Hello, my name is Medron

by on April 1, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The secret of jello is that it has a lot of protein and sugar in an easily digested form. That is why it is the first “food” that hospitals give you. In solid form of course. I took it at 2:30 AM on Wednesday morning in an even easier digested liquid form into what I thought was an empty stomach. I was wrong. The first two swallows of liquid jello hit my very full stomach like a bomb and I felt an urge that could not be denied. So I grabbed my trusty Taco Bell dog cup, assumed the position, and began my Olympic tryouts in projectile vomiting. I totally emptied myself and felt much better. I farted, burped, and my stomach began to gurgle. My digestion was working again. So I drank the rest of the jello and all was well.

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Hello, my name is Medron

by on March 31, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Eating solid food less than 24 hours after surgery to remove my apendix was not actually a good idea. I did not realize it at the time, but my digestive system could not handle it. Five hours later when I was home at 6PM I did know something was wrong so I called Mayo for help. I told them I was blocked up and they told me to get some stool softener. My mom did and I took two of them as ordered along with my pain killer and antibiotic. At 2AM I felt hungry so thought it had worked. I asked mom to make me some jello and she gave me a coffee cup of it in liqiud form. It worked, though not in the way I intended…

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Hello, my name is Medron

by on March 30, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

My oddessey of the apendix continued on Tuesday with a general improvement. I drank juice, ate jello, and even had some beef bouillion and it tasted amazing. I asked to get out of bed, walked around a lot, talked to the doctors, and they said I was doing good enough that I might be able to go home today. I really wanted that. In the end they decided against it and I asked if I could get that decision repealed. After some duscussion, they agreed to let me go home. Then as a test they gave me real food to see if I could eat it. I ate it without issues and they discharged me and all was good in the world.

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Hello, my name is Medron

by on March 29, 2016 at 12:01 am
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I am taking this week off from my normal posting style. My apendix burst at 6AM on Monday. I called 911 at 7:30 and was at the hospital by 8. At 10 their tests told me what was wrong and they pumped me full of antibiotics. They had me in surgery at 2:15 and they managed to do it with two small incisions rather than one big one. There were multuple perferations in the apendix. Major burst. Then I did not wake up from anesthesia. Racing heart. High blood pressure. When I finally came up for air they sent me to ICU for Monday night. It was a long day for me that I did not plan.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 28, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Easter is an old holiday. Long ago it was in celebration of a fertility goddess of the same name. The rise of Christianity brought with it the adaptation of many existing holidays to new meanings. Easter became a celebration of the rise Jesus from the grave and his promise to return one day in glory.

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