Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
19 June 2011
01 August 2010
14 April 2010
Katie's foot
Talar Dome Lesion: "Talar Dome Lesion
What is a Talar Dome Lesion?
Talar DomeThe ankle joint is composed of the bottom of the tibia (shin) bone and the top of the talus (ankle) bone. The top of the talus is dome-shaped and is completely covered with cartilage—a tough, rubbery tissue that enables the ankle to move smoothly. A talar dome lesion is an injury to the cartilage and underlying bone of the talus within the ankle joint. It is also called an osteochondral defect (OCD) or osteochondral lesion of the talus (OLT). “Osteo” means bone and “chondral” refers to cartilage.
Talar dome lesions are usually caused by an injury, such as an ankle sprain. If the cartilage doesn’t heal properly following the injury, it softens and begins to break off. Sometimes a broken piece of the damaged cartilage and bone will “float” in the ankle."
28 February 2010
02 December 2009
08 November 2009
27 August 2009
19 July 2009
Barb's Friday was not as planned
Barb's back has been bothering her as of late. To the point that she has starting seeing a Chiropractor. As she was checking with the reception desk on Friday's visit, she started feeling a little lite-headed, so she sat down in the lobby. She blacked out and awoke with the doctor sitting next to her. 911 was called as a precaution so Barb got to spend the next 24 hours in the care of Danbury hospital for observation. Blood samples every 2-3 hours, BP monitoring, etc. Nothing was found and she was released Saturday for Lunch at home. So the only damage done was a restless night without much sleep as is common at hospitals.
20 May 2009
18 May 2009
my dad got a new hip today
5:30 am he was to report to the hospital. I received a call from Dawn at 1pm saying that everything went OK. The plan is for 3 days in the hospital and then a week or so at a rehab center.
13 March 2009
01 March 2009
katie tries to join the magic
update: turns out that WCSU does not accredit the Disney College Program. Very disappointing news for Katie and Disney's loss.....
Katie has been accepted to the Disney College Program. There is much to work out, but if all goes well Katie will be spending this summer and her first Sophmore semester at Disney World.
21 February 2009
wednesday night
Katie (and Barb) spent an evening in the Emergency Room after Katie spent the day frozen on the couch with stomach pain. After a trip to the doctor, it was off to the ER at Danbury Hospital just in case it was an Appendicitis.
Final diagnosis is an ovarian cysts.
All seem to be fine.
And by the way, I think Danbury Hospital is World class. Every experience with them over the last couple of years they have exceeded my expectations.
Final diagnosis is an ovarian cysts.
All seem to be fine.
And by the way, I think Danbury Hospital is World class. Every experience with them over the last couple of years they have exceeded my expectations.
14 February 2009
18 January 2009
I think barb and katie are trying to tell me something....
a christmas present from the girls. "Crabby" was found by Barb while beachcoming last summer. Since then Crabby has been to Melborne, FL and Germany....
10 January 2009
January 7th 2009 Ice storm
We had a bit of an ice storm on Wednesday. Lost power for about 9 hours (1PM-10PM). The aftermath was beautiful...and crunchy....
26 December 2008
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Katie gave me tickets to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers game vs. the Hartford Wolfpack.
Bridgeport pulled off the victory 3-1. The game was delayed in the 3rd period when one of the protective glass "walls" was shattered during play. First time I've seen that....
16 October 2008
puppy arrives
this letter was received with the puppy:
Hi, my name is Lily Langtree. Yes I was named after the famous burlesque dancer who was Judge Roy Beans sweetheart. I also have red hair and chubby legs. I must say that I am a very beautiful girl. I have a red head, bluetick body and redtick legs. I am 2 or 3 years old.
I had a really rough start in life. I was in a puppy mill in Georgia and then I was taken to a dog pound. I was scheduled to be euthanized the following day but a very kind lady from a rescue group saved me. She brought me to Pennsylvania along with many other purebred dogs. I was very sick. I had pneumonia, kennel cough and my throat had been cut which was badly infected. Once again I was scheduled to be euthanized. The nurse at the local vet's office called my new mom at work and told her I was here. She immediately left work and came for me, it was love at first site.
When I arrived at my new home there were other kids like me, but I had to have a bath and see a doctor before I could play with them. After my bath I went to the doctor and got a shot and was given medicine for my respiratory infection. My new mom gave be antibiotics and kept my neck clean. After 3 days I was able to play with the other hounds. My neck healed up nicely. When I went back to the vet they said I had a clean bill of health.
Mom though I may be pregnant and asked the vet to check. The doctor couldn't feel anything; I fooled then because I was past the stage of being able to feel my babies. Within the next 2 weeks my belly kept getting larger and larger. My mom was getting a little nervous so she took me back to the vet. They x-rayed me and sure enough I had 12 babies in there. My new mom almost fainted because I have 4 other friends living at her house. She called the rescue group to find out who I was kenneled with. They told her it was with a large tri-color male basset.
August 1st rolled around and mom was nervous about the delivery so she called the doctor. They hold her to bring me in around 11AM. She came home from work to get me but I was under the couch bed and I wouldn't come out, not even for cookies. I started having my babies in the living room around 1:20 the same day. At 5:20 on August 2nd I had finished. I have 12 beautiful babies, 7 girls and 5 boys.
This brings us up to the current day. I hope you love and take care of one of my babies and give them a better start than what I had. (end of letter)
So on October 2, 2008 I was examined at the Clarion Animal Hospital (in PA) and certified as one of Lily's pups, sex - Male, Species - K9, Breed - Basset Hound, Age - 9 weeks, Color - Tri, Owner - Betty Kaufman, I was Baby "D" and I was 11.3 lbs.
Steve Joseph brought me to the Schnuck house on Thursday, October 16th.
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