We’re coming home!by Jim
2 Aug 2012
3:08 pm0
The doctor just visited us and said he’s got the discharge papers processing. We’ll be leaving soon!
Morning Newsby Jim
2 Aug 2012
11:08 am4
I’m with Angie again (after a good night’s sleep, thanks to Brandon and Mary) and we’re playing the waiting game some more. All the tests have come back negative and besides a slightly enlarged spleen, everything looks pretty normal. They’ve ordered a blood transfusion, because she is pretty low (and they’ve been taking so much to do tests), but that hasn’t happened yet. It looks like they won’t be letting her go home tonight, which is saddening, but the doctor expressed his desire to get her out of the hospital as soon as possible, so hopefully it won’t be too much longer.
Yesterday, as I was walking around the floor, I saw a poster that discussed pain control and what the patient and nurses should be aware of. I found this paragraph that piqued my interest. I told Angie, and she was sad that she wasn’t in any pain, which makes her ineligible for pet therapy. First world problems, I know.
Yellow socksby Jim
1 Aug 2012
12:08 pm4
Because one of Angie’s symptoms is strong dizzy spells, there is an automatic concern about her walking around. But, her doctor said he wants her to walk around and keep active while she’s here, so Angie got special yellow socks, which indicate to the other nurses that they have to keep an eye on her in case she falls. Neat, huh?
So, an update on the situation: Angie’s heart is fine. They are quite sure it is something else that is wrong. There is something wrong with Angie’s blood. Her protein is low and her blood count is low. They can’t figure out where it is going, so they are running all sorts of tests. They have an ultrasound scheduled and a few other tests, so we’re still waiting for news. I’ll keep you posted. Sorry I didn’t get this posted sooner; I slept in a little bit this morning (didn’t realize how tired I was).
Another trip to Stanfordby Jim
31 Jul 2012
8:07 pm0
This morning Angie woke up feeling kind of crummy. When she took her blood pressure, the little machine said her pulse was really high. We called the hospital and they asked her to come in so they can monitor her for a day to see what is going on. So here we are at Stanford. They are probably going to kick me out any time now, since visiting hours ended at 8. I’ll keep the blog up to date as I learn anything new.
Facebook Lessons Learnedby Jim
23 Jul 2012
6:07 pm0
Yesterday, I got a friend request from my wife. It seemed strange, so I looked a little further into it. Turns out the account was fake and had been composed of all the publicly available information from her account. This included over 400 people who are her friends. We’ve reported the account and have been doing our best to fix the damage, but it got me thinking about how easy it is for someone to masquerade as someone you trust. Here are two things you can do that will help prevent this from happening to you or your friends:
- Don’t automatically accept ANY friend requests (especially suspicious ones) without doing a little research. 60 seconds looking at the timeline showed that the fraudulent account was only a few hours old and only had one photo (the public profile picture), clear indications this account was fake. If you find a fake account (like the one I did), please report it immediately to both Facebook and your real friend who is being impersonated. Otherwise, they may never know someone is spoofing them. If you do end up friending a scammer like this, they could collect all your shared Facebook information and create a duplicate of your account and try to scam all your friends with much more convincing data.
- Don’t make your friend list public. Think about it, by default Facebook lets you tell the world, “Here are 400 people that trust me”. That is very valuable information to an imposter. Facebook lets you hide your friend list from strangers, so an imposter can’t see who trusts you. It still shows mutual friends, so your real friends can still find you, but only if they already know people you know.
Please help make Facebook a safer place by following these two tips. Do it to protect yourself and do it to protect your friends. Please help educate your friends on Facebook so we can stop criminals from abusing the system.
Here are some images to show how to do these things:
This is how to report a violation from someone's timeline.
To hide your friends from the public:
From your own profile, click on your friend list.
At the top, click "Edit" and then choose to only show your friends to your friends.
Here is an official and very helpful link that talks about reporting violations:
https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=207209825981040&ref_query=fake+account#violations
Transit of Venusby Jim
5 Jun 2012
6:06 pm0
Here are some pictures of my pinhole mirror contraption. Using my tripod, I reflected the sun into my kitchen.
The balancing actby Jim
6 May 2012
7:05 pm0
Angie has been home a few days now and her mom, Pam, flew in yesterday to help out. Not long after arriving home on Friday I went to the pharmacy to pick up all the prescriptions for the next few weeks. I felt like we could open up our own little pharmacy with all the bottles I brought home.
So now the game is a balancing act to keep the pain under control without taking too many drugs. It is a difficult moving target to hit all the time, but we’re doing our best. Thank you all for your love and support, it really does mean a lot to us.