catching up

It seems as if there is so much going on.. I'd better blog some before I forget what has transpired.. as I grow older, my short term memory gets dimmer..hmmmm
My computer was down.. a crash. I called the house call computer specialists and they said they'd call me back, but they didn't. The guy said he charges $75 to make a house call. Tuesday I mentioned my dilemma to my boss and he said 'whoa.. that's outrageous! get the part and bring it into the office Thursday and I'll install it for you".. or.. and he gave me the name of a local company he'd dealt with that he liked.
My boss is a doctor and he really doesn't have the time to be playing with my computer, so I called the company he mentioned.. Computer Literates.. and they told me to bring the pc on down.. I did so, and in a matter of a few minutes it was ready to go.. and the bill was $41 .. that's everything included. I was so thrilled! As you can see, all is back together again. My computer had to make some adjustments internally to the new card, but it runs as smooth as silk now. The problem is that in those few days I have a bazillion emails to read and I can only read so many in my allotted computer time..

Today I got up with a lot of respiratory 'distress'. I was coughing and wheezing big time and by the time I walked into the office, I was majorly short of breath. I asked to cancel my patients for the day or call my helper in to run IVs. She came in. She is such a sweetheart. I found that if I sat very still, things calmed down and I could breathe almost normally though aware of a distinct rattle on every expiration.
I called my PCP who said to come on over to his office for an eval. I did so and he gave me a nebulizer treatment. I didn't realize how tight my chest was until after the treatment when it was all loosened up again.
I now have my own nebulizer unit, but am having trouble getting the Xopenex for it. I prefer this drug- it gives me relief without side effects. It's my insurance company that doesn't want to cover it. I am also now taking a round of steroids for the week to get things settled. I'm fair tonite. Still wheezing, but not short of breath.
It's rained off and on all day today and last night. I noticed the bucket on the picnic table now has about 6" water in it. That's a lot of rain.

Sometimes I think I live in a zoo. We have 8 active groundhog holes in the yard and one inactive one. We have many groundhogs using these holes and at any one time you can see 3-4 roaming about in the yard. This morning I walked outside to a skunk very near the porch. I let out a warhoop and it skittered into some bushes. Last week a chipmunk nearly ran over my foot on the porch, and we have baby squirrels- cute little buggers. They are about 5" long nose to tip of tail. We've had several nests of baby birds on the house up near the roof. I couldn't see them well, but the mother let me know they were there by dive bombing me if I walked around the back of the house.
Deer are so plentiful.. all over the place..rabbits.. Bunny and Clyde, Flopsie and Mopsie, and I think there are several more now. I haven't seen any bears yet, but John said he saw tracks back in the woods a couple weeks ago and the neighbor DID see the mother and cub. Yea.. just what we need.
John says they have seen red foxes frequently. I've seen them a few times, but they must be nocturnal. I don't see them in daylight hours.
Once in a while we see wild turkeys hike through or a band of pheasants.. and I have noted we now have 6 hawks. They come in pairs and I've seen all of them now soaring and circling..
Yep.. I believe we live in a nature preserve.