Kwik Lube-Med Center Style

Now I know how my car feels....I have completed my 63 year maintenance with a blood (not Mobil 10w-30w) change. The plasmapheresis went well with 70% of my blood plasma being exchanged over a 2 1/2 hour period. I had expected to go for 4 hours, so that was great. Only two side effects....the treatment made my face tingle like I had knocked back two shots of bourbon and the treatment left me very tired for the rest of the day. To combat the tingling I was given Rolaids to chew on.

The second part of my "Kwik Lube" involved the replacement of immune factors with an iv of human gobulin which took 2 hours. Due to several bureaucratic paperwork foul ups, the whole process ended up taking 7 hours. Hopefully the next treatment will go smoothly and only take 4-5 hours. You all have heard of Murphy's Law.....it should be engraved on a bronze plaque and hung over the entrance to the med center.

Oh well, life goes on......there are actually other events going on in our family:
Yesterday was Dr. Jim's birthday....Dick and Sharon Swett and their family recently hosted a fund raiser in Ord to raise money for a handicapped van for Sharon's nephew Brad Bundy who was paralyzed in a car accident this summer....Sandy's sister Kathy is in her last week of radiation therapy. Yay!! She has managed to work through it all despite being very tired near the end....Chris and Sara plan on celebrating the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by getting in the car, turning the heater on full blast, and driving around slowly all night (it might be hard to find a traffic jam in Alma.) When they are absolutely exhausted and nearly out of gas they will pull into the post office parking lot and sleep.

We have nothing to do today so we are celebrating by going to the Old Market for lunch.

--Dan