we're all fine here, how are you?
Sep. 1st, 2015 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fufarawThe fridge and freezer did their jobs and we didn't lose any food from the power out. There were still a few lights out here and there, a few intersections working on manners and patience, and limbs and leaves down everywhere. DOT trucks had cut the tree across the highway from us off the power lines and short enough that if it falls the rest of the way it will miss both lines and road. They also cut and moved the two downed trees out of the street behind us, and they've been busy all over town doing the same thing. Pockets were still without power up the I-5 corridor from Everett to Blaine, with power restoration expected by midnight last night. It's rained all day Sunday and Monday, with the wind getting up again at night, but no more significant damage.
Unfortunately, almost none of the rain has made it over the mountains to where it's needed to help contain the fires. Our thoughts are still with the firefighters and residents there.
I had an appointment with the eye surgeon yesterday morning to discuss what the bloodwork taken on Thursday showed, and to assess any hopeful reduction in inflammation due to the round-the-clock steroids. The practice had also lost power, and one of their exam-treatment-surgical suites was still dark, and they had a backlog of patients waiting. After sitting an hour and change, we arranged to go back on Wednesday morning, continue to take the steroid drops meanwhile, and add in artificial tears for the dryness caused by the steroids. My drops schedule, worked out by OH, looks like this:
Steroid A: 9AM, 12N, 3PM, 6PM, 9PM, 12M
Steroid B: 11AM, 10PM
"tears": 1PM, 8PM
Also, thank heaven for OH, because I can't drop my own eyes, truly. I just see it coming and blink, can't help it. We're staying pretty close to home to keep on schedule.
The bruise in my left elbow from the dry stick is spectacular. There's just the faintest smudge on the back of my hand where she finally hit a gusher, and no soreness at all. Gold star for the phlebotomist!
Unfortunately, almost none of the rain has made it over the mountains to where it's needed to help contain the fires. Our thoughts are still with the firefighters and residents there.
I had an appointment with the eye surgeon yesterday morning to discuss what the bloodwork taken on Thursday showed, and to assess any hopeful reduction in inflammation due to the round-the-clock steroids. The practice had also lost power, and one of their exam-treatment-surgical suites was still dark, and they had a backlog of patients waiting. After sitting an hour and change, we arranged to go back on Wednesday morning, continue to take the steroid drops meanwhile, and add in artificial tears for the dryness caused by the steroids. My drops schedule, worked out by OH, looks like this:
Steroid A: 9AM, 12N, 3PM, 6PM, 9PM, 12M
Steroid B: 11AM, 10PM
"tears": 1PM, 8PM
Also, thank heaven for OH, because I can't drop my own eyes, truly. I just see it coming and blink, can't help it. We're staying pretty close to home to keep on schedule.
The bruise in my left elbow from the dry stick is spectacular. There's just the faintest smudge on the back of my hand where she finally hit a gusher, and no soreness at all. Gold star for the phlebotomist!
