Traces of Time . . .
THIS WEEK
march 4, 2018
TO
MARCH 11, 2018
ENDING THE WINTER MONTHS
HEADING INTO THE SPRING MONTHS..
.
monDAY, MARCH 5, 2018
TODAY i am in the burley hospital as as an inpatient
tuesDAY, MARCH 6, 2018
TODAY i was transferred from
the burley hospita
to the
university of Utah
medical center
in salt lake city, utah
wednesDAY, MARCH7, 2018
TODAY i am a patient
inthe
university of utah
medical center
The diasnosis of this rare
disease i have was
made within a day and a half
at the university of utah
medical center:
RS3PE = rEMITTING
SERONEGATIVE SYMMETRICAL SYNOVITIS WITH PITTING EDEMA
My diagnosis is "Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema = RS3PE.
The paper they gave me says:
"Through the following case report, we hope to improve the diagnosis of RS3PE to two other common polyarthritic conditions affecting the elderly."
So I can say: "I have RS3PE, a polyarthritic condition affecting the elderly."
IT'S A DERITIVE OF GOUT/PSEUDO GOUT
IN THE FIELD OF RHEUMATOLOGY.
THE RHEUMATLOGY DEPT. AT U OFU
WILL DO MY FOLLOW UP.
IT IS NOT CURABLE, BUT TREATABLE.
WHEN THEY GAVE ME 3 PREDNISONE
PILLS...THE SWELLING AND THE
PAIN WERE GONE OVERNIGHT.
(AS OF MARCH 12 I WAS DOWN TO
TWO PREDNISONE PILLS A DAY AND
WILL BE TAPERED DOWN TO (EACH PILL IS 5 ?MILIGRAMS, ?UNITES OR
HOWEVER IT'S MEASURED) TILL I'M ON JUST 1 UNIT.
THIS IS PLANNED FOR 9-12 MONTHS TIME.
PREDNISONE MAKES BLOODSUGAR
GO UP, SO DURING THIS
TIME I WILL GIVE MYSELF
12 UNITS OF INJECTABLE INSULIN
IN MY STOMACH EACH MORNING,
THEN 12 UNITS EACH NIGHT.
REALLY THE NEEDLE IS SO SMALL,
IT DOES NOT HURT.
THE PRICK IN MY FINGER TO
GET THE BLOOD SUGAR COUNT
HURTS MORE.
thursDAY, MARCH 8, 2018
TODAY i am still a patient
at the
uniersity of utah
medical center.
MY HOSPITALIST, DR. RUPP,
GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE.
JEN FLEW IN TODAY FROM
MINNESOTA.
THE CHINESE DOCTOR,
ZHENNILU LIUU
(HE GOES BY DR. LARRY LUU)
WHO IS A FELLOW IN THE'
RHEUMATOLOGY DEPT.,
WROTE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
ON THE WHITE BOARD FOR ME.
DR. RUPP DREW THIS
ABOUT HOW THE INSULIN WORKS
DR. JESSICA WALSCH IS
THE HEAD PHYSICIAN
OVER THE RHEUMATOLOGY DEPT.
I HAD A VISIT FROM ASHLEY AND JANIE WHO ARE IN UTAH FOR
ASHLEY TO COMPETE AT THE
NATIONAL BALLROOM CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT THE MARRIOTT CENTER
AT BYU.
ASHLEY IS IN HER "COMPETITION MAKE-UP" SINCE SHE CAME
TO SEE ME BETWEEN HER MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMPETITIONS.
A BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER --
INSIDE AND OUT!
LOVE YOU, ASHLEY.
ASHLEY TOOK A SELFIE WITH
HER, ME, JEN, JANIE, AND GRAMPA.
THE DIETITICIAN FOR U OF U MED CTR CAME TO GIVE ME DIEBETIC INSTRUCTION:
THEN SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO FILL IN
INSULIN SYRINGE...
AND INJECT IT INTO THE STOMACH...
LATER THE NURSE MADE SURE I WAS
GIVING THE INSULIN INJECTION CORRECTLY...
THANKS TO JANIE FOR ALL THE PHOTOS...
Ross and Karen just happened to call walt and that's how they found out i was in the hospital.
THEN IT WAS TIME FOR JANIE AND ASHLEY TO HEAD BACK TO PROVO FOR MORE BALLROOM COMPETITION...
GRAMPA, TOO, LOVES ALL HIS GRANDCHILDREN...
friDAY, MARCH9, 2018
TODAY I AM discharged
from the
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
MEDICAL CENTER
jen drove us home to
burley
DAVE AND MARILYN GIBBONS
AND RUTH MELLING BROUGHT
IN SUPPER AS WE
ARRIVED HOME.
SaturDAY, MARCH 10, 2018
TODAY I AM home
JEN GOT SOME STRETCH BANDS
AND WEIGHTS AND TAUGHT US
HOW TO USE THEM.
THEN SHE FINISHED HER WORKOUT
WITH THE 5 AND 2 LB WEIGHTS.
MY DARLING VISITING TEACHER,
LINDSAY TAYLOR COOK BROUGHT
IN SUPPER ON SATURDAY.
HER PARENTS, DERLIN AND NANCY
TAYLOR BROUGHT HELPED HER.
fun, surprise visit from
heather petersen lee and nate
and three of their children
heather is dale's daughter,
so our niece
JANIE AND JEN POSED WITH US
janie helped us go out to
gary and debra jones home
to the wedding reception
of their son cade and mandy rae smith
SUnDAY, MARCH 11, 2018
TODAY I AM
home in burley
jen drove back to the slc
airport to fly home to
minnesota,
landing in minneapolis,
then driving the hour
to rohester, minnesota.
Last minute instruction from Jen
JEN AND JANIE WITH DAD SUNDAY MORNING...
JEN AND JANIE WITH THEIR MOM
SUNDAY MORNING
JEN WITH DAD AND ME...
JEN HEADING BACK TO THE UTAH AIRPORT FOR HER AFTERNOON FLIGHT BACK TO MINNEAPOLIS.
THEN SHE WILL HAVE AN HOUR DRIVE BACK TO HER HOME IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.
At church talking with
Bonnie fronk and bonnie hansen
janie is staying with us
until tomorrow night. SISTER
the church is true and
we are so thankful for a
heavenly father who loves us
and is mindful of each need.
TO
MARCH 11, 2018
ENDING THE WINTER MONTHS
HEADING INTO THE SPRING MONTHS..
.
monDAY, MARCH 5, 2018
TODAY i am in the burley hospital as as an inpatient
tuesDAY, MARCH 6, 2018
TODAY i was transferred from
the burley hospita
to the
university of Utah
medical center
in salt lake city, utah
wednesDAY, MARCH7, 2018
TODAY i am a patient
inthe
university of utah
medical center
The diasnosis of this rare
disease i have was
made within a day and a half
at the university of utah
medical center:
RS3PE = rEMITTING
SERONEGATIVE SYMMETRICAL SYNOVITIS WITH PITTING EDEMA
My diagnosis is "Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema = RS3PE.
The paper they gave me says:
"Through the following case report, we hope to improve the diagnosis of RS3PE to two other common polyarthritic conditions affecting the elderly."
So I can say: "I have RS3PE, a polyarthritic condition affecting the elderly."
IT'S A DERITIVE OF GOUT/PSEUDO GOUT
IN THE FIELD OF RHEUMATOLOGY.
THE RHEUMATLOGY DEPT. AT U OFU
WILL DO MY FOLLOW UP.
IT IS NOT CURABLE, BUT TREATABLE.
WHEN THEY GAVE ME 3 PREDNISONE
PILLS...THE SWELLING AND THE
PAIN WERE GONE OVERNIGHT.
(AS OF MARCH 12 I WAS DOWN TO
TWO PREDNISONE PILLS A DAY AND
WILL BE TAPERED DOWN TO (EACH PILL IS 5 ?MILIGRAMS, ?UNITES OR
HOWEVER IT'S MEASURED) TILL I'M ON JUST 1 UNIT.
THIS IS PLANNED FOR 9-12 MONTHS TIME.
PREDNISONE MAKES BLOODSUGAR
GO UP, SO DURING THIS
TIME I WILL GIVE MYSELF
12 UNITS OF INJECTABLE INSULIN
IN MY STOMACH EACH MORNING,
THEN 12 UNITS EACH NIGHT.
REALLY THE NEEDLE IS SO SMALL,
IT DOES NOT HURT.
THE PRICK IN MY FINGER TO
GET THE BLOOD SUGAR COUNT
HURTS MORE.
thursDAY, MARCH 8, 2018
TODAY i am still a patient
at the
uniersity of utah
medical center.
MY HOSPITALIST, DR. RUPP,
GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE.
JEN FLEW IN TODAY FROM
MINNESOTA.
THE CHINESE DOCTOR,
ZHENNILU LIUU
(HE GOES BY DR. LARRY LUU)
WHO IS A FELLOW IN THE'
RHEUMATOLOGY DEPT.,
WROTE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
ON THE WHITE BOARD FOR ME.
DR. RUPP DREW THIS
ABOUT HOW THE INSULIN WORKS
DR. JESSICA WALSCH IS
THE HEAD PHYSICIAN
OVER THE RHEUMATOLOGY DEPT.
I HAD A VISIT FROM ASHLEY AND JANIE WHO ARE IN UTAH FOR
ASHLEY TO COMPETE AT THE
NATIONAL BALLROOM CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT THE MARRIOTT CENTER
AT BYU.
ASHLEY IS IN HER "COMPETITION MAKE-UP" SINCE SHE CAME
TO SEE ME BETWEEN HER MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMPETITIONS.
A BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER --
INSIDE AND OUT!
LOVE YOU, ASHLEY.
ASHLEY TOOK A SELFIE WITH
HER, ME, JEN, JANIE, AND GRAMPA.
THE DIETITICIAN FOR U OF U MED CTR CAME TO GIVE ME DIEBETIC INSTRUCTION:
THEN SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO FILL IN
INSULIN SYRINGE...
AND INJECT IT INTO THE STOMACH...
LATER THE NURSE MADE SURE I WAS
GIVING THE INSULIN INJECTION CORRECTLY...
THANKS TO JANIE FOR ALL THE PHOTOS...
Ross and Karen just happened to call walt and that's how they found out i was in the hospital.
THEN IT WAS TIME FOR JANIE AND ASHLEY TO HEAD BACK TO PROVO FOR MORE BALLROOM COMPETITION...
GRAMPA, TOO, LOVES ALL HIS GRANDCHILDREN...
friDAY, MARCH9, 2018
TODAY I AM discharged
from the
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
MEDICAL CENTER
jen drove us home to
burley
DAVE AND MARILYN GIBBONS
AND RUTH MELLING BROUGHT
IN SUPPER AS WE
ARRIVED HOME.
SaturDAY, MARCH 10, 2018
TODAY I AM home
JEN GOT SOME STRETCH BANDS
AND WEIGHTS AND TAUGHT US
HOW TO USE THEM.
THEN SHE FINISHED HER WORKOUT
WITH THE 5 AND 2 LB WEIGHTS.
MY DARLING VISITING TEACHER,
LINDSAY TAYLOR COOK BROUGHT
IN SUPPER ON SATURDAY.
HER PARENTS, DERLIN AND NANCY
TAYLOR BROUGHT HELPED HER.
fun, surprise visit from
heather petersen lee and nate
and three of their children
heather is dale's daughter,
so our niece
JANIE AND JEN POSED WITH US
janie helped us go out to
gary and debra jones home
to the wedding reception
of their son cade and mandy rae smith
SUnDAY, MARCH 11, 2018
TODAY I AM
home in burley
jen drove back to the slc
airport to fly home to
minnesota,
landing in minneapolis,
then driving the hour
to rohester, minnesota.
Last minute instruction from Jen
JEN AND JANIE WITH THEIR MOM
SUNDAY MORNING
THEN SHE WILL HAVE AN HOUR DRIVE BACK TO HER HOME IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.
At church talking with
Bonnie fronk and bonnie hansen
janie is staying with us
until tomorrow night. SISTER
the church is true and
we are so thankful for a
heavenly father who loves us
and is mindful of each need.
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