Friday Fill In

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1. The last band I saw live was The Naked Eskimos (on Halloween!).

2. What I look forward to most on Thanksgiving is spending time with family and friends.

3. My Christmas/holiday shopping is something I haven't even thought about yet.

4. Thoughts of running away to a tropical island fill my head when I'm tired.

5. I wish I could wear high heels and not feel like I am a five year old playing dress up.

6. Bagpipes played at the Renaissance Faire that I went to a few weekends ago.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to visiting Lauren and having dinner at Texas Roadhouse; tomorrow my plans include visiting Lauren, running errands and cleaning my house; and Sunday, I want to visit Lauren and relax!

Fall 09 - Pictures

These are a few pictures from our quick trip to Knoxville, TN last weekend. We went up to see my cousin and his wife, their new house and celebrate their birthdays.

Like all trips, it wasn't long enough. I can't wait to go again!

CF Tattoo

Since Amy posted recently posted a picture of her new CF tattoo, I thought I would share a picture of mine.


I had this done last summer and I still love it. Analaigh can be translated from Old English (Gaelic) as breathe. Since I occasionally need a reminder to do just that, I thought it was appropriate. The choice of using Gaelic and the Celtic artwork is just to satisfy my obsession with all things relating to this period of time.

I plan to get my second piece soon - it's going to be much more involved and take a lot of work, but I am tres excited about it.

Friday Fill In

My first edition of the "Friday Fill In." If you want to participate, click here.

1. Plans and schedules ARE THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE.
2. I'm happy when things ARE FUNNY.
3. The last thing I drank was DIET COKE.
4. One of the most valuable things in my life is MY SMARTS, MY ABILITY TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON, AND MY CAREER.
5. I like EXTRA CHEESE on my pizza.
6. Dear November, DON'T CHANGE. I AM ENJOYING THIS BRILLIANT FALL WEATHER.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to SEEING FAMILY, tomorrow my plans include MORE FAMILY and Sunday, I want to VISIT LAUREN!

A little pre-Halloween fun...

Check out my mad creative skillz (courtesy of Picnik). But the best thing? It was FREE!


My fur-babies are almost as excited as I am about Halloween. Can't you tell?

Introducing

Please welcome the newest member of the Thorpe family -

Hallow Kitty

She made a surprise visit to the hospital last Saturday. Love at first sight! I knew that she would be my baby girl.

Hallow and Mommy

This pic was taken Wednesday night before I brought her home to meet her big brothers. She had been playing for about an hour and fell asleep in my arms.

At six weeks, Miss Hallow is 1.8 lbs of devilishy-cute goodness. She is already quite the talker and I can tell she won't be putting up with any flack from my resident terrors, Issy and Beau.

And no, I'm not quite the crazy cat lady yet.

A day in the life of...

...a hospital junkie.

Just jokes. Spending time in the hospital is definitely not on my bucket list.

But I thought I'd give you an idea of what my schedule is like when I am here. These are the scheduled times of my meds and aren't necessarily the actual time that I receive them (for sanity's sake, I try to stagger my doses so that I get a little free time).

0800 - 1000:
25 mg Phenergan IV
50 mg Benadryl IV
4.5 grams Zosyn IV

1100 - 1200:
Free time!

1200 - 1400:
50 mg Benadryl IV
1 gram Vancomycin IV

1400 - 1700:
25 mg Phenergan IV
2 grams Tazicef (Ceftazidime) IV
4.5 grams Zosyn IV

1700 - 2000:
Free time!

2000 - 2400:
25 mg Phenergan IV
50 mg Benadryl IV
1 gram Vancomycin IV
4.5 grams Zosyn IV
2 grams Tazicef (Ceftazidime) IV

0200 - 0800:
25 mg Phenergan IV
50 mg Benadryl IV
1 gram Vancomycin IV
4.5 grams Zosyn IV
2 grams Tazicef (Ceftazidime) IV

As you might have noticed (if you were really paying attention), I am only unhooked from my IV for about four or five hours everyday.

This schedule doesn't include the handfuls of pills that are delivered throughout the day: Nexium, Reglan, Lactobacillus, Guafenisin, and AquaDEK (vitamins).

Oops, don't let me forget to include the inhaled (nebulized) medications that are also part of the routine:
Ventolin
Pulmozyme
Colistin
7% Hypertonic Saline
Pulmicort
Spiriva

And that, my friends, is a day in the life of hospital junkie. And you wonder why I never get any sleep?