The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MinnieM123]

This is our culture and it will always be on that date. I'm just thinking that all across the world people push themselves to look excited at midnight....like the world will now be fresh and new. It's a New Year Everything is sparkly new. Yet on Jan 16th everything is the same as before. It's cold and most Christmas lights are packed away. It gives the mailman a much needed day off. It allows people to go to Disney between Christmas and New Years. It serves its function for sure.
I'm rambling. Enough Steve!

Well, maybe some people do push themselves to look happy at the stroke of midnight, but I can't say I've ever noticed that. However. I'm usually asleep by midnight! But times that I have stayed up to midnight on N.Y.'s, it was exciting and fun.

(As for any long-term effects or changes to routine, yup, those fly out the window by mid-January. )

 

[MinnieM123]

So, last Monday afternoon we got a text that the kiddos were taking Emy to Dell Children’s Hospital. They were afraid she had had a seizure. Oldest DD has many years of working with and teaching young children, so has experienced this more than once.
They were all napping when they were awakened by Emy making whimpering noises, twitching, and rolling her eyes back in her head. In a follow-up text while they were at DCH, I asked if it just could have been some intense dream. She relplied that the doc also mentioned same, and didn’t see any evidence of it being any kind of classic seizure, but, referred them to a pediatric neurologist for further evaluation. She had an EEG this past Monday. Fortunately, this afternoon, all results came back negative...!!!!!!!!!!!

A pic of our adorable little Electrodehead Emy...!!!!!

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Whew! Hope it was just some sort of baby glitch, and will never happen again. Glad her tests came back negative.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

@donaldoo I’m glad emmy’s tests came back negative. Better to be safe than sorry though. I hope she continues her good health for a long time!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

@SteveBrickNJ i can understand your melancholy over New Years. There definitely is a lot of hype around it. I have never been one to be involved in huge celebrations for it, even growing up NYE was a night spent at home with the family hanging out and that’s what my husband and I do now. I do think the idea of a fresh start and a new year, looking forward to possibilities and January is just as good of a month as any for that.

On the holiday spectrum I have never cared for Valentines Day or Halloween. As for Valentines Day as a kid it seemed like a lot of work to write out valentines and decorate my “mailbox” to get a little bit of candy and usually those gross candy hearts. As an adult I think we should show love to our loved ones every day not just Valentine’s Day. And Halloween is ok but fall signifies the coming of winter and I don’t like dressing up in costumes. Masks and wigs creep me out. So I guess in the range of holidays I’d rather celebrate New Years over Valentine’s Day or Halloween.

 

[Rista1313]

@Rista1313 Judges are normally very understanding. Bring documentation of your upcoming vacation and express that you will gladly serve as a juror in a future month of their choosing.

I did write a nice letter and sent the documentation about the trip. If I don't hear from them, I'll bring the documentation on Jury selection day in case.

 

[Rista1313]

I was selected for jury duty last year, easily got out of it with a fax from HR.

Just send document for you trip, you’ll be fine.

I did... I want to serve, just not during any of my planned vacations this year!

 

[MouseDreaming]

That is so nice that the kids just got to play in the snow. Sometimes kids just need to play, and when a snowfall comes (especially if it is rare for you) that is just plain fun.

Unless they don't bring their snow gear. A lot of my kids are crazy miserable watching their friends play in the snow, while they have to stay on the strip of asphalt.

 

[Rista1313]

@Rista1313 is very handy and talented with a needles and hooks

Thanks =D you can find me on Ravelry as the same name as here!

 

[donaldtoo]

I'm glad you are okay and you know the signs!! Hopefully it's another 10 years or more before you experience this again.

Thanks!!!
And, indeed on the another 10 years or more thing...!!!

 

[Goofyernmost]

Short term memory problems. In boys it's usually caused by not paying attention in the first place

In adults males, it is selective hearing, plus an absence of give a damn.

 

[donaldtoo]

OMG! Glad they let you go home, and that your tests were negative. What a scary situation. But what's worse is throwing away an extra personal day to go hang out in the ED!!! (P.S.: Happy you're o.k.)

Hahaaa...!!!!!
Thanks, Minnie...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

My wife had that problem. It seemed to activate in the most inopportune moments. Almost every time we went to WDW. I know the inside of Kissimmee Hospital as well as our own. The one in Celebration didn't exist yet. I don't even think Celebration existed. Eventually she had the surgery. If it is the same (palpitations) that she had, they were caused by an additional node on her heart that occasionally sent an electrical charge and threw her whole rhythm off. Sometimes it stopped on its own, sometimes it required an injection. She had those all her life, but, she would go years sometimes between events. I don't remember her having the problem when she was pregnant, delivering or even taking care of the kids in the early stages. She went about 10 years without any at all, as well. She was almost 60 before she elected for the surgery. They simply snipped off the node, and she never had another event for the rest of her life. It was amazingly non-evasive and done as an outpatient. She came home the same day and resumed her normal life from that point on.

Yep, exact same condition.
I actually went to see another doc who would be the one doing the surgery, if I chose to go that route. He had me use a pager-sized monitor connected to 2 electrodes on my chest, during the day, for 2 straight weeks to see if he could catch anything and record it...not even one PVC (preventricular contraction) happened the entire time.
But, if/when it ever becomes more frequent or I’m told it’s becoming more health-sensitive because of my age, I’ll definitely opt for the surgery.
At only about 15 mins. in duration, this is the shortest sustained (more than a few seconds) event I’ve ever had. So, if I can knock down with 80 mg of fast-acting verapamil, I’ll stick with that for now...!

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

@SteveBrickNJ i can understand your melancholy over New Years. There definitely is a lot of hype around it. I have never been one to be involved in huge celebrations for it, even growing up NYE was a night spent at home with the family hanging out and that’s what my husband and I do now. I do think the idea of a fresh start and a new year, looking forward to possibilities and January is just as good of a month as any for that.

On the holiday spectrum I have never cared for Valentines Day or Halloween. As for Valentines Day as a kid it seemed like a lot of work to write out valentines and decorate my “mailbox” to get a little bit of candy and usually those gross candy hearts. As an adult I think we should show love to our loved ones every day not just Valentine’s Day. And Halloween is ok but fall signifies the coming of winter and I don’t like dressing up in costumes. Masks and wigs creep me out. So I guess in the range of holidays I’d rather celebrate New Years over Valentine’s Day or Halloween.

Very interesting post. I totally see your point of view

 

[donaldtoo]

Oh goodness! I'm sorry you had to waste a day there but better to be safe. I hope you are feeling ok now and and your next event of this is far off in the future or better yet never.

Thanks!!!

 

[Goofyernmost]

Yep, exact same condition.
I actually went to see another doc who would be the one doing the surgery, if I chose to go that route. He had me use a pager-sized monitor connected to 2 electrodes on my chest, during the day, for 2 straight weeks to see if he could catch anything and record it...not even one PVC (preventricular contraction) happened the entire time.
But, if/when it ever becomes more frequent or I’m told it’s becoming more health-sensitive because of my age, I’ll definitely opt for the surgery.
At only about 15 mins. in duration, this is the shortest sustained (more than a few seconds) event I’ve ever had. So, if I can knock down with 80 mg of fast-acting verapamil, I’ll stick with that for now...!

What triggered my wife was that she was working one day and found herself on the floor. Nothing was happening ahead of time, just basically went unconscious for whatever time it took her to fall to the floor and the jarring when she hit the floor started everything back up. She had no situations when she was monitored in the past either. They gave her the monitor again after the surgery, with no results. (a good thing at that point) and it never reoccurred. If I remember correctly, she was about 58 when she had it done and she passed away at age 76 not related to any heart issues.

 

[donaldtoo]

Glad it all seems ok. Always worth it to miss a little to take care of you.

Thanks, and indeed...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

What triggered my wife was that she was working one day and found herself on the floor. Nothing was happening ahead of time, just basically went unconscious for whatever time it took her to fall to the floor and the jarring when she hit the floor started everything back up. She had no situations when she was monitored in the past either. They gave her the monitor again after the surgery, with no results. (a good thing at that point) and it never reoccurred. If I remember correctly, she was about 58 when she had it done and she passed away at age 76 not related to any heart issues.

There’s only one time I almost went down when it kicked in. Oddly enough, it was also one of those times when it completely abated a few seconds later. It’s just so unpredictable.

 

[donaldtoo]

Whew! Hope it was just some sort of baby glitch, and will never happen again. Glad her tests came back negative.

Thanks, Minnie!!!
We indeed do too, and the neurologist seems convinced that it was just a sleep occurrence of some kind, as that is, apparently, not uncommon...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

OK gang, I’m a goner...for now anyhow...!
Sweet dreamin’/mornin’ to one and all...!!!
Laterrrrrrr...!!!!!!!

 

[Figgy1]

We had that strange fiery ball in the sky today too. It was a very curious situation!

That's the second sighting I heard about today, somebody had better report it to the authorities.