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Mom's surgery went pretty well, but it was a rough weekend. She came home Friday despite having some trouble getting up on Thursday. She seemed to be doing really well until Saturday in the late afternoon. Suddenly dizziness and fever. Followed by hours and hours in the emergency room. At 2 AM they finally found her a room, treating her with potasium and IV antibiotics.
After a day or so of antibiotics and poking and proding they sent her home on Monday. Jim and Mary were back in town so I came home to Cleveland. Unfortunately, she's been struggling with nausea and bouts of fever. The assumption has been that she's been fighting a post-surgical infection and stomache upset from all of the drugs (and lack of her usual diabetes medication). However, it turned out that she's been suffering from something far more mundane: the flu.
About the time she returned to the hospital, many in the ER and patient floor nursing staff were coming down with it.
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Off to Pittsburgh
So I'm off to Pittsburgh tomorrow. Mom had surgery yesterday and I'll be helping her husband Dennie keep her company for the next few days. When I talked to her today, she was pretty drugged up. It's weird because my mom hardly ever drinks. I'm not used to her slurring her words and having trouble standing up. It was kind of frightening. I could be in for quite a weekend. I'm not sure I'm up to helping her bathe or anything.
More frightening is that I will be without broadband for... like... days. Cable but no Tivo. Ack. And no kitties!
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PA Senate Race
I'm more pleased that I have a right to be about the current poll reslts in the PA Senate Race (I know it's over a year away, but they're already running). Casey is up by 14%. Of course, it shouldn't be a big surprise considering that Santorum said last week that Katrina victims should be fined for not evacuating.
When I lived and voted in PA, I could never understand how Santorum got the seat in the first place. The most far-right assinine crap seems to be perpetually flowing from his mouth. Not that Bush ever lived up to the compassionate part of his ersatz compassionate conservatism, but Santorum seems to embrace F-U conservatism.
My only fear is that the Republicans could find some more powerful appointment for Santorum.
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Cool Google Maps Apps
* Google Maps Pedometer
* Census Data
and my personal fav
* Find out where you'd end up, if you dug a hole thru the earth
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Morning Haiku
Poor pukey kitty
Throws up on the windowsill.
Electra, why there?
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Katrina - Good, Bad, Ugly
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of today's news reading.
Good:
From Talk Radio to All Katrina - I like it when companies think about the common good before money.
Bad:
FEMA to Mac, Linux users: drop dead - 1. And our government sued Microsoft for monopoly. Hmmm. 2. That's just lazy web design.
Ugly:
Barbara Bush: things going 'Very Well' for poor NOLA evacuees - Now we know where Dubya gets it.
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Cats in Sinks
I have this in my LinkBlog, but I think it bears calling to your attention. Cats In Sinks is the funniest thing I've seen in a looooong time. Check it out when you are up for a good laugh.
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Weiner Dog Races - Photos
Photos of the Weiner Dog races are up. They had costume contests as well.
There are also a few pics of the kitties and our first anniversary.
Happy viewing.
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A break from Katrina
I've been glued to Katrina coverage this past week. I don't remember when I was last so entralled by a news event -- probably 9/11.
It's just so tragic from so many directions -- the poor getting stranded, the government being inept, Bush being an especial ass, politians congradulating one another. I read a really great blog piece with some socioeconomic thoughts here.
Every once in a while I need a break from the tragedy of the hurrican and I've taking to noodling around on Craigslist NOLA, particularly the temporary housing pages. There's something very soothing about all those people all over the place offering their RVs and spare bedrooms to the victims of the hurricane, offering to drive half way across the country to pick them up.
For a more comic form of relief, we headed out to the Berea Oktoberfest today to see the Dachshund races. If you ever get the chance to see such a sight, I highly recommend it. Especially after a couple steins of beer. Not only did the dogs race (about 10 feet), they also competed in costume contests. Stay tuned for pictures.
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