http://www.iammimi.com Mimi speaks about family, the human condition, life Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:18:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I never updated you about my PICC line.  The bout with Dave's Radiation and then my Swine Flu/Port Infection/Surgery/Gaping Hole In My Chest/PICC Line Insertion/ all within 6 weeks kind of took over and I got behind on posts. Anyway, they removed the PICC line and I have been antibiotic free ... http://www.iammimi.com/2010/02/22/484/ Why is it that a man and a woman can live under the same roof for the same amount of time, yet the man doesn't know where anything is kept in the house?  It isn't like we hide the spatula in a different place after 10 years just to keep ... http://www.iammimi.com/2010/02/17/honey-where-do-we-keep-the/ Just before the New Year, I was feeling a little puny from having had too much Christmas cheer.  I had been to three Christmas celebrations in as many days and I was whooped.  Flat on my arse. Wiped out. I knew my MIL was coming over because she had given me ... http://www.iammimi.com/2010/01/21/unanswered-prayer/ On Christmas Day after Cooper woke up, he climbed in bed with me and snuggled up.  While enjoying the moment, I heard Dave turn on the water in the shower. "Daddy shower," Cooper informs me. "That's right, Daddy is showering," I confirm. A few minutes later I hear Dave get out of the ... http://www.iammimi.com/2009/12/31/the-little-drummer-boy/ Finally.  Now that I am past the Swine Flu and surgery, and PICC line and a debilitating Lyme flare, I have a chance to tell you that Dave's radiation is over.  We can exhale until his 3 month follow-up MRI. We stayed with my dad, about 30 minutes from the Cyberknife ... http://www.iammimi.com/2009/12/15/exhale/ It has been frustratingly chaotic here.  A few days after my surgery to remove my infected port, the doctor called and told me the lab had tested my port and the infection would not succumb to the oral antibiotics.  He told me to get to the hospital asap to get ... http://www.iammimi.com/2009/11/28/memory-lane/ BIG TIME DISCLAIMER:  IF YOU ARE A BIT OF A WIMP, GET NAUSEATED EASILY, CAN'T WATCH MEDICAL SHOWS, DON'T LIKE GORE, ETC., DO NOT LOOK DOWN.  JUST STOP READING RIGHT HERE.  TURN YOUR HEAD. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID. For all you "brave" souls, if you are still with me, I ... http://www.iammimi.com/2009/11/21/i-needed-this-like-i-needed-another-hole-in-my/ Okay Universe, this is getting ridonculous.   I have been nice about it.  Patient, even (pardon the pun).  I have discussed all of the fabulous, life altering lessons I have learned from the last few years, particularly this last one.  I have tried to see the bright side and all that.  ... http://www.iammimi.com/2009/11/19/same-song-second-verse/ Because I am ailing, My lovely Step Dad brought us a clever dinner combination of pork ribs and lime-aid.  Very appropriate.  However, he wasn't taking any chances getting sick, so he "made the drop" by putting the food on our picnic table outside and high-tailing it out of here.  Smart ... http://www.iammimi.com/2009/11/07/363/ This is almost comical.  But not really. I have the swine flu. Bacteria and viruses love me. It hit me super fast yesterday and I got a high fever.  Today I was better, but went to the doctor anyway because we want to make sure it wasn't an infection in my port-a-cath.   He ... http://www.iammimi.com/2009/11/02/oink-oink/