The crazy, it never stops

[maystone]

1. Do you know what happens when Dar goes to our friends' mill "just for a minute"? One of their alpacas suddenly goes into labor and it turns out to be a difficult birth. She pulled another stuck cria out of another in distress mom. Beautiful cria girl! I mean all baby alpacas are cute, but this one is gorgeous. And big. And very strong. She was up and walking within minutes of being born - it's usually about an hour before they can get their legs under them. Dar went back there a couple of hours ago to check on everyone. Not sure what's up with that.

2. I was putting dishes away when a very large, heavy thermos bottle fell off the highest shelf and the quite hard, reinforced bottom edge slammed into my mouth right below my nose line. Hurt like hell, and I can hardly wait to see what this is going to look like tomorrow morning.

3. Tomorrow also brings a nuclear scan of my kidneys at St. Mary's Hospital in Kitchener. I'll get shot up with a little bit of radium, wait for an hour, and then they'll scan my kidney. The scan will be used to guide the technician when I have my kidney biopsy done later this month.

4. This is the third nuclear scan I've had done within the past year. My insides must be glowing like the Vegas strip.

5. I finally got to see the blood work results that the nephrologist ordered. Among the surprises were such things as multi-colored blood cells (groovy!), urine in my blood (ewwww), and my favorite - GIANT platelets. Run awayyyyy! There's other stuff but none of it quite as bizarrely amusing. For the moment, anyway. This probably means that I'll have to add a hematologist to the mix, and, unfortunately, there could be a bone marrow extraction in my future. You know, this Maystone: International Woman of (Medical) Mystery schtick is getting a little old. My hope is that these new results will provide some clarification as well as the usual confusion.

6. Off to put some ice on my mouthal area.

Comments

[sffan.livejournal.com]

"the crazy, it never stops"

It really doesn't, does it?

I'm going to guess a big, fat lip is in your future.

*hugs*

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly there is no big, fat lip! The ice pack did the trick. It's still sore, but I can live with that.

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

Owie! If it isn't a smack in the face its a needle in the kidney! I'm with you on the glowing thing.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

I suppose if times get really rough we can rent ourselves out as night lights :)

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

The fun part is finding the on/off switch.

Yeah...... I said it.

[dumbphilomel.livejournal.com]

I just hope you find answers, my dear. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Couple toes as well.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Thanks, phil :)

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

Why is your blood multi-colored?

[vampirefan.livejournal.com]

i'm also curious about this.

[budclare.livejournal.com]

She's a weird Klingon/Vulcan/Human hybrid, so her blood is red, pink, and green all at the same time. She's my hero.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Youse guys :) I've learned that a certain amount of polychromatic red blood cells is normal, but I have increased polychromasia. It has to do with what color they turn when they're stained in a lab. Red, gray, and purple I believe. The color changes with the age of the cell; apparently my bone marrow is going a little wonky.

I really like bud's theory, though. I may float that by my doctors *g*

[luxefibre.livejournal.com]

1. i was walking within minutes of MY birth. okay. years.
2. i swear, i get the same stupid sorts of wounds. did you cry? man. that sucks. i could get hurt in a padded room.
3. good luck on your test sweets. you may look like you live next door to the simpsons soon!
5. so are your kidneys okay? is it possible that you just have a uti or something? jeebus. that stuff just sucks. it gets really old. fast.

xoxoxoxo

[maystone.livejournal.com]

1. You're a prodigy, you are.

2. I did not cry. I did however swear. Loudly.

3. The test was a breeze, thanks.

4. I'm in acute renal failure, but they don't know why. Happily while it's not improving, it's not getting any worse. Hope springs eternal, and all that :)

[malterre.livejournal.com]

My insides must be glowing like the Vegas strip.
Despite the rest, this cracked me up. maybe you are destined to be a casino...

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Or a nite lite :)

[llaras.livejournal.com]

I'm now waiting for you to mutate into a superhero...

Super Mays! And then maybe you will be able to dodge falling objects, ouch!

*big hugs*

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Ha! Good point :)