Archive for February 19th, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-02-19

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Cat duty.  DONE.
  • Dispense Mom’s meds. DONE.
  • Shower.  DONE.
  • Schedule appointment for Mom with the retina specialists in Johnstown for sometime in April, 2010. 
  • Order more checks for Mom.  DONE.  They’ll call us when the order is ready. 
  • Get together all papers and figures for Mom’s 2009 taxes.  IN PROGRESS. 
  • Do all my pending laundry (5 loads).  DONE.

 

Log

08:00 AM: I’m up. My weight is the same as yesterday; 174.0 Lbs.

10:30 AM: Worked the   WPSBC Alumni Association Web Site Revamp   project.

10:50 AM: Heading out to Mom’s eye doctor appointment,  shopping,   and lunch.  I’ll return this afternoon sometime.

02:30 PM: I’m home again, starting the laundry.

04:00 PM: Tested   [Emmy]‘s  IRIS Internet WebRadio with this new Ethernet cable I purchased this morning.  It works well.  We’ll probably just use Ethernet instead of the WiFi, as the Ethernet connection works much better on this device, and requires no router adjustments be made, to gain proper operation. 

05:50 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   on the DVR.

06:45 PM: Updated Mom’s med sheet.  She’ll be taking a little less diuretic per doctor’s instructions, ans I’ve adjusted the sliding scale we use for dispensing her Novolog insulin, based on recent readings. 

09:00 PM: Watched the 2009-10-25 and 2009-11-01 episodes of NBC’s   Meet The Press   news show on the DVR.

10:30 PM: Talked with [Emmy].  We’re planning my visit.  We figure we’ll run to the grocery store a few times if the snow isn’t too deep, and we’ll watch lots of TV and movies, and she has a few computer issues for me to investigate and solve hopefully.

11:55 PM: Fiddled around with the sitemap.xml display problem on the   Tom’s Views   blog.  It’s never displayed properly, apparently because the URL to the required XSL style sheet file is not included in the sitemap.xml file when it’s generated.  Interesting that this works properly on all my other blogs.  Investigating. 

12:35 AM: Copied the code files from a working blog (for the sitemap.xml problem discussed above), into the   Tom’s Views   blog.  After a short delay, this appears to have fixed the issue, though I can’t explain how or why.  I downloaded this Google XML Sitemap Generator plugin from the same location for all blogs.  Hmmm.  Perhaps some line noise corrupted a file or something.  Anyway, it’s fixed now and hopefully, this fix survives the test of time.  We’ll see.  :-)

12:40 PM: The last of the five laundry loads I’d planned to do today is finishing up now; it’s a blanket for my bed.  So as soon as that’s done, I’ll make the bed and then get right into it.  So take care, and I’ll catch you out here again later on.  ‘Night!

Tom Hesley

Received Mail and Shipments

  • Offer for Verizon DSL high-speed Internet.  No thanks.
  • The March, 2010 issue of Promo Only’s Urban Radio series.
  • Our final Verizon telephone bills (both Mom’s and mine). 

Tom Hesley

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Diary Revisions: 2010-02-19

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Today, I either added or modified the following posts in  the   Tom’s Diary   blog for improved brevity, clarity, categorization, decreased spelling errors, appearance,  and search-ability:

  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-19
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-02-19
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-02-19
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-18
  • Duplicate Songs on iPod
  • WPSBC Alumni Website Revamp
  • Tom

    Shopping Trip: 2010-02-19

    Friday, February 19th, 2010

    At Lowe’s today, I purchased the following:

    • 50 Ft. Ethernet cable.

    Total cost: $31.73

    Yes, I know, I spent a ghastly amount for just one cable.  But I was in a bind.  Heading to [Emmy's] in two days, where I’ll need this cable and I’m not sure I can find it in Pittsburgh for any cheaper.  I’ll have to order some of these from eBay to keep in stock, because you can get them there for less than a fifth of what I paid for this one.  Grrrrrrrrrr!

    Tom Hesley

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    Today’s Diet: 2010-02-19

    Friday, February 19th, 2010

    Today, I consumed the following items:

    • Peppermint & spearmint tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi throughout the day. 0 calories.
    • 01:00 PM: Buffalo chicken salad with guacamole sauce.  600 calories.
    • 01:00 PM: Corn chips and salsa.  800 calories.
    • 05:30 PM: 3 cups Cheerios.  300 calories.
    • 05:30 PM: 1 cup organic skim milk.  80 calories.
    • 05:30 PM: 1 cup raisins.  520 calories.
    • 08:30 PM: 1 cup organic skim milk.  80 calories.
    • 08:30 PM: 1.5 cups Kashi GoLean Crunch cereal.  300 calories.

     

    Total calories: 2680.

    Tom

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    Mom’s Status: 2010-02-19

    Friday, February 19th, 2010

    Pending Appointments And Issues

    1. 2010-02-19 @ 11:00 AM:  Friday: Appointment with her eye doctor to check the progress of the clearing up of the blood in her right eye.  DONE.
    2. 2010-03-12 @ 1:15 PM: Friday: PCP appointment to see if the edema has gone down. 
    3. 2010-04-14 @ 11:10 AM: Wednesday: Appointment with orthopedist for the next quarterly checkup on the progress of healing of her charcot foot. 
    4. 2010-06-18 @ 11:00 AM: Friday: Checkup appointment with eye doctor.

     

    Log

    09:00 AM Dispensed Mom’s morning meds.

    09:04 AM: Blood sugar: 139.  Covered this and her breakfast with 8 units of log insulin.

    12:00 PM: Mom had a good report from the eye doctor this morning.  Her vision is much improved; she could read three or four lines further down the chart today than she could the last visit.  Plus, there’s far less blood in her right eye; that’s the eye that she had laser surgery on, around the New Years holiday.  She’s progressing. However, this eye doctor would like her to see the retina specialists in Johnstown to do a more in-depth exam of the laser treatments Mom’s had, to make sure they’re healing properly, and to see if they can suggest any further treatments to maximize Mom’s remaining vision.  We must schedule that appointment.

    01:00 PM: Covered her lunch with 20 units of log insulin.

    02:30 PM: Blood sugar: 125.  Covered with 8 units of log insulin.

    02:30 PM: Dispensed Mom’s lunch-time meds.

    04:00 PM: Mom’s PCP called to say that she’d dehydrated, and so we must back off of the furosemide a little.  We’re to cut her evening dose down to 40 MG from 80 MG.  The morning dose however, remains at 80 MG for now.  I’ll make the adjustments in the med trays and on the med sheet.

    05:50 PM: Dispensed Mom’s evening meds.

    06:22 PM: Blood sugar: 83.  She’s eating supper in a little while to bring this up a little. 

    10:45 PM: Blood augar: 125.  Covered with 6 units of log insulin.

    10:47 PM: Dispensed Mom’s night-time meds.

    Tom Hesley

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