It's been a bad day

Aug 14, 2008 16:21



A patient that I had been following for the past month died today. :(  It was unexpected.  She was only 47 years old.

She was admitted to the hospital about a month ago with severe diverticulitis.  So, the GI surgeon performed an colectomy (removal of part of her large intestine and reattached it) last month.  Well, after the surgery she wasn't ( Read more... )

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shicks72 August 17 2008, 12:40:06 UTC
Thanks Elizabeth. I've been trying so hard to get my fitness back now. Not sure what has motivated me, but I hope it continues!
Oh, shush! Well, I guess I do go to bed early enough to be a granny! ;)

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shicks72 August 17 2008, 12:49:01 UTC
Thanks for the support Heather. I still think about her everyday. It's kind of surreal actually. I keep thinking about how she most likely did not realize that when she went back into the hospital that they wouldn't be able to save her. I feel really bad for her children and husband.

Thanks for the kudos on my workouts. I guess I don't think 9.5 min mile is anything great because I used to be under an 8 min mile 4 years ago. Maybe if I can get 10 more pounds off my ass, it will speed up my time! Heehee!

I need to download some new pics of the boyz. It been a while since posting some.

Yeah, I think we have decided that staying outside of Boston will be better. That means I can spend that money we saved on clothes, right? HA!

Hope you are having a great weekend! :)

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