck in rush hour traffic but I can deliver her gift and listen for a while. Helen should be there at the front desk, she starts at 3 today, so maybe I can find a way, too, to connect in person with her about Carol. The nurse is of no help. What I’d really like is an administrator’s email so I can let them know when I’m overly concerned about something. I honestly don’t bug them much, but there’s something way out of whack right now and i’d *think* they’d want to know that. ??
Feeling just drained from it all. 😦
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The Navy said it was fine and she is signed in, ready to ship out tomorrow morning. Off to Chicago.
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Visit with Carol went well and I was able to connect with the administration & get an email for them — they stressed I could only provide info, not get any from them, and I assured them that was my point. I suspect I know her almost better than anyone and she talks to me pretty freely.
She loved the socks and comforter, put both pair of socks on and got under the comforter before I left, she kept saying she “never had a comforter.” And she gave me a very nice antique-looking journal, part of her shopping spree this past week for herself but I think she felt bad not having a gift for me so that was kind of sweet that she gave that to me.
I spotted another Spanish (pueblo) house on my block on the way home tonight that has those southwest luminaries out front. I love that look! Will have to find some …
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I just wanted the email so I could alert them when I felt something was *really* going haywire and she needed medical attention.
On the drive there I kept thinking about Jesus and how he ministered to so many people, including, presumably, the mentally ill.
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