I’m not completely over this bug but I am feeling a lot better and was able to work on some projects today. Not a whole lot has been going on around here and I think Norm and I are suffering from the summer doldrums.
The two of us were watching TV together last night and there [...]
My nasal infection is still here and now it’s draining into my lungs which causes me to have to cough a lot. For those of us with SMA coughing takes every ounce of strength we have. My doctor gave me Singulair today to help dry up my drainage so I don’t cough so much. It’s [...]
By the time I got to the doctor my lungs had cleared and she said they sounded good. The bad news is that I definitely have an infection which appears to be in my sinus and right ear. I have a fever of 100.6° and my heart rate is higher than normal. The doctor put [...]
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I woke up this morning with a runny nose and coughing. I was able to clear it out and thought I was okay but now my lungs are filling with congestion so something is definitely wrong. Because of my disability it is very hard to cough and it takes all my energy. I’m going to [...]
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Back in 1969 I was five years old and I remember a momentous event took place — the first manned Moon landing. Today is the 36th anniversary of Apollo 11. In honor of that event Google has created a map of the moon which you can see here. Use the zoom controls by pressing on [...]
The link to the video is at the end of this post.
My handsome and talented husband, Norm, has continued searching through the family film vault to find more 8mm clips of me when I was a wee lassie (”little girl” for you non-Scottish types). This week’s collection brought back some old memories! The first [...]
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Have you ever made a change in the way you look and no one noticed? Did you get a new haircut or hairstyle and no one noticed? How about buying a new dress or suit that you wore to church or a party and you were sure that somebody would say something about it but [...]
Norm and I watched this 1953 John Wayne classic this evening about a transport plane that crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador and the pilot, John Wayne, has to keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting uncertain rescue. I had never seen this particular John Wayne movie before so it was fun [...]
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