Sawyer is taking over the blogging for me...just kidding. Here he is "working hard" in Puna's room.
So...Tuesday afternoon Cory came back with meds for Peggy. She is on another antibiotic for her toe which is still looking inflamed. She is on 10 ml of Cephalexin every 6 hours at 4am, 10am, 4pm, 10pm. Cory did drain some of the pus out of the toe (sorry to all you with weak stomachs!). Cory recommends leaving Peggy's sock off so that it can heal. I have scheduled a podiatrist appointment for Monday Feb 26 at 1:30pm.
By the way - here is Betsy's mother's remedy for ingrown toenails: Put a very small piece of cotton or dampen a small piece of toilet paper and tuck it under the nail with a tweezer or the like. It relieves some of the pressure and pain and keeps nail from growing into skin.
Ed and Rita Cassella stopped by again recently to photograph Peggy's teeth. Dr. Cassella would like to present Peggy's case if given the opportunity at a Medically Fragile Conference at Queen's. His concern is the "supra eruption of her second molars that will prevent her teeth from occluding top to bottom. This in turn results in shifting and malignment." Peggy, by the way, loved the sensation of the "mouth stretchers" that Ed used to pull open her mouth so he could photo her teeth. He was so kind and gave them to her so she can use them to stretch out her mouth once in a while! Thanks Ed!
Peggy has been complaining of trach problems this week. She has been saying that it is "leaking". She says that it is leaking "2 CCs every 2 days." It was gurgling today and Peggy felt uncomfortable. We have a call in to Cory. The vent has not been alarming. Lolo was able to get Peggy comfortable and stop the gurgling by adjusting the position of the trach.
Today was a crazy day. Peggy is entering her mosaic called "Beginnings" (the sunflower-like one) in the Hawaii Watercolor Society show. I did not realize until yesterday that a slide of the piece is due on Saturday. We spent all day getting the slide film, getting a camera, photographing the mosaic and some nose paintings, and then getting the film delivered for 24 hour processing. Ugh. I want to say a big thank you to Marvel for helping Peggy until almost midnight last night fixing up the mosaic. I also want to thank Kelly for helping this morning with phone calls and going with me to "PhotoPlant", Tiare for her camera, Harinani for her help fixing up the mosaic and helping me photograph, and Andy, Suzanne Ching, and Lolo for all their help with Sawyer!!! You guys are all so amazing! What a day!
Yesterday's Valentine's Party was great. The house looked so great thanks to Karen's stellar decorating. The food was yummy - of course the highlight was Kelly's penis cake. What's valentine's day without one, right? Unfortunately, we were all so full of Pat Gamble's artichoke dip that we barely touched the sweets. Here is Pat's recipe:
1 can artichoke hearts (chopped)
1 can green chiles (chopped)
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup parmesan cheese
a handful of green onions (chopped)
Mix all together and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Serve with crackers or pita chips. Yummo!
OK, that's it for now!
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