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amethyst73) wrote2014-03-24 09:18 pm
amethyst73) wrote2014-03-24 09:18 pm
Short life update. More later, I promise!
So, I've been doing stuff.
I've done another embroidery-on-a-bag, this one for one of my aunts.
And I put a panda on the back of the jacket of a good friend's daughter.
And, well, there's other stuff.
I went to a cardiologist the other week to discuss what appeared to be a high resting heart rate, combined with slightly high blood pressure. The haven't-written-the-whole-thing-up-yet short version: I have a heart! And it does in fact go pretty darn fast: when I sleep, it's around 90 bpm. Your average person, by comparison, is down around 50-60 bpm when they sleep. I'll be going in again the day after tomorrow for some imaging.. and to find out what my heart does when I actually try to exercise hard, as opposed to walking at a good pace. (I know how I feel when I exercise too hard: head pounds, get nauseous.. generally unpleasant. Wonder what my heart's doing?) Stay tuned!
The other thing? We found out last week that it's not going to be feasible to have my dad in his house much longer. The only bathroom - and hence the only shower - is upstairs. He can get upstairs with a great deal of help, but it's going to get to the point where he just can't. So our care managers are talking to real estate agents about single-floor apartments that can at least be accessed by wheelchair, and we'll move him sometime in the next couple of months, maybe even when we're out in May for Huz's college reunion. Stay tuned on this point too.
I've done another embroidery-on-a-bag, this one for one of my aunts.
And I put a panda on the back of the jacket of a good friend's daughter.
And, well, there's other stuff.
I went to a cardiologist the other week to discuss what appeared to be a high resting heart rate, combined with slightly high blood pressure. The haven't-written-the-whole-thing-up-yet short version: I have a heart! And it does in fact go pretty darn fast: when I sleep, it's around 90 bpm. Your average person, by comparison, is down around 50-60 bpm when they sleep. I'll be going in again the day after tomorrow for some imaging.. and to find out what my heart does when I actually try to exercise hard, as opposed to walking at a good pace. (I know how I feel when I exercise too hard: head pounds, get nauseous.. generally unpleasant. Wonder what my heart's doing?) Stay tuned!
The other thing? We found out last week that it's not going to be feasible to have my dad in his house much longer. The only bathroom - and hence the only shower - is upstairs. He can get upstairs with a great deal of help, but it's going to get to the point where he just can't. So our care managers are talking to real estate agents about single-floor apartments that can at least be accessed by wheelchair, and we'll move him sometime in the next couple of months, maybe even when we're out in May for Huz's college reunion. Stay tuned on this point too.