Downeast doing stuff

Top eleven things to know if you suck as a nurse but are relegated to be a nurse anyway, kicking and screaming: #11. Do not leave the hospit...

There are many souvenirs of our adventure last week. This handy-dandy drinking cup from the hospital, which was invaluable when he was there...

Home sweet home, that's for sure. That's for darn sure! My sweetie is home. I arrived at the hospital this morning to participate in...

Pretty good day. He's getting bored, but he's also tired. He isn't getting much sleep ..... it's a pretty noisy place and th...

Today at around 3 it was exactly four days since the operation. We were told that this would be a roller coaster ride, and so far it has bee...

What a change! Yesterday (Friday) was his best so far. He had the drainage tubes removed which made him much more mobile, although the proce...

They told him that the second day would be one of the worst, and it was. He is being weaned off of a lot of the meds he was on, including th...

Heart surgery for Mr.Downeastdoingstuff aka Birdman finally happened yesterday. Surgery was scheduled for 12:30 pm. We went into the hospita...

Mr. Downeastdoingstuff, AKA Birdman, passed all medical tests today without studying. White blood cells still in normal level so it's on...

  Hi there, Mr. Downeastdoingstuff, AKA Birdman. I just have to find my non-latex gloves, snap them on and I'm ready! (I think.......???...

One year ago today I was sitting on my couch and Mr. Downeastdoingstuff, also known as Birdman on his blog, said to me: "You should do ...

Christmas day observations.... 1. Preparing and precooking food as much as possible for 10 guests allows you to spend more time with these...

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.  ~Charles Dickens May the New Year bring peace, happiness and health to...

So I'm trying very hard to fall back asleep in the early morning, knowing that I have to get up for the day at 5:30 a.m. It's 2:00 a...

Let the games begin! OK, seriously, went back to the hematologist and all blood counts are back to normal ! It seems that the antibiotic tha...

More delicious blood was taken from Mr. Downeastdoingstuff, a hematologist seen, white blood cell counts have doubled since Saturday.....a g...

(also see update below....) Today was hospital check in day. ( See yesterday's post.) Our son and my sister-in-law took Mr. Downeastdoin...

Today, the love of my life is going into the hospital. On Tuesday he is going to have open heart surgery to repair a valve. We knew about th...

It was bound to happen. The first snow day.  Sequestered inside, forced to drink tea and listen to Christmas music and the crackle of the fi...

I f you’ve ever seen the movie The Graduate starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, you would know that there was one word that was suppo...

Lyrics from the musical ANNIE....and so true. In fact, the days we were there, so was the whole world! It was so crowded, the whole world HA...