Nothing like a little nausea and pain to bring out the craving for comfort. I know I’m sick when I crave Campbells’s chicken noodle soup, pudding and bananas, apple muffins and tapioca. I worked on the entire list last week. And I know it’s really bad when I can’t stand the thought of Miss Vicky’s…

Conversation heard at my house between two 15 year old friends: Friend: Let’s go buy Advent Calendars. Bry: No, I don’t think I have the self control to use them like you’re supposed to. Friend: They’re only a buck each, let’s buy three, so we can eat two and save one. I love boy logic.…

Have you ever had a headache that keeps you from knitting? I’m not talking migraine here, I mean one that is migraine times two, a headache that brings you to your knees in tears. This was a first for me having never in my adult life cried from pain. And why, with a headache that…

I’m not feeling nearly as happy as in that first photo. I guess Chuck was right – the hospital drugs wore off. The best part is being home instead of the hospital – decent food and all the comforts. The worst part is the whomping headaches/nausea I have in the mornings, presumably due to the…

Thank you all for your wonderful good wishes. At this point I can’t e-mail you all from bed, so please accept this blanket thanks for now. Blanket, bed, a drug induced pun! It was a good experience due to the spinal. I got brave and watched the screen for the first hour and a quarter,…

This will be my last post until the middle of next week, hopefully. Knee reconstruction calls. I went for an anaesthesia/cardiology consult today and they will try to get by without a general considering my heart rhythm. It will be a spinal and enough sedative to be between snoring and really enjoying listening to screwdrivers…

Last week, Elina and I went shopping for gloves. I’ve never worn gloves in BC and always seem to misplace my one pair prior to visiting colder climates. I tried on about 30 pairs before we found a display of reasonable priced suede gloves in wonderful colours. I think it was a lavender pair that…

Some days are like this, I know. The 22 yr old is teary after the pressures of being a nurse to a critically ill six pounder, scared to death that she would have to perform CPR on this little guy; the 20 yr old is overwhelmed with the decision to accept an eight month position…

I survived the stink of dead mouse in the wall at home, and the scent of Chompers – Elina’s cat in Edmonton named for Dr. Phil’s cat, to arrive in Ottawa to a hotel suite that smelled like Raid. I made the mistake of complaining and they said they’d send some Febreze up to my…

Ever have one of those moments when, after the fact, you realize your heart is visibly pounding through your Philosopher’s Wool sweater? Using the Philosopher’s Wool sweater was a bit of artistic license, but I wanted to emphasize the fact that it was beating really hard. Here’s the story: I’m at Elina’s apartment in Edmonton,…