When life throws you lemons…
So my mom tore her ACL. She was taking the dogs to the vet and they pulled and she somehow did it. She wouldn’t go to the ER last night but did go to the regular dr today. He scheduled her for a MRI Monday BUT my 2 brothers told her they think she can still fly up to Idaho tomorrow at 6am to visit my older brother. I know my younger brother in is medical school but he’s only in his 2nd year and doesn’t know everything and my older brother may have his PhD but he is not a medical doctor. I get so pissed at them sometimes. They will offer my mom alcohol and bad food. I am like HELLO mom is diabetic.
So since she has so much swelling she is at risk for blood clots PLUS being on a plane for that long. The dr told her that too. At least I am making her wear compression stockings. I told her what to watch for too if she gets a blood clot. My older bro lives in the middle of no where and (no offense to small towns) but their hospitals are not usually the best and my mom has a lot of problems. This was her good leg too. The other leg is the one whose foot is 1/4 gone. Ugh. I am just trying not to think about it. Plus her blood sugar always goes crazy when she gets hurt.
I also got my second rejection letter for a job. So pharmacists can’t even find jobs in this shithole economy. “You seem to care about patients but we do not have any job openings in the Kansas City area and we do not expect any by the time you graduate either”
SO residency is looking better and better. At least I am 95% sure to get hired on afterwards to the hospital I do it at.
On a good note I helped teach a daylong class “living with diabetes” and it went really well. All the kids were great and the parents too. I really love working there. I already have some ideas for research projects I want to get involved with. I only have 3 more days there!
I need to get back there!
For lunch everyone got this 270 calorie shrimp stir fry with brown rice
it was great and lots of veggies and healthy!
Also, on another good note, my dad’s labs came back and his cholesterol and everything was normal even though he gained 20 lbs back that he had lost. He still is boarderline for his blood pressure.
I am going to be worried about my mom, I know it. I don’t know how she is going to switch planes, be on a plane for 6 hours, then in a car for another 2 hours all while she needs to not be on her leg. All I can do is pray for her safe return.
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