Photo friday~ The Face

Posted by pet | Photo Friday | Friday 25 September 2009 12:55 pm

Tigger shares a wonderful look at his face!

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Sick As A Dog

Posted by pet | Life, arachnoiditis | Wednesday 23 September 2009 8:30 am

Three weeks ago I visited Shands University Hospital infectious disease department for a follow up on an MRI done at the end of August, along with some other not fun tests.

The issue is I have hardware in my back, called an inter-body cage, and is the source (they think) of this infection that has in two years resisted 8 surgeries, 5 of which were to drain abscesses off of my spine. Eighteen months of antibiotics, most of which were IV, and a six month long c-diff infection (that’s an infection in your colon, extremely dangerous and painful.) Most times a person in this situation is given suppression antibiotics, is monitored and life goes on.
There is a surgery that opens both your abdomen, and back
to reveal both sides of your spine, scrapes the infections out , refuses the spine,
nope not going there.

Now a year later, the infection is still there and I cannot have suppression antibiotics, (needed so the osteomyalitis and diskitis infection does not flare back up) because of the c-diff.

I did however come down with a nasty case of strep throat and bronchitis, following the visit to Shands infectious disease dept.

Yes I did wear a mask, no it did not help.

So last week, I saw my local infectious disease doctor, who proscribed 5 days of levaquin antibiotic and shuddered.
He asked me if I still had any oral vancomycin left, and I just nodded.

Today, I still have a very sore throat and the c-diff is back.

And just for fun, TheMasterOfTheUniverse is in bed for the second day in a row, with some kinda flu.
Damned if you see the doc and damned if you don’t.

WednesdayHero~Lt. John Madea

Posted by pet | Wednesday Hero | Tuesday 22 September 2009 1:40 pm

Lt. John Madea
Lt. John Madea
U.S. Navy

Lt. John Madea holds his daughter as she is baptized with holy water from the ship’s bell of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). This is the fourth person baptized aboard Tortuga since the ship’s christening in 1988, and her name will be inscribed inside the bell as a tradition of the U.S. Navy.

Photo Courtesy U.S. Navy
Taken By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo Aquino

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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WednesdayHero~PFC Thomas Lowell Tucker

Posted by pet | Wednesday Hero | Wednesday 16 September 2009 8:18 pm

This Week’s Post Is Via Gazing At The Flag

PFC Thomas Lowell Tucker
PFC Thomas Lowell Tucker
24 years old from Madras, Oregon
B Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
June 16, 2006
U.S. Army

Flag Gazer has a great post up on the dedication of the PFC Thomas Tucker memorial.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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It’s TMOTU’S Birthday!

Posted by pet | Life | Monday 14 September 2009 8:53 am

Today is TheMasterOfTheUniverse’s Birthday!
He say’s age is a number and his is unlisted!
Heh!

So Here is a Big Birthday hug from SonnyBob, who
happens to be the owner of TMOTU!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Happy Birthday!
We love you!

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