Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Yesterday, I turned 78 years young!This is me and my great-granddaughter Mandorallyn

I got this bear and the pretty sweet peas for my birthday!

(And that's my favorite toy....the remote!!!)

Eddie, the chef!!!
Eddie and Sandy prepared a delicious BBQ! We had Chicken, Corn, Macaroni Salad, Sweet Yummy Sala, Watermelon, Deviled Eggs, Shrimp, Cake and Ice Cream.
This is my birthday cake!
Maddy helped me make a wish and blow out my candle!
Donny looks on!
The girls! Sandy, Abby, Maddy, & Sheila
Bill, Maddy, Sheila, Abby, Me, Sandy

I was very exhausted by the end of the evening!

Me and my new friend at the end of the day!

All is Well!

Surgery has come and gone and Gma Grumpy is doing fine!!!

Today is a normal dialysis day.

Tomorrow is the real day!!!

The hospital just called. After being post-poned twice, Gma's surgery will commence tomorrow!

3:00 p.m. at Beverly Hospital as an out-patient.

So...I'll keep you posted!

Dee

Out-Patient Surgery

Grandma Grumpy is scheduled for out-patient surgery this Friday at 2 p.m.
They are planning to go in and clean up her Aneurysm of AVF. Read the blogs that follow and it has pictures of Gma Grumpy's AVF and a website address that shows some gross slides of someone else's AVF.

It's a busy week this week:
Monday: See Dr. Shin at 2 p.m. to check Aneurysm of AVF
Tuesday: Dialysis 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. (leaves around 12:30 p.m. arrives home by 5 p.m.)
Wednesday: Dr. Staples at 2 p.m. regular checkup
Thursday: Dialysis 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. (leaves around 12:30 p.m. returns around 5 p.m.)
Friday: Out-Patient Surgary Pick-up around 10:45a.m., Admitting at 11:00 a.m.
Surgery at 2 p.m. Return home around...um...we'll guess 6 p.m.
Saturday: Dialysis 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. (leaves around 12:30 p.m. returns around 5 p.m.)
Sunday: TRULY A DAY OF REST!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday: SHE WANTS TO GO TO WALMART!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Home Health Nurses' last visit 8:30 a.m.

Gma Grumpy's AVF

They're going to do what to me? This is a great mug shot picture!!!

This is her Aneursym of AVF. The AVF stands for Arteriovenous Fistula!

I call it her Epcot Center!!!
She wanted me to tell you it's in her left arm!!!

That's a happy "mudder!"

Aneurysm of AVF

Here is a website that has a slide show of an Aneurysm of AVF. It's gross, but if you want to look....be my guest!

www-cdu.dc.med.unipi.it/Archives/photogallery/HDbrachial/index.htm