Nov. 18th:
Today I’m puttering around the house doing a variety of things.
Paperwork.
I’m sorting through the paperwork that has come in since last week about Mom’s estate and hers and my bills. I needed to sort into categories: Hospice, funeral home, hospital, Estate & Lawyer info, my bills, Mom’s bills, my financial stuff, things for my brother, etc. This is all now in properly sorted and labeled folders.
Paperwork gets so out of hand so quickly sometimes!
Expecting: Comcast stock forms and annuity forms to fill out and return.
Kitchen/Food
I went through kitchen stores: I need to use up some flour, get more white sugar for some seasonal baking, use up some brown sugar and the last of quinoa and pearl barley to use up in the next few weeks. They are all out where I can see them to use them up.
I added this week, dried bulk stuff: oats, red lentils, yellow split peas, some more whole wheat pasta on sale, more wheat germ, and canned sweet potatoes and pumpkin . Oh, yes, Swanson veg broth on sale again this holiday season, I keep pitcking up cans and cans since it’s so much less than usual.
I need to get: coffee.
Household Goods:
Got another small plastic bag of things for Goodwill.
Beautiful black and white D’artangnan disappeared for about 3 days but he came back and has stuck around since Saturday afternoon. I told him not to do that again without letting me see him at least every other day. I also went the place where the 3 irrigation pipes come together—they’re not used for irrigation anymore but for cat homes and transportation by neighborhood cats. I announced through the pipes that D. was to come home and tell me what happened to him—that was Friday. He came back on Saturday!
11-17
DJA at 8300; gas here 229 sometimes 2.15, oil at 54.95 Lunch out with Mildred and donna at the Bistro! I was treated.
11-13“Wall Street launched a massive rebound Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 400 points after driving it below the 8,000 mark’ 8835
11-12
Oil today: 56.16.
“The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) lost 411 points, or about 4.7%, to 8,282.66. It was the lowest close for the blue-chip average since it settled at 8,175 on Oct. 27.
Over the past three days, the Dow has fallen more than 660 points, or 7%. “
I got the Comcast issue of the estate under control for now. Have an appt with Richard about the AIG annuity on Friday. K. and I are beneficiaries and that should come directly to us; it will not be part of a probate procedure. That lessens legal costs, too.
Nov 11th
Sara and I are taking the day to fix ourselves a picnic lunch and go to the Arizona Falls, SRP takes care of it since it’s part of the canal/irrigation system. I’m taking veggies, pears and my two cameras and the binoculars I found in my mom’s dresser. Sara is bringing chicken salad, spinach salad, and we’re stopping for cookies and film camera batteries on our way out there.
From 9100 tio 8870; S&P 919; as here 2.47, oil at 62.41.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
November 6th
an exciting week, a new president since November 4th--President-Elect Barack Obama!
Gas is now 2.45 here; on Oct 31 it was 2.69. Oil barrel has been around 60.00 dollars. DJA went up to 9400 on election day; but it went down the day after and now is at 8837 right before the close on Thursday the 6th.
Made it to yoga classes 2x a week; that’s my goal for the next few weeks. I want to add Tai chi back in once a week. Life is so much more manageable with yoga with others in a classroom!
Picked up death certificates this morning and ashes; had lunch with B. yesterday after I saw a lawyer at her offices. Time to start doing the paperwork for the estate settlement.
I haven’t been cooking as much as I was but only ate out twice this past week. B. paid for lunch yesterday, we ate at an upscale fish place but it was very close to her job. I’ll have to go back sometime, maybe. Anyway, coffee was strong and excellent and the entrée I had was good with leftovers for today.
Temperature in house was 63 degrees this morning; I put on a sweater, I have lots of sweaters and a few more now from my Mom.
I've decided to use the whole cranberries in the next batch of corn bread.
cheers,
Shamba
Gas is now 2.45 here; on Oct 31 it was 2.69. Oil barrel has been around 60.00 dollars. DJA went up to 9400 on election day; but it went down the day after and now is at 8837 right before the close on Thursday the 6th.
Made it to yoga classes 2x a week; that’s my goal for the next few weeks. I want to add Tai chi back in once a week. Life is so much more manageable with yoga with others in a classroom!
Picked up death certificates this morning and ashes; had lunch with B. yesterday after I saw a lawyer at her offices. Time to start doing the paperwork for the estate settlement.
I haven’t been cooking as much as I was but only ate out twice this past week. B. paid for lunch yesterday, we ate at an upscale fish place but it was very close to her job. I’ll have to go back sometime, maybe. Anyway, coffee was strong and excellent and the entrée I had was good with leftovers for today.
Temperature in house was 63 degrees this morning; I put on a sweater, I have lots of sweaters and a few more now from my Mom.
I've decided to use the whole cranberries in the next batch of corn bread.
cheers,
Shamba
Monday, October 13, 2008
Oct 13,
Did half of my shoulder exercises this morning to strengthen rotator cuff muscles. I have to get back to doing those more regularly and doing more execise during the week. I haven't done anything but stretches somedays since Sept 23rd when Mom went into the hospital.
Use volcano stove last night to heat up some food and it was pleasant to sit outside in the very cool evening with the stove out on the back patio.
I have to start notifying official places like Social Security and life insurance about my mom's death although I can't do much until I get death certificates.
something to look forward to: it's cool enough to try bread baking inside. :)
DJA, is up today after IMF and other financial meetings over the weekend between US and Europeans. Of course, for how long, who knows?
cheers,
shamba
Use volcano stove last night to heat up some food and it was pleasant to sit outside in the very cool evening with the stove out on the back patio.
I have to start notifying official places like Social Security and life insurance about my mom's death although I can't do much until I get death certificates.
something to look forward to: it's cool enough to try bread baking inside. :)
DJA, is up today after IMF and other financial meetings over the weekend between US and Europeans. Of course, for how long, who knows?
cheers,
shamba
Oct 9-12, 2008
Many things happened in these days so one entry ends up for all of them as I wrote them over the 3 days.
October 12th Sunday
We had a lovely 75 degree yesterday—sudden low coming through forabout 3 days. We had a nice memorial for Mom yesterday, My cousins were able to come and many friends of mine and hers. K. and I had put up lots of pictures of her life and our childhood and old neighborhood and our various cats: Puff, Alex, Patch. Eveyone really liked looking at the pictures and just seemed to like talking to each other so that our short service started late!
The pastor did a nice job, theme was my mom’s life was peaceful and abundant and good.
It was a good day,
Nmaste, Shamba
Friday, October 10, 2008
International Trade Seizing Up Due to Banking Crisis (Updated)
I have been more than a tad concerned about near-paralysis in the money markets and imploding equity prices. But this e-mail, from a well connected international investor not prone to alarm or (normally) the use of capital letters says that the banking crisis is staring to bring international shipping to a halt.By way of background, letters of credit of various sorts are essential for trade. For instance, imagine the difficulty if you are, say, a Chinese manufacturer who wants to sell his wares to buyers overseas. How can he be sure the goods he ships will ever be paid for? Imagine the considerable difficulty and cost of chasing a deadbeat in a foreign country. Letters of credit. issued by banks, assure payment. They can also serve to finance the shipment (ie, fund the inventory while it is in transit).Not only are banks now leery of lending to each other for much longer than overnight, they are also starting to refuse to honor letters of credit from other banks. From the above-mentioned reader:
At the end of the day, if every counterparty is bad then you don't have a market and you don't have an economy. I spoke to another friend of mine this afternoon, whose father has been in the shipping business forever. Pristine credit rating, rock solid balance sheet. He says if he takes his BNP Paribas letter of credit to Citi today for short term funding for his vessels, they won't give it to him. That means he can't ship goods, which means that within the next 2 weeks, physical shortages of commodities begins to show up. THE CENTRAL BANKS CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN OR WE HAVE NO ECONOMY, LET ALONE A CREDIT SYSTEM.
We spoke later in the evening and said he had heard of another instance of a trade transaction failing, different parties entirely, this a shipment of coal, again due to the unwillingness of the seller's bank to accept an LC from the buyer.Update 12:10 AM: Confirmation comes from the Financial Post, "Grain piles up in ports" (hat tip reader Vox Sanus):
The credit crisis is spilling over into the grain industry as international buyers find themselves unable to come up with payment, forcing sellers to shoulder often substantial losses.Before cargoes can be loaded at port, buyers typically must produce proof they are good for the money. But more deals are falling through as sellers decide they don't trust the financial institution named in the buyer's letter of credit, analysts said."There's all kinds of stuff stacked up on docks right now that can't be shipped because people can't get letters of credit," said Bill Gary, president of Commodity Information Systems in Oklahoma City. "The problem is not demand, and it's not supply because we have plenty of supply. It's finding anyone who can come up with the credit to buy."So far the problem is mostly being felt in U. S. and South American ports, but observers say it is only a matter of time before it hits Canada."We've got a nightmare in front of us and a lot of people are concerned it's going to get a lot worse," said Anthony Temple, a grain marketing expert based in Vancouver....Access to credit is key to the survival of maritime trade and insiders now say the supply is being severely restricted. More than 90% of the world's trade by volume goes by ship..."The credit crisis has made banks nervous and the last thing on their minds is making fresh loans," Omar Nokta, an analyst at investment bank Dahlman Rose, said in an interview with Reuters.While shipping has always been a cyclical industry whose fortunes rise and fall with the global economy, analysts said the current crisis over the drying up of credit is something they have never seen before.Jason Myers, head of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, said exporters across Canada are getting caught up in the turmoil as customers delay payments, forcing them to shoulder the cost."What some companies are saying is we can't pay you until our customer pays us, so it becomes a question of who bears the financial risk and the cost," Mr. Myers said. "We're hearing about it more and more."What that means is that manufacturers are getting hit as revenue slows and longtime customers disappear from the order book altogether. As profits decline, investment in product development starts to fall, too, he said.The Canadian Wheat Board, one of the world's biggest grain marketers, has yet to refuse a customer because of poor credit, according to a spokeswoman. "As of this moment we haven't run into that problem," said Maureen Fitzhenry,
October 10th, Friday
Headlines from finance.yahoo.com in the morning:
Dow Plunges 350 Pts Over Credit Concerns in Roller Coaster Session
Later 450 points to 8100 or so … Oil is at 70$ or so.
October 9th
October 8th of last year, the Dow peaked intraday at 14,134.
Today 8666.24 Fall of 591.86 … :0 :O S&P 916.68
Or from cryptygon.com
“Dow Jones Suffers Biggest Percentage Decline in 20 Years
October 10th, 2008
The Dow Jones index fell 678.9 to 8579.2, its biggest percentage drop since Black Monday in October 1987 and its third biggest points decline in history.
In a staggering final hour of trading, the Dow fell more than 400 points after Standard & Poor’s downgraded car maker General Motors and investors were forced to sell off shares to meet margin calls.
The S&P 500 fell 75.0 to 909.9 while the Nasdaq closed down 95.2 at 1645.1, its lowest level since August 2003.
Trading volumes soared, sending volatility near to all time highs, as the Dow closed down 7.3pc. That came exactly a year after the index hit an all-time high on October 9, 2007….
October 9th
October 8th of last year, the Dow peaked intraday at 14,134.
Today 8666.24 … :0 :O S&P 916.68
October 12th Sunday
We had a lovely 75 degree yesterday—sudden low coming through forabout 3 days. We had a nice memorial for Mom yesterday, My cousins were able to come and many friends of mine and hers. K. and I had put up lots of pictures of her life and our childhood and old neighborhood and our various cats: Puff, Alex, Patch. Eveyone really liked looking at the pictures and just seemed to like talking to each other so that our short service started late!
The pastor did a nice job, theme was my mom’s life was peaceful and abundant and good.
It was a good day,
Nmaste, Shamba
Friday, October 10, 2008
International Trade Seizing Up Due to Banking Crisis (Updated)
I have been more than a tad concerned about near-paralysis in the money markets and imploding equity prices. But this e-mail, from a well connected international investor not prone to alarm or (normally) the use of capital letters says that the banking crisis is staring to bring international shipping to a halt.By way of background, letters of credit of various sorts are essential for trade. For instance, imagine the difficulty if you are, say, a Chinese manufacturer who wants to sell his wares to buyers overseas. How can he be sure the goods he ships will ever be paid for? Imagine the considerable difficulty and cost of chasing a deadbeat in a foreign country. Letters of credit. issued by banks, assure payment. They can also serve to finance the shipment (ie, fund the inventory while it is in transit).Not only are banks now leery of lending to each other for much longer than overnight, they are also starting to refuse to honor letters of credit from other banks. From the above-mentioned reader:
At the end of the day, if every counterparty is bad then you don't have a market and you don't have an economy. I spoke to another friend of mine this afternoon, whose father has been in the shipping business forever. Pristine credit rating, rock solid balance sheet. He says if he takes his BNP Paribas letter of credit to Citi today for short term funding for his vessels, they won't give it to him. That means he can't ship goods, which means that within the next 2 weeks, physical shortages of commodities begins to show up. THE CENTRAL BANKS CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN OR WE HAVE NO ECONOMY, LET ALONE A CREDIT SYSTEM.
We spoke later in the evening and said he had heard of another instance of a trade transaction failing, different parties entirely, this a shipment of coal, again due to the unwillingness of the seller's bank to accept an LC from the buyer.Update 12:10 AM: Confirmation comes from the Financial Post, "Grain piles up in ports" (hat tip reader Vox Sanus):
The credit crisis is spilling over into the grain industry as international buyers find themselves unable to come up with payment, forcing sellers to shoulder often substantial losses.Before cargoes can be loaded at port, buyers typically must produce proof they are good for the money. But more deals are falling through as sellers decide they don't trust the financial institution named in the buyer's letter of credit, analysts said."There's all kinds of stuff stacked up on docks right now that can't be shipped because people can't get letters of credit," said Bill Gary, president of Commodity Information Systems in Oklahoma City. "The problem is not demand, and it's not supply because we have plenty of supply. It's finding anyone who can come up with the credit to buy."So far the problem is mostly being felt in U. S. and South American ports, but observers say it is only a matter of time before it hits Canada."We've got a nightmare in front of us and a lot of people are concerned it's going to get a lot worse," said Anthony Temple, a grain marketing expert based in Vancouver....Access to credit is key to the survival of maritime trade and insiders now say the supply is being severely restricted. More than 90% of the world's trade by volume goes by ship..."The credit crisis has made banks nervous and the last thing on their minds is making fresh loans," Omar Nokta, an analyst at investment bank Dahlman Rose, said in an interview with Reuters.While shipping has always been a cyclical industry whose fortunes rise and fall with the global economy, analysts said the current crisis over the drying up of credit is something they have never seen before.Jason Myers, head of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, said exporters across Canada are getting caught up in the turmoil as customers delay payments, forcing them to shoulder the cost."What some companies are saying is we can't pay you until our customer pays us, so it becomes a question of who bears the financial risk and the cost," Mr. Myers said. "We're hearing about it more and more."What that means is that manufacturers are getting hit as revenue slows and longtime customers disappear from the order book altogether. As profits decline, investment in product development starts to fall, too, he said.The Canadian Wheat Board, one of the world's biggest grain marketers, has yet to refuse a customer because of poor credit, according to a spokeswoman. "As of this moment we haven't run into that problem," said Maureen Fitzhenry,
October 10th, Friday
Headlines from finance.yahoo.com in the morning:
Dow Plunges 350 Pts Over Credit Concerns in Roller Coaster Session
Later 450 points to 8100 or so … Oil is at 70$ or so.
October 9th
October 8th of last year, the Dow peaked intraday at 14,134.
Today 8666.24 Fall of 591.86 … :0 :O S&P 916.68
Or from cryptygon.com
“Dow Jones Suffers Biggest Percentage Decline in 20 Years
October 10th, 2008
The Dow Jones index fell 678.9 to 8579.2, its biggest percentage drop since Black Monday in October 1987 and its third biggest points decline in history.
In a staggering final hour of trading, the Dow fell more than 400 points after Standard & Poor’s downgraded car maker General Motors and investors were forced to sell off shares to meet margin calls.
The S&P 500 fell 75.0 to 909.9 while the Nasdaq closed down 95.2 at 1645.1, its lowest level since August 2003.
Trading volumes soared, sending volatility near to all time highs, as the Dow closed down 7.3pc. That came exactly a year after the index hit an all-time high on October 9, 2007….
October 9th
October 8th of last year, the Dow peaked intraday at 14,134.
Today 8666.24 … :0 :O S&P 916.68
Saturday, October 4, 2008
October 1-4, 2008
My mother took her last breath about an hour after I left her yesterday afternoon. The time was 4:20 p.m. I had to go back as they called me right after I got home from seeing her. She went peacefully and more quickly than I thought she would. She died the last day of the month of September 2008.
To make a long story short, M. and I will be planning a service for Saturday next weekend. My brother can come for 3 days.
I’m doing okay but seem to be very tired from all the tension of her illness, and all the other news out there!
Bailout/rescue bill passed the Senate first on Wednesday and House on Friday. It was packed with all kinds of stuff before the voting. We’ll see what this or doesn’t do for confidence in the markets. Public citizens were enraged by the bills but businesses and banks were for it as a confidence booster. I can see both points of view and I didn’t express an opinion. R. our broker really wanted it to pass. He ‘s sounds truly worried about how long this coming recession/downturn will last—he was afraid it would be longer than 2-3 years. Scary because of him feeling this way going along with all the predictions the last 2-3 years about this possibilities. Because the bill WON'T STOP THE DOWNTURN COMING but it will slow it down or make it not so bad.
Namaste and Om Shanti,
Shamba/sheri
To make a long story short, M. and I will be planning a service for Saturday next weekend. My brother can come for 3 days.
I’m doing okay but seem to be very tired from all the tension of her illness, and all the other news out there!
Bailout/rescue bill passed the Senate first on Wednesday and House on Friday. It was packed with all kinds of stuff before the voting. We’ll see what this or doesn’t do for confidence in the markets. Public citizens were enraged by the bills but businesses and banks were for it as a confidence booster. I can see both points of view and I didn’t express an opinion. R. our broker really wanted it to pass. He ‘s sounds truly worried about how long this coming recession/downturn will last—he was afraid it would be longer than 2-3 years. Scary because of him feeling this way going along with all the predictions the last 2-3 years about this possibilities. Because the bill WON'T STOP THE DOWNTURN COMING but it will slow it down or make it not so bad.
Namaste and Om Shanti,
Shamba/sheri
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
September 29-30th
Sept 30
Mom was very peaceful today; she also is quite unresponsive. Sghe talked a little last night to me but it was very hard to hear her much less understand her. I knew what she was saying:”I don’t know what I’m doing” or What can I do?
I told her she was doing exactly what she was supposed to and that she had done very well with her life. I told her that today as well. She was still somewhat agitated and restless yesterday and last night. She didn’t want too much next to her skin, sheet or robe or nightgown. Today she is much quieter with the white cat tucked under her hand.
--DJones actually came up today and was not as volatile as yesterday anyway.
--I went to get gas at the cheaper station at Bethany Home Rd and it was all out of all kinds of gas. They only had regular on Saturday; premium was all out and the guy said he expected a shipment but he hadn’t had one for the previous day either he was supposed to get. Station closest to home had enough of all kinds for a few cents more still it was 3.35.
--Got legal docs of Mom’s out to check on something. I’ve got everything I’ll need now.
--Made a big pot of veg soup this morning to keep busy.
shamba
September 29 Monday
Mom, Eleanor, is in Hospice of the Valley unit at Phoenix Baptist Hospital. She hasn’t eaten anything except a bite or two of chocolate pudding since Saturday noon meal. She just keeps saying she doesn’t know who she is and/or what I am supposed to do? She can be very agitated and distressed about these two issues.
Saturday she wanted me and the nurse to kill her, then that she was dying and was afraid and then a few times that she just wanted to stop and why can’t I just die. I told her is okay to die, and okay to be afraid and I was afraid too. I also always told her she was doing just fine and exactly what she was supposed to be doing.
I’ve been there every day with her for a few hours; but I am so worn out today I want to shut out the WHOLE F******* WORLD for a few hours. This also has to do with the finance news today—see below for that.
K. has to move from David’s to a half-way house; not more punishment/restriction but because of David’s connection with the Children’s Pool issue.
More news this interesting day (!):
--Yahoo finance headline at 12:00 noon MST:
Dow Plunges 700 as House Defeats Bailout Plan; Selling Intensifies- AP
--DJ down to 10,500; lots of acrimony about this not passing house between representatives. Most of the congressmen and women have been getting that most Americans don’t want this so they have every right to ask their representatives to do what they want. I don’t blame them but we will also get much worse sooner without the bailout.
And there will be freefall in the market until something is tried or we’ve hit the bottom.
--Congress isn’t supposed to get together again until Thursday! And tomorrow is Rosh Hashanah. So, that’s a holiday for them, too.
Got supplies last week from Sprouts of bulk items; I just keep buying food stuff! I want to get some more charcoal briquettes. I haven’t done any cooking since last Tuesday when Mom went to the hospital.
As for the October 7th date predicted by urbansurvival.com, a bank holiday?? I got a lot of extra cash from the CU last Friday and also made a large payment on what’s left on the credit card.
So much, can’t write it all down!
shamba
Mom was very peaceful today; she also is quite unresponsive. Sghe talked a little last night to me but it was very hard to hear her much less understand her. I knew what she was saying:”I don’t know what I’m doing” or What can I do?
I told her she was doing exactly what she was supposed to and that she had done very well with her life. I told her that today as well. She was still somewhat agitated and restless yesterday and last night. She didn’t want too much next to her skin, sheet or robe or nightgown. Today she is much quieter with the white cat tucked under her hand.
--DJones actually came up today and was not as volatile as yesterday anyway.
--I went to get gas at the cheaper station at Bethany Home Rd and it was all out of all kinds of gas. They only had regular on Saturday; premium was all out and the guy said he expected a shipment but he hadn’t had one for the previous day either he was supposed to get. Station closest to home had enough of all kinds for a few cents more still it was 3.35.
--Got legal docs of Mom’s out to check on something. I’ve got everything I’ll need now.
--Made a big pot of veg soup this morning to keep busy.
shamba
September 29 Monday
Mom, Eleanor, is in Hospice of the Valley unit at Phoenix Baptist Hospital. She hasn’t eaten anything except a bite or two of chocolate pudding since Saturday noon meal. She just keeps saying she doesn’t know who she is and/or what I am supposed to do? She can be very agitated and distressed about these two issues.
Saturday she wanted me and the nurse to kill her, then that she was dying and was afraid and then a few times that she just wanted to stop and why can’t I just die. I told her is okay to die, and okay to be afraid and I was afraid too. I also always told her she was doing just fine and exactly what she was supposed to be doing.
I’ve been there every day with her for a few hours; but I am so worn out today I want to shut out the WHOLE F******* WORLD for a few hours. This also has to do with the finance news today—see below for that.
K. has to move from David’s to a half-way house; not more punishment/restriction but because of David’s connection with the Children’s Pool issue.
More news this interesting day (!):
--Yahoo finance headline at 12:00 noon MST:
Dow Plunges 700 as House Defeats Bailout Plan; Selling Intensifies- AP
--DJ down to 10,500; lots of acrimony about this not passing house between representatives. Most of the congressmen and women have been getting that most Americans don’t want this so they have every right to ask their representatives to do what they want. I don’t blame them but we will also get much worse sooner without the bailout.
And there will be freefall in the market until something is tried or we’ve hit the bottom.
--Congress isn’t supposed to get together again until Thursday! And tomorrow is Rosh Hashanah. So, that’s a holiday for them, too.
Got supplies last week from Sprouts of bulk items; I just keep buying food stuff! I want to get some more charcoal briquettes. I haven’t done any cooking since last Tuesday when Mom went to the hospital.
As for the October 7th date predicted by urbansurvival.com, a bank holiday?? I got a lot of extra cash from the CU last Friday and also made a large payment on what’s left on the credit card.
So much, can’t write it all down!
shamba
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Sept 24-25
There is much news on the financial and economic and negotiating of the bailout but I can’t recount it all because Tuesday afternoon, Mom suddenly had trouble breathing, and the paramedics took her to Phoenix Baptist hospital. I went to the ER and met her there, someone from the Stratford was there with her, thank heavens. They are good people there.
She’s been there for a couple of days, heart tests, lung tests. Maybe the beginnings of congestive heart failure. She knows me but even talking to e she talks sometimes very incoherently. That’s news for her but it could just be the environment of a strange place.
I will say that the nurses/drs/everyone has been very nice there and it seems she’s getting appropriate care as far as I can judge those things. I met the cardiologist and coordinating physician of hers this morning. One had called me yesterday but I wasn’t home I was talking to Dr. Riess and filling him in on what had happened. I feel much better after talking to them today.
Cardiologist said heart and valves look okay. the right side of the heart isn't pumping as well as it should; it pumps to the lungs. A pacemaker is not necessary even with a slightly irregular heartbeat. She's got several new medications that are helping her, heart stuff; no I'm not sure what all they are. she hadn't seen the pulomonologist yet so we don't know what's happening with her lungs.
She also ate well at breakfast and not too much at lunch. She was dozing off when I left.
PS.Congress and bailout supporters still negotiating.
Cheers,
shamba
She’s been there for a couple of days, heart tests, lung tests. Maybe the beginnings of congestive heart failure. She knows me but even talking to e she talks sometimes very incoherently. That’s news for her but it could just be the environment of a strange place.
I will say that the nurses/drs/everyone has been very nice there and it seems she’s getting appropriate care as far as I can judge those things. I met the cardiologist and coordinating physician of hers this morning. One had called me yesterday but I wasn’t home I was talking to Dr. Riess and filling him in on what had happened. I feel much better after talking to them today.
Cardiologist said heart and valves look okay. the right side of the heart isn't pumping as well as it should; it pumps to the lungs. A pacemaker is not necessary even with a slightly irregular heartbeat. She's got several new medications that are helping her, heart stuff; no I'm not sure what all they are. she hadn't seen the pulomonologist yet so we don't know what's happening with her lungs.
She also ate well at breakfast and not too much at lunch. She was dozing off when I left.
PS.Congress and bailout supporters still negotiating.
Cheers,
shamba
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