Archive for October 28th, 2009

Today’s Business: 2009-10-28

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Log

07:30 AM:  I’m up.  Looks like rain fell a lot overnight, as glistening roads, loud tires of cars riding on them, and dark skies greeted me this morning.  Probably won’t get much done outside today therefore.

10:53 AM: Revised the following   Love Quest   post(s):

 

12:25 PM: Nap time!

02:50 PM: A short-duration power outage occurred; another one in the ongoing series of outages.   I’m documenting this problem   here.

05:30 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless, and ate Chinese cashew chicken for dinner.  Yun!

06:30 PM: Worked the   Christmas Lighting, 2009 project. 

08:15 PM: Watched the 2009-10-14 episode of Dr. Phil.

10:00 PM: Talked with [Emmy] and we listened to some of the Penguins game.  They won, 6 to 1.

10:50 PM: I’m off to bed.  See you tomorrow.

Tom Hesley

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Ongoing Power Outages

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Over the past year or two, we’ve experienced numerous short-duration power outages.  One destroyed my wireless router and another triggered a hard drive failure in a computer here in the office.  I’ve reported three of these two- to five-second power failures to Penelec, our electricity company.  So far, they’ve not fixed the problem. A technician came by last year when I first called in the issue and said that he talked to the neighbors and verified that they too experienced the outages. However, he was not optimistic about correcting this anytime soon due to its intermittent nature. 

From now on, I’ll use this post to detail our progress in bringing this issue to closure, and hope that this can be resolved quickly.

Tom Hesley

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Mom’s Status: 2009-10-28

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

07:30 AM: Blood sugar: 146.  Covered with 10 units insulin. She ate a small bowl of canned peaches too.

12:10 PM: Blood sugar: 143.  Covered with 12 units insulin. She’s going to have some apple sauce along with tuna salad for lunch.

12:30 PM: Her endocrinologist released Mom as a patient. He insisted on seeing her in person rather than doing a telephone consultation, which we need right now so that Mom doesn’t have to make needless trips out of the house.  Also, his office was slow at calling us back when her blood sugar went above 250 (took them two or more days), and we called them per their instructions.  Finally, his recommended insulin dosing failed to keep Mom’s sugar readings under 150. In fact, following his routines consistently gave readings in the 200s and 300s.  So, we’re just going to have her PCP manage her diabetes.  Under his care, the readings were much better.

04:34 PM: Blood sugar: 155.  Covered this and a Chinese dinner she’s about to have with 18 units insulin.

10:40 PM: Blood sugar: 200.  Covered with 12 units insulin; she was eating a peanut butter sandwich just after the reading was taken.

Tom Hesley

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