tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post4703283706629504974..comments2024-03-28T03:16:58.351-04:00Comments on A Matter of Life and Breath: Tales From an (Aztreonam) Bag LadyPiperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992462169607238118noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-29539147709431243172009-03-04T23:40:00.000-05:002009-03-04T23:40:00.000-05:00Hi Piper! I'm Sara... found your blog thru Somer's...Hi Piper! I'm Sara... found your blog thru Somer's I think! I TOTALLY LOVE the balls.. and when they give us anything else, we complain and we then get that "irritated" answer of "that's all we have" and we know that's not true! We were once told by a homehealth care co. that they are "so expensive" that some home healths don't use them cuz they don't want to eat the cost that the ins. co.'s won't cover.. UGh.OceanDeserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047791019620622430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-1383778958751775272009-03-03T18:52:00.000-05:002009-03-03T18:52:00.000-05:00Hi Piper - That's awesome that you get to go to Au...Hi Piper - <BR/><BR/>That's awesome that you get to go to Australia with work!! I went to Singapore and Australia in the summer of 2007 with work. LOVED it. The hotels there all seem to have these coffee pots that boil water... perfect for boiling my nebs in! While I was there they had 'gene' day. All the corporate offices let their employees wear jeans with a $1 donation to genetic research. So cool!<BR/><BR/>One tip on airport security in Australia - they have these security dogs that smell you and your bags. I had heard about that and imagined these big dogs... Oh no! They were these little guys running in between everyone's legs! Anyway, if you have any food in your bag, they'll start yapping away and jumping on you, and security will come over to search (and I mean REALLY search). I didn't want any more trouble with all my meds than I needed to have, so I made sure not to have any food, and the little yapper wasn't interested in me at all :)<BR/><BR/>Kris<BR/><BR/>PS - When I was 12 and had IVs, it was only gravity drips. My mom had to count out drips every 5 seconds - they warned it was harmful if more, not effective if less. If you stand up or sit down, bend your arm, roll over in bed... the drip rate can change. My poor mom would be sitting up during the middle of the night doses, monitoring the drip rate! Thank goodness for the grenades!!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000769787949254331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-57552218513351479142009-03-02T23:44:00.000-05:002009-03-02T23:44:00.000-05:00does the home health care company's name start wit...does the home health care company's name start with C and end in M?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-32336387159690965192009-03-02T18:55:00.000-05:002009-03-02T18:55:00.000-05:00Hey kelly,Mine was covered by my insurance. If you...Hey kelly,<BR/><BR/>Mine was covered by my insurance. If you (or anyone else for that matter) would like to know the details on why they covered and the process I went through, I'm more than happy to share. Just PM me on the other site or send me an email -- I don't want to post that sort or stuff publicly, but it wasn't difficult!Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01992462169607238118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-58299888976040063812009-03-02T18:51:00.000-05:002009-03-02T18:51:00.000-05:00Your improved stats are great. Awesome posseum! I'...Your improved stats are great. Awesome posseum! I'm sure you must feel better since everything has gone up a bit. :)<BR/><BR/>I'm curious about your o2 concentrator that you're retiring during the day. I'm researching portable ones myself so I checked yours out. Your was covered by insurance, right, or did you splurge? The web site said it is $4k. Just curious.<BR/><BR/>Cowtown (kelly)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-40315634091944583942009-03-02T06:59:00.000-05:002009-03-02T06:59:00.000-05:00Woo Australia. I'm jealous!As for the IVs, I think...Woo Australia. I'm jealous!<BR/><BR/>As for the IVs, I think they've played a very very cruel joke on you. I'm the same and have always had IVs in either the bottle/grenade things or push syringes, although last time I had IVs they gave both of my antibiotics in the grenade things rather than one syringe and one grenade thing and it took about 3 hours for an entire IV dose of two grenade things, which was very irritating. <BR/><BR/>As for the needing-a-new-dressing situation, next time you're near clinic ask for some spare dressing, and STOCK UP!! I always do that. I swear I have a cupboard full of the stuff! XxMeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070132392649221615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-57017311023826297252009-03-01T21:47:00.000-05:002009-03-01T21:47:00.000-05:00Congrats on the sats! I can't imagine how liberati...Congrats on the sats! I can't imagine how liberating that must feel!!!!!<BR/><BR/>And Australia - wow! Have you ever been? That's one continent I have yet to transverse..... I can't wait to hear all about it! <BR/><BR/>Hug a surfer while you're there - they gave us HTS ;) ;) ;)<BR/><BR/>Yey for you! Have a wonderful trip. I hope you'll be able to blog while you're there!NoExcuseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015122167362668804noreply@blogger.com