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chai and nellie
on a rainy day
the hida scan came in normal. so my next procedure will be an endoscopy and then I give up.
I'm sick of being sick and tired. time to move on.
I had a forbidden cup of coffee this morning to kick start my day. it helped.
I asked my surgeon when she called tonight if I could please have a pancake. I got permission to try one.
I'm supposed to be off all milk products, all caffeine. I'm going to add them slowly and see if I explode or not.
I plan on not.
polaroid.
Well, that's what I saw anyway.
Mum's still bad with Covid but her strength is building. They aren't going to do the endoscopy now. They are going straight to the bypass when mum is over Covid. A whole 7 days before I can see her again :(
I used the name Gordon Bennett as an expletive the other day then wondered how it came to be used in this way….
This man's name is often used in place of a swear word when making an exclamation of anger, surprise or frustration.
There were two famous men with this name…a father and son.
James Gordon Bennett senior (1795-1872) was a Scottish-born journalist, famous in the US for founding the New York Herald and conducting the first ever newspaper interview.
Anyway the reason for the expletive and why comments are turned off are as follows……
We did go for a two night stay last Friday at Winthorpe on the east coast not far from Skegness. We went to open our static caravan as was told only day the site maintenance would be available if anything didn’t work such as the gas fire etc.. happily all ok..Just before going to the van we checked if the local pub/ restaurant which looks out to sea from 5mtrs distance from this shot. Now anyone who knows that part of the coast will be more familiar with muddy grey or even a reddish sea.
Well when the combination of a blue sky and a gentle lapping tide that was in or just going out gave this beautiful view….the name of the pub/ restaurant as it happens and I was out the car in a flash with the Fuji x100v which I had in my hands. Disappointingly the gulls ? Were blurry so this shot is over sharpened using AI ( which doesn’t really cut it tbh ) but this is what we saw and were elated.
We are going away for 10 days on Friday for ten days but things are conspiring to make things difficult. We had a much welcomed phone call from a guy with a wonderful Canadian drawl….Hi guys we’re coming over…err when we asked Malcolm, Jonathan’s son.
Next Friday 24th of March for 13 days………..You couldn’t make it up could you ? Him and his partner are packing a lot into those 13 days including his best friends wedding and showing his Canadian partner Leah the Lakes. We told him we were going to Torquay on Friday - “ no problem, we will join you at the caravan.
I rang the site to add two more people onto the list staying only to be told it was only a one bedroom caravan - can’t upgrade because the site is full dohh… we are hoping Malcolm and Leah can come to visit us at our home at the end of their travels which includes 4 days in Austria. We imagine may be where the wedding of his friend takes place.. have been up to our necks in stuff and try as I might can’t catch up and today we fetch my grandson from school then going out for a combined Mothers Day meal for me and also for my son Adams Birthday which is today…..I am waiting for my GP to call as the Oesophageal spasms I have had for six weeks are no better and medication only doubled for six weeks as was expected they would stop but they haven’t so I need a new supply ….endoscopy supposed to follow if the medications failed. I turned comments of because I shall try to catch up but may well fail…
After I post this photo I'll be driving into Waimea to have an endoscopy performed. They're gonna stick a flexible endoscope down my throat to peek around at my inner b'ness.
I made 'em promise to anesthetize me so I don't have to experience whatever gag relfexes come with such a procedure.
Unfortunately this will make it difficult for me to photograph the event. For that, I apologize.
I rarely take photographs of myself so it's kind of funny that I chose a day where I had basically just gotten off a plane from Chicago to Edinburgh without sleeping (The day before,, mind you, I had my first endoscopy and colonoscopy!), and instead of freshening up, I hit the ground running to get vegan haggis for the first time (It's actually REALLY good and I hadn't had solid foods in awhile!) and see modern art. Priorities....flying for me and not sleeping feels basically the same as the second day of a music festival when I have stayed up all night editing photos....which is what I was doing the weekend before my endoscopy and colonoscopy....I expect so much of my body and wonder when it's just going to say, "Peace out, I'm done here!"
Anyway, I walked into this bathroom at The Modern Two after seeing an exhibit called Women in Revolt, documenting the feminist movement in Scotland and England since the 70s (I just loved the sign If Men Could Get Pregnant, Abortion Would Be a Sacrament!) The colors here just immediately brightened up my mood and I instantly felt like I could walk ten more miles with 30+ pounds of my camera equipment, which I then did (more vegan haggis for dinner!)
I'm rambling. What I am trying to say is that I liked this bathroom and vegan haggis and feminism and colors.
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Tyler is going to see a specialist today. We will have a consultation with the vet and she may perform an endoscopy to learn more about what is causing his chronic reflux.
UPDATE: Tyler is home! More info forthcoming.
He requires lovin' at the moment. And food.
ENG: Once a year we go back to school. In my case for further education and training on endoscopy. You can see the school building near the station Potsdam Charlottenhof.
GER: Einmal im Jahr geht es noch einmal zur Schule (Brandenburgisches Bildungswerk für Medizin und Soziales e.V.). In meinen Fall zur Fortbildung und Weiterbildung zum Thema Endoskopie. Zu sehen ist das Schulgebäude nahe des Bahnhofs Potsdam Charlottenhof.
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I’m missing this place this year, I would normally be visiting my daughter in Hertfordshire, a great place for me in the autumn. The dog walk is out of her door and across the road and we are on the heath, it’s always good to carry a camera. I took this photo on the edge of heathland some 2 miles into the walk, at the end of November last year. I had spotted this composition at the start of the week and took a snap, which I posted back then. The 2 beech trees were still in leaf, covered in a yellow and light rush canopy, which was catching all available light, now on a very frosty morning 6 days later they is only a sparse covering of deep orange leafs. I’m stuck at home at the moment as I had a covid test on Tuesday to prepare for an endoscopy next Monday, but can’t wait to get out, autumn goes quickly and then winter is coming, this year I think it could be pretty grim.
With the awful weather we have today I thought a nice bright warming image would be nice.
This is Kimmeridge bay on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset as the sun drops down over Portland .
I`m sat at my desk and hearing noises from outside I look through the window to see my garden furniture moving about on it`s own, I hope the wind puts it back where it came from.
An update on our dog Lowena, we got her home late last night after her general Anaesthesia and Endoscopy, no foreign bodies were found but three biopsy's were done for further investigation, we should get the results next week .
“Shoot yourself. Give us a glimpse of your photographic primal scream.”
- Stuart Paton
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Last week a doctor threaded a snake with a movie camera in its eyes through my mouth. It crossed my tongue, my throat, oesophagus, duodenum and stomach as if my guts were stations of a subway line. I've felt like screaming because of the discomfort, humiliation and the fear that cancer was discovered. However, I could not shout anything loud, just silence and saliva. I think this is my truthful primal scream: a fake silence. And saliva. Shame I hadn't my mobile with me to make a selfie: I might have shot a cool response to Stuart Paton's instruction.
So, I just have my bats, now. I explain. I've almost given up street photography. The cause? Since Arindam Thokder's instruction, I've become obsessed with the bats that live under a massive bridge near my home. Eptesicus serotinus is the species they belong to, or perhaps Eptesicus isabellinus, or both. Or Rip-rip, Adaleria, Arthurius, or even Xnyjfcgnjfcwcgyvozitch. Almost every twilight I take a walk with my camera and a flash, and I try to photograph them. It's a bit ridiculous: I'm using a prime 28 mm lens equivalent, and they are such tiny creatures... And I have no more than fifteen, twenty minutes - then, the night falls, and they become invisible.
I think bats experience the world as an always mutating stuff as a result of their unpredictable flight that defies any inertia laws. I don't fly, but I see the world in that way too. Because time flies. Moreover, bat's primal screams are silent as mine; it just happens they manage to use them to avoid walls and trees and to hunt mosquitoes, and I am too clumsy for that. So, they are like me, just in better.
The night has fallen, and now I'm returning home. I can't see any bats now, but I know they are still flying over my head, hunting mosquitoes through a dark city sky where no stars can live. And inside that gloom, screams no human is able to listen to are happening everywhere. Perhaps darkness filled with silent screams should have been my submission, but I'm too coward to submit a black frame. Yet. And, apparently, nothing too serious was detected through the endoscopy.
So, I prefer one more photo of the crepuscule with a bat. It's just fifteen, twenty minutes. Our lifespan. But with primal screams everywhere and their source slightly visible.
Ma rouquine qui aura 17 ans dans 5 mois souffre d'une grave pancréatite elle a été hospitalisée 3 jours pour être perfusée parce qu'elle ne mangeait plus depuis samedi dernier elle ne voulait plus boire non plus elle qui est pendue au robinet d'habitude 😉
Avec des antibiotiques et une nouvelle prise de sang dans quelques temps j'espère qu'elle va guérir et vivre encore quelques mois confortables avec moi ❤️
Son estomac est enflammé et il faudrait pouvoir faire une endoscopie pour savoir s'il s'agit d'un cancer mais à son âge une anesthésie serait trop risquée alors la véto ne la conseille pas.
Cette nuit elle a enfin mangé et a demandé à boire aussi et maintenant elle dort.
Cela me rassure car hier en la ramenant elle semblait toute perdue et inquiète
Nous avons partagé des belles années ensemble et elle m'a donné beaucoup de bonheur ❤️❤️
Bon week end à tous et merci aux personnes qui ont pris des nouvelles
My redhead who turns 17 in five months suffering from severe pancreatitis was hospitalized three days to be infused because she stopped eating since last Saturday she would not drink it either which is hanging on the usual tap 😉
With antibiotics and a new blood test in some time I hope it will heal and live a few months with me comfortable ❤️
His stomach is inflamed and it should be able to do an endoscopy to see if it is a cancer, but at his age would be too risky anesthesia then the veto would not advise it.
That night she finally ate and asked to also drink and now she sleeps.
It reassures me because yesterday she seemed by reducing it any lost and worried
We shared wonderful years together and she gave me a lot of happiness ❤️❤️
Good weekend to all and thank you to people who have taken new.
Update 14 novembre 2015
Ma Poussy va mieux après 12 jours d'antibiotiques pour soigner sa pancréatite, elle mange et garde la nourriture surtout, la semaine prochaine elle devra avoir une prise de sang pour voir si les médicaments ont agi sur la pancréatite et l'inflammation de son estomac.
Merci à tous pour vos messages.
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My Poussy gets better after 12 days of antibiotics to cure his pancreatitis, she eats and keeps food especially, next week she should have a blood test to see if medications acted on pancreatitis and inflammation of the stomach .
Thank you all for your messages.
Update 22 novembre 2015
Le résultat de la prise de sang de mercredi dernier indique que les valeurs de la pancréatite ont diminué mais pas encore assez, donc elle doit encore prendre 10 jours d'antibiotiques Flagyl, puis on devrait refaire une nouvelle prise de sang.
On verra à ce moment-là …..
The result of last Wednesday's blood test indicates that the values of pancreatitis decreased but still not enough, so she still needs to take 10 days of antibiotic Flagyl, then we should make a new blood test.
We will see at that moment ... ..
That's how I feel becauseI just had an endoscopy and the results came back all good! ;
Been through a lot through 2016 and the start of this year....I had to have two different cancer surgeries ampulla of vater , a rare cancer.
Then, breast cancer at the start of this year, and rare, Spigelian hernia surgery...God has been with me through all of it and I can testify that even if you go through difficult times and sometimes life threatening ordeals, if you ask God to help you he will give you the strength to get through it!
Mise à jour vendredi 29 septembre :
Aujourd'hui, les nouvelles ne sont pas vraiment bonnes ... Le test des anti corps sanguins pour la PIF indique que les valeurs sont hautes mais ne peuvent pas affirmer à 100 % qu'elle est atteinte de la PIF donc elle va redemander une nouvelle analyse et les résultats de seront livrés que dans le milieu de la semaine prochaine.
La cortisone ne semble pas réduire l'inflammation de son oeil gauche, elle peut augmenter un peu la dose mais il y a un risque que cela aggrave son rhume ....
L'endoscopie sur son nez faite aujourd'hui a montré des parois bien enflammées, normal elle est enrhumée ! Le rinçage du nez a été fait aussi.
J'ai demandé si elle souffre ? La vétérinaire me dit qu'elle ne semble pas avoir des douleurs mais qu'elle est très gênée par son rhume.
Je n'aurai pas d'appel ce week-end et donc il faut attendre lundi pour savoir si le nouvel antibiotique qu'elle reçoit depuis hier fait effet pour stopper ce rhume.
J'ai dit que chaque jour les nouvelles m'attristent et que bientôt elle m'annoncera peut-être que Jade a un cancer .....
Alors je prendrai une décision en début de semaine à savoir la maintenir en vie avec un si gros rhume et un oeil pareillement enflammé et ne plus pouvoir manger par elle-même sans cette sonde dans l'oesophage.
Merci pour tous vos messages tout au long de ces jours.
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Mise à jour jeudi 28 septembre 2017 :
L'hôpital m'a appelée à 19 h pour me dire que le nez de Jade coule encore beaucoup malgré l'antibiotique depuis une semaine, alors demain la vétérinaire va changer l'antibiotique (je me suis dit que c'était peut-être le moment !)
Demain ils vont l'anesthésier pour lui faire un rinçage du nez et une endoscopie pour aller voir plus haut ses muqueuses.
Ses intestins ont enfin fonctionné, quelle chance !
Le résultat de la prise des sang et des anti corps pour savoir si elle a la PIF ou non n'est pas arrivé !! Depuis 3 jours que j'attends cette réponse ! Elle va appeler le laboratoire demain et faire revoir Jade par l'ophtalmologue.
J'espère que ce rinçage du nez et des nouveaux antibiotiques font faire cesser ce rhume et qu'ils pourront lui retirer la sonde pour manger.
Croisons les doigts pour que demain je ne reçoive pas des mauvaises nouvelles, j'ai eu mal à la tête aujourd'hui avec notre conversation d'hier.
Merci à tous pour votre soutien, je le dirai à Jade combien on l'aime ici.
Bisous à tous.
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Mise à jour mercredi 27 septembre :
Les résultats des tests sanguins pour savoir si elle a la PIF ou non ne sont pas encore arrivés.
Je rappelle que ce test des anti corps a été faits car l'inflammation de son oeil pourrait être un symptôme de la PIF.
Donc si elle n'a pas la PIF (ce que j'espère) de quoi vient ce décollement de rétine de son oeil ???
Jade reprend de la vigueur, mais elle est toujours très enrhumée ce qui veut dire qu'actuellement les antibiotiques n'agissent pas et nul ne sait quand ils feront de l'effet.
La vétérinaire me dit que je pourrais aller la chercher demain, mais comme elle a encore une sonde dans l'estomac depuis son oesophage pour la nourrir et qu'il faut lui donner des antibiotiques et de la cortisone par voie orale et des gouttes de cortisone dans les yeux, comment arriverai-je à lui administrer tout cela ? Cela va être trop difficile pour moi car Jade n'est pas facile à soigner. Alors j'ai demandé s'ils ne pouvaient pas la garder encore quelques jours car si son rhume guérit, elle pourrait peut-être à nouveau manger d'elle-même et ainsi la sonde serait retirée.
Vous savez que je suis impatiente de la récupérer mais pas dans ces conditions, chez moi ce serait l'hôpital !
Donc on rediscutera demain avec cette vétérinaire.
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Mise à jour mardi 26 septembre :
Jade avait de la fièvre hier aujourd'hui elle n'en a pas eue et elle est plus vive qu'hier.
Ils lui mettent des gouttes de cortisone dans les yeux et vont aussi lui en donner par voie orale.
J'ai demandé si je pouvais aller la voir mais ils me le déconseillent car c'est compliqué puisqu'elle est à l'isolement et ensuite Jade va croire que je viens la chercher et elle sera triste après que je ne l'emmène pas avec moi.
Malgré les antibiotiques elle est toujours enrhumée, ils disent que parfois cela peut agir au bout d'une semaine (on y arrive bientôt) cela dépend des chats.
Les résultats du test des anti corps dans le sang pour la PIF ne sont pas encore connus.
Voilà les nouvelles du jour. Qu'elle soit plus vive est un bon signe alors ce soir je reprends un peu espoir.
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Mise à jour lundi 25 septembre :
L'hôpital m'a appelée ce soir, Jade semble un peu plus éveillée, mais le rhume est toujours là et l'état de son oeil semble s'aggraver avec une inflammation de l'iris et un décollement de la rétine. J'imagine quelle perd la vue. ...
La vétérinaire pense que l'état de son oeil pourrait venir de la PIF (maladie mortelle pour le chat) , elle va reprendre du sang pour des nouvelles analyses et voir les anti corps. Il se peut qu'elle ait une infection bactérienne.
Le test du calici virus est négatif, mais il y a plusieurs familles de coryza.
Elle ne mange toujours pas d'elle-même, bien sûr elle a une sonde de l'oesophage à l'estomac et n'a probablement pas de sensation de faim, mais il est risqué de retirer la sonde si finalement elle ne mange pas puisque son nez est toujours bouché par le rhume.
La vétérinaire me rappellera demain soir pour donner des nouvelles.
Cela devient difficile de penser positif avec tout ce que cette vétérinaire m'a dit aujourd'hui.
Bien sûr un chat peut vivre avec le coryza mais au moindre stress il peut se re-déclarer, et si elle a une PIF (Péritonite infectieuse féline) je ne ferai pas d'acharnement ......
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Aujourd'hui 22 septembre, l'hôpital m'a appelée pour me dire que l'anesthésie s'est bien passée et que le scanner ne révèle pas d'abcès, ni de tumeur, ce qui est une bonne nouvelle au moins pour une tumeur, ils pensent qu'elle a une sévère rhinite un calicivirus de la famille du coryza ou de l’herpès. Je n’ai pas tout compris, cette dresse ne parle pas bien français. (Berne est en Suisse allemande).
Ils n'ont pas encore le résultat des analyses.
Hier ils excluaient le coryza et aujourd'hui ils en reparlent ou du moins de ce virus de la famille du coryza.
Elle ne mange toujours pas, ils ont posé une sonde depuis l'oesophage pour la nourrir. Ils continuent la perfusion et les antibiotiques.
Un ophtalmologue doit revenir examiner ses yeux puisque l'un des deux est devenu vert et enflé.
Elle va rester au Tierspital à Berne encore ce week-end et j'aurai des nouvelles informations lundi.
Je ne suis pas encore rassurée hélas .....
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Ma Jade est très malade depuis le 10 septembre, elle est enrhumée et donc sans odorat un chat ne mange plus. Mercredi dernier elle ne pesait plus que 2 kg aujourd'hui elle doit encore avoir perdu du poids car elle ne veut pas manger.
J'ai consulté 3 fois son vétérinaire le 12, le 15 et le 19 septembre, il lui a donné des antibiotiques qui n'ont fait aucun effet, et je suis passée par divers diagnostics différents : d'une rhinite à un corps étranger coincé dans son nez qui serait la cause de ses éternuements, puis au coryza et hier à peut-être un abcès..... Le coryza ayant été éliminé de la cause de sa maladie hier soir, parce qu'un oeil qui enfle ainsi ne figure pas dans les symptômes du coryza.
Elle est au Tierspital à Berne depuis mercredi et ce matin elle passera un scanner car hier un oeil est devenu vert et il enfle de plus en plus et il lui fait mal. Ils vont lui poser une sonde pour la nourrir. Elle est perfusée depuis mardi matin.
Berne est à 100 km de chez moi donc je ne l'ai pas revue depuis mercredi quand j'ai effectué son transfert là-bas.
L'hôpital m'appellera dans l'après-midi pour me donner le résultat du scanner.
Je suis bien triste et angoissée et elle me manque beaucoup ma choupette.
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Last Updated Friday 29 September:
Today the news is not really good ... The anti blood test for PIF indicates that the values are high but can not say 100% that she is infected with BIP so she will ask for a new analysis and results will be delivered only in the middle of next week.
Cortisone does not seem to reduce the inflammation of its left eye, it can increase a little the dose but there is a risk that it aggravates its cold ....
The endoscopy on her nose made today showed the walls well inflamed, normal she is a cold! The rinsing of the nose was also done.
I asked if she is suffering? The veterinarian tells me that she does not seem to have pain but that she is very embarrassed by her cold.
I will not have a call this weekend and so we must wait until Monday to know if the new antibiotic she receives since yesterday has effect to stop this cold.
I said that every day the news makes me sad and that soon she will announce to me that Jade has a cancer .....
So I will make a decision at the beginning of the week to keep it alive with such a big cold and a similarly inflamed eye and not be able to eat by itself without this probe in the esophagus.
Thanks for all your messages throughout these days.
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Updated Thursday, September 28, 2017:
The hospital called me at 7 pm to tell me that the nose of Jade still flows a lot despite the antibiotic for a week, so tomorrow the veterinarian will change the antibiotic (I thought maybe it was the moment !)
Tomorrow they go to anesthetize it to make a rinsing of the nose and an endoscopy to go to see higher its mucous membranes.
His intestines finally worked, what a chance!
The result of taking blood and anti bodies to know if she has the PIF or not has not arrived !! For 3 days I have been waiting for this answer! She's going to call the lab tomorrow and see Jade again by the ophthalmologist.
I hope that this rinsing of the nose and the new antibiotics cause to stop this cold and that they will be able to withdraw the probe to him to eat.
Let's cross our fingers so that tomorrow I do not get bad news, I had a headache today with our conversation yesterday.
Thank you all for your support, I will tell Jade how much we love him here.
Kisses to all.
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Last Updated Wednesday 27 September:
The results of the blood tests to know whether she has the PIF or not have not yet arrived.
I recall that this antibody test was done because the inflammation of his eye could be a symptom of PIF.
So if it does not have the PIF (which I hope) what does this retina detachment from its eye ???
Jade regains strength, but it is still very cold, which means that antibiotics do not currently act and no one knows when they will make the effect.
The veterinarian told me that I could go and get her tomorrow but as she still has a probe in her stomach from her esophagus to feed her and that she must be given antibiotics and oral cortisone and drops of cortisone in the eyes, how shall I manage to administer all this? This is going to be too difficult for me as Jade is not easy to care for. So I asked if they could not keep it for a few more days because if her cold heals, she might perhaps eat again on her own and so the probe would be removed.
You know I can not wait to get it back, but not in these conditions, at home it would be the hospital!
So we will discuss this tomorrow with this veterinarian.
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Last Updated Tuesday 26 September:
Jade had a fever yesterday today she did not have and it is more lively than yesterday.
They put cortisone drops in his eyes and will also give it orally.
I asked if I could go see her but they advise against it because it is complicated since she is in isolation and then Jade will believe that I come to look for her and she will be sad after I do not take her with me.
In spite of the antibiotics she is always cold, they say that sometimes it can act after a week (it arrives soon) it depends on the cats.
The results of the antibody test in blood for FIP are not yet known.
That is the news of the day. That it is more lively is a good sign so tonight I take a little hope.
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Last Updated Monday 25 September:
The hospital called me tonight, Jade seems a little more awake, but the cold is still there and the condition of his eye seems to get worse with inflammation of the iris and detachment of the retina. I imagine what loses sight. ...
The veterinarian thinks that the state of her eye could come from the PIF (deadly disease for the cat), she will take blood for new analyzes and see the anti-bodies. She may have a bacterial infection.
The calici virus test is negative, but there are several families of coryza.
She still does not eat of herself, of course she has an esophagus probe in the stomach and probably does not feel hungry, but it is risky to remove the probe if she finally does not eat since his nose is always blocked by the cold.
The veterinarian will call me tomorrow evening to give some news.
It becomes difficult to think positively with everything this veterinarian told me today.
Of course a cat can live with coryza but at the least stress it can re-declare, and if she has a PIF (infectious feline peritonitis) I will not be fierce ......
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Update :
Today, September 22, the hospital called me to tell me that the anesthesia went well and that the scanner does not reveal any abscess or tumor, which is good news at least for one tumor, they think she has a severe rhinitis a calicivirus from the family of coryza or herpes. I did not understand everything, this set does not speak French well. (Berne is in German-speaking Switzerland).
They do not yet have the results of the analyzes.
Yesterday they excluded the coryza and today they talk about it or at least of this virus of the coryza family.
She still does not eat, they put a probe from the esophagus to feed her. They continue the infusion and antibiotics.
An ophthalmologist must come back to examine his eyes since one of the two became green and swollen.
She will stay at the Tierspital in Bern again this weekend and I will have news on Monday.
I am not yet reassured alas .....
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My Jade is very sick since September 10, she is a cold and so without smell a cat does not eat any more. Last Wednesday she weighed only 2 kg today she must still have lost weight because she does not want to eat.
I consulted his veterinarian three times on the 12th, 15th and 19th September, he gave him antibiotics that had no effect, and I went through various diagnoses: from a rhinitis to a foreign body stuck in his nose that would be the cause of his sneezing, then to the coryza and yesterday to perhaps an abscess ..... The coryza having been eliminated from the cause of his illness last night, because an eye that swells thus does not does not appear in the symptoms of coryza.
She is at the Tierspital in Bern since Wednesday and this morning she will pass a scan because yesterday an eye has become green and it swells more and more and it hurts. They will put a probe to feed her. She is infused since Tuesday morning.
Bern is 100 km from my home so I have not seen it since Wednesday when I made his transfer there.
The hospital will call me in the afternoon to give me the result of the scan.
I am very sad and anguished and I miss my little heart.
My dubious past has caught up with me at last. Just after coming back from Svalbard in the Spring last year I got a sore back and within a couple of weeks I was paralyzed on the right side of my trunk with difficulty breating. I had a number of scans that uncovered Thoracic Radiculopathy, damage to my thoracic vertebral bodies that has obstructed the nerves coming out of the right side of my spine feeding my trunk, intercostal muscles that help me breathe and my right arm. Intensive physio and manipulation and meds have got me back to a level but this time unfortunately more is needed. So, a quick trip into hospital for spinal endoscopy to take a peak as a work up for the big one! They say sport is good for you but not in may case. Years of hockey and rugby and cycling have taken it's toll, well I enjoyed it when I was playing.
So, just waiting for outpatients next week to gather together all the results of the raft of investigations to discuss the way forward. Good job I have a friend from my days at St Mary's who is overseeing proceedings!
It was a Trans Nasal Endosopy, so you can talk during the procedure. Carol who carried it out was brill.
I attached in EF12 extension tube to my 100mm f/2.8L macro on my 1DMarkIV...had lots of fun today! Lightly textured with Flypaper Tintype #6 in overlay mode then masked to removed all but the edges...
So...been busy taking pics of lots of new flowers I got for my patio...and some cut flowers too (see Peony below)...plus going back/forth with my hubby to the ER and hospital stays..over the last week...he is now home...and okay for now .. on meds....at first he was diagnosed with a partial upper bowel obstruction..but now the latest test didn't show that...so...sent home with pain meds plus on liquid only diet..til he can see the Gastro dr Tuesday and then they plan on doing an endoscopy...poor guy...he has been having so much unbearable pain..we thought for sure when we went back to the ER yesterday, that they would finally do surgery...this time they didn't do a CatScan though only a regular xray without any contrast...and didn't see the partial obstruction..I hope it wasn't because of only doing an exam instead of Cat Scan...of which he had three in the last week alone...not good as he only has one kidney and so on....anyway..now they don't know what is going on...has been a long week..and now we don't know what will happen and/or how he will get better...I guess we have to practice patience...I am rather upset they would not just do the endoscopy while in the ER last night...but the gastro dr..said no..we will do out of hospital..probably some dang health insurance thing or something...anyway no pain so far since 4 am this a.m. anyway...as long as he doesn't eat solid food...eesshhh...
Entered in Hydrangea contest in Floral Essence 9/14/13
Toyo View camera / Shneider Symmar 150mm f5.6 / Agfa Multicontrast Premium MCP 310 paper negative
There is something deeply unholy about modding an endoscopy camera and going outside to take half frame pictures. The thing is not too practical because the focussing screen is, well, not meant for this kind of things and lacks a matte screen. My life is made easier in this endeavour by the Industar 50-II that came with the camera doubling as a body cap.
So, the Supriz is based on the Zenit 19, which I have never had in my hands, but I very much would like to handle some day. The first thing that really surprised me, apart from the lack of a matte screen, was that the electronic shutter DOES work without a battery... but only for what I assume is the top speed of 1/500, as it closes REALLY fast. So the electronic part of the thing is there to actually DELAY the shutter action. When I think I won't ever be surprised anymore, the USSR goes nuh-uh!
Finally got to see an ENT specialist today - I had an endoscopy and it turns out that I have a deviated septum. Waiting time for my next consultation is going to be about 4 months - and then who knows how long until I get an operation - but I'll be telling them that I'll be happy to take any short notice cancellations, so fingers crossed. Stopped off at my local Morrisons on the way back from the hospital - first time I'd passed through its doors in two years...
This is the final installment from the Hawaiian vacation! My wife's hospital visit shortened my photography forays and had limited opportunities to shoot! We did have some of the more impressive sunsets and these are the final two scenes! The first shot was taken from the balcony of the condominium overlooking Kaanapali while the panoramic crop on the last photo was taken the same evening but from the grounds of the condominium!
If anyone is interested in more photos from Hawaii fell free to browse the various albums in my photostream! I will be having an endoscopy tomorrow and so will be gone most on the day! Will definitely catch up with everyone when I get the time!
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The good new is yesterday is behind me, the endoscopy went OK, a bit uncomfortable, and nothing untoward was found. Now I feel like sharing this photo which I took last week, last Thursday to be precise, while observing strict social distancing prior to the procedure, not clever. Other than this outing for the photo the only other times I set foot across my doorstep was the morning dog walk at 5am. The way I figured it nobody is about at that time in the morning, and same for this photo session, however I did feel a bit guilty driving back in case I had a mishap with the car. I suppose if that happened I would just tell the hospital and the procedure would have been cancelled. I was keen to get out to try a new lens, as it was the first native lens for my Canon Eos R, the RF 24-105 f4 L. It’s a bit of a luxury as I’d have an EF 24-105 f4 L mk I, but I have to to say this new lens seems to be a good step up. So this session was a bit of a test as I don’t usually point my camera directly at the rising sun as flaring would have been horrible, but this lens has not made a bad job of it, that said I’m still not to enamoured with the effect.
Like the Common Yellowthroat in this photo, I'm not quite sure witchety way to go this morning. I'm booked in the endoscopy center but also have a Department of Medicine meeting at the same time. Maybe I'll just go hang out by the scrubby brush on the edge of the marsh like this boisterously vocal little bird? On the other hand, I'd disappoint a lot of patients who took time off from their busy schedules to have their testing completed. Oh well, I'll have to leave nature for another day! #CommonYellowthroat.
This might be of interest to any dog owners out there.
Our dog Lowena got caught up in this bush with these heads coming off on her legs, we were franticly brushing them off while trying to stop her pulling them off herself, sadly she has ingested bits of this which have made her extremely ill.
Not only the toxins in this but the sharpness of these bits and pieces has scratched her mouth and Esophagus , we will know more on Monday when she has a general anaesthetic and an Endoscopy procedure and scan to see what is going on .
Been a busy week with a concert in which i had 2 solo's and a visit to the Hospital for an Endoscopy so I haven't found much time to do any macro :(
It has unfortunately been raining all week, so going outside for some macro is off the table, so with this fly that got trapped at the window sill i decided to do a stack after i accidentally killed it whilst trying to show it the way out...
I began with a stack with the 10x, something i just can't seem to do with the stacking machine my friend built, moving distances of 0.01 just isn't fine enough and will be set aside till i can figure out a solution.
The 4x went on and i got 260 or so images to stack.
Zerene stacker went on and i stacked both Pmax and Dmap for some retouching of the harsh outcome Pmax gave me...
In Photoshop i retouched the background and decreased the vividness of the blue to bring out details in the subject. I then sharpened the subject to finalize the details, mainly it's eyes.
The image seemed too contrasted so i decreased this a little and set the curves/light to auto which did a pretty good job.
White balance was off so i decrease the redness and this brought out its wonderful purple eyes.
If anyone has anymore questions about my work message me please, happy to help. As for my stacking device, build one for next to nothing or buy one from amazon, some of you have asked whether stacking is worth it so i included a single image below to show you why stacking is necessary with a wide open aperture and or Microscope Objective.
Larger image is here worth a look : www.flickr.com/photos/sequentialmacro/7564475846/sizes/k/...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) Russian novelist
Not a great picture, at all. And I feel the processing is weird. I wasn't happy with it, but I was sort of too nervous yesterday to be creative because I had to go to the doctor and was out all day. And this morning I have to get ready for an endoscopy, so this will have to do for now.
Secret # 10: I don't drink alcoholic beverages of any kind, never tasted the stuff. I know most people probably think I'm the most boring person ever(and believe me, if you don't agree now, you will when I'm done with the secrets project), but I'm just not interested in drinking. I'm not even curious as to how it tastes. ;)
Emptiness
Every three months or so, I go to a nearby hospital for treatment of my eyes. (I still can't get over that I pay people a lot of money to stick needles in my eyes.) The ophthalmology wing is always very crowded. But today I discovered that just around the corner, the endoscopy center is nearly deserted. .While I'm no fan of injections into my eyeballs, I think I prefer that to what they do in the endoscopy center.
I was diagnosed a little over a year ago with Ulcerative Colitis, and during this time I have had an endoscopy, a colonoscopy, two flexible sigmoidoscopies, medication changes, acupuncture sessions, chiropractic sessions, and many consults with various doctors and specialists.
Well, yesterday marked my second acupuncture session and my diet consult with my acupuncturist/chiropractor. He said that in order to escape the pain of my acute flare-ups from UC, it would be in my best interest to become Vegan.
I know I can do it and have actually thought of becoming a Vegan before. If you have any Vegan recipes, cook book recommendations, or tips for me, I would love to hear them.
I don't know how this is all going to turn out in the end, but I am more than willing to do it if it means being well again.
Hope you are all having a lovely weekend... miss you... hope to feel well enough soon to be back here on a more regular basis...
this is how you would see me if i am about to do your gastroscopy! lol!
i was tasked to take some photos to place in the brochure to promote our new endoscopy unit at the asian hospital and medical center and this is one of the shots i took.
First, I apologize for this horrible shot, and all I can say is that you are lucky you can't smell what I smelled :-)
We had 3 options there...
1. Surgery - to cut the abdomen, and pull that cap out. The risk seemed too high for me, and I elected not to go there.
2. Endoscopy - to try and pull the cap out through her esophagus, but looking at her stomach that was full with food, I knew this would be a nearly impossible mission.
3. Induce vomiting... one injection that results in vomiting just 30 seconds later. Of course there was a risk there (or having the cap injuring her esophagus), but because there was so much food in her stomach, I hoped it would coat the cap and enable it to come out safely.
Manny went to his doctor for an upper GI Endoscopy. However, the Doc didn't get past Manny's throat before asking if Manny would be interested in a new career with Doctor Fred's Freak Show!
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It's so hard to reckon how sick he is when he feels like this so much of the time. Blame it on his youth. A visit to a second internal medicine specialist, where they performed an ultrasound, revealed a thickening of two of the layers of his small intestines. No official diagnosis can be rendered without biopsies. Unfortunately the section that is thickened cannot be reached by endoscopy and they would therefore need to open him up and take biopsies that way. Some good news; back on antibiotics, a strict diet of ground beef and oatmeal and for 4 days has not had any blood or mucous in his stool. I will also be giving him Vitamin B12 injections weekly. The first one was today and my gosh I was nervous as I hate needles, but it went just fine and he didn't even flinch. Please keep my sweetest boy in your thoughts.
When Brian Murray, GM of the Ottawa Senators, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, never having done a colonoscopy, I embarked on a mission to get one done ASAP. That was over a year and half ago. Finally got it done on day 57.
First I had to find a family doctor, as mine had retired. After a long search, I finally found one. Then I had to convinced her that I should get a referral for one. She said I was too young, and had no family history. After insisting that my family history was skewed since my father died so young, at 62, she relented and gave me a referral. That was back in July of last year. I had one scheduled in January that I had to rescheduled to Feb 26.
Can't really take a picture of the actual procedures, so you get the directions to the endoscopy area, and I must say that this was the best signage I've ever seen inside an hospital. Ever time you turned a corner, a new sign would be available to continue guiding you inside the maze. Brilliant.
The actual procedures, well, let just say that I don't remember anything (wonderful drugs), and everything was perfect. Sorry for the long post, but I think it was important to share. I intent to live a long, active, and healthy life, so one must do those regular check up.
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The Dr. took several biopsies today during my Endoscopy. I am hoping and praying they come back negative so I don't have to have 2 sep. surgeries. THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER I WOKE UP FROM ANESTHESIA AND I WAS NOT FEELING ALL THAT WELL. :(
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Looking up towards one of the larger sails from inside the Concert Hall Northern Foyer.
The Concert Hall is the largest performance venue of SOH with 2,678 seats. It contains the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ, the largest mechanical tracker action organ in the world, with over 10,000 pipes........Wikipedia
Concert Hall Northern Foyer, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia (Friday 28 May 2010 @ 1:47pm).
Given the nature of the building, any reason to walk on by it is a good one.
Shot on the Olympus OM1 using Portra 800. C41 processed.
First of all, I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has taken the time to express their concern for Wookie through comments or emails. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your kindness and caring.
My last update was Saturday... right before we took him back to his regular vet for the fourth time. His regular vet still couldn't find anything specifically wrong, and discharged him with antibiotics.
On Sunday morning, we found that he had vomited a huge amount in his crate. Mixed in with everything was what appeared to be a large chunk of an IAMS tartar treat. Wookie was cowering and screaming in pain whenever we touched him. I put the chunk in a baggie and rushed him to the off-hours emergency vet clinic.
They put him on IV fluids and doggie morphine and said they needed to keep him until his regular vet reopened Monday morning. When we called to check on him, they said he had vomited another large chunk of the IAMS biscuit.
We picked him up from the emergency clinic on Monday and took him back to his regular vet. He had never looked so awful - his tail was pinned between his legs, he could barely stand on his own, and he felt cold. His temperature was down to 98 (normal for a dog is 101.5 or so) - his pulse and respiration were half the normal rate.
His regular vet examined him again and immediately got on the phone to our regional veterinary teaching hospital at Virginia Tech. We rushed down there (about a two and a half hour drive)
The vet team at Tech was absolutely wonderful with Wookie. They wanted to rule out all possible structural and metabolic causes before they focused on the fact that he vomited up two huge treat chunks and may be suffering effects from a foreign object stuck in his stomach.
They did more bloodwork and an ultrasound. The bloodwork came back perfect for the most part -- except for markers for malnourishment. (that wasn't a surprise since Wookie really hasn't eaten for nine days). The ultrasound showed that his digestive tract looked empty and normal. The vet did caution us that ultrasounds are not foolproof, they can miss things due to all the curves and folds in the digestive tract. Endoscopy and exploratory surgery are the only foolproof ways (both are done under anesthesia) to see if there is a foreign body in a dog's digestive tract.
She wanted to avoid putting Wookie under anesthesia, and treat him more conservatively. She decided to keep him at Virginia Tech as an inpatient. She's been giving him a small "meatball-sized" meal every few hours and tracking his progress. If Wookie keeps the meals down and eventually passes them normally, she's going to assume that the vomited treat chunks were his problem.
She called us about 15 minutes ago, and told us that Wookie has now had 4 mini-meals and has not vomited. He's also looking more energetic and happy. So maybe I can dare to hope that he has finally rounded the corner! She'll call again this evening and if he is still doing well, he might be able to come home tomorrow!
If he does start vomiting again, they will likely do the endoscopy and surgery. I really hope it won't come to that. Wookie has been through so much misery these past ten days.
Incidentally, I had suspected this IAMS tartar treat since the very beginning, but the symptoms and tests did not back my theory up. I suppose there is a lot to be said for intuition. Also -- for other dog owners -- these IAMS treats were specifically created to compete against Greenies. IAMS claims they are safer, 100% digestible and edible, and "so hard that your pet won't be able to break the treats into chunks large enough to disrupt digestion". Wookie is not an aggressive chewer and he was watched the whole time he ate his IAMS treat. He ate it quickly, but not that quickly. This was the first IAMS treat Wookie ever had in his life. It is also the LAST one Wookie (or any of my dogs) will *ever* get. I'm amazed that two large chunks of this treat floated around, undigested, in his stomach for NINE days.
Poor little Wookie only weighs 13 pounds right now. :(
These are the tartar biscuits that caused his troubles: www.petco.com/Shop/petco_Product_R_1899_PC_productlist_Na...
unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something :-) Dick Butkus
june 2 is my 5 year flickr pro anniversary. many thanks to the good people of flickr for diligently reminding me each year it is time to renew my account.
this year, i have chosen to commemorate my anniversary by scheduling an endoscopy procedure for 8 am, so it will be several hours before i can visit.
i do want to thank the many friends i have made here on flickr, and acknowledge those from whom i have learned so much.
take care friends, have a great day!! :-)
rose, 'Dream Come True', little theater rose garden, raleigh,north carolina
Well, many of us recognize this "style." Ugh. I have had abdominal pain since the day before Thanksgiving, and today, I had an upper endoscopy. In years past, I have had a hernia repair, and that was suspect; also possibility of an ulcer. We don't have all the info in yet, but hope to know what we are going to do with me by Monday. Yikes. As the saying goes- THIS IS ONLY A TEST! but what that means is that nothing is solved, and I am still in pain . . . I always seem to do the fun stuff during holidays. :(
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Tommy loves looking out the window in the morning. Had telehealth visit... I have barrett's esophagus. I have to stay on pills for forever plus get more endoscopies. Bleh.
Tyler wishes his Flickr friends a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
And, he wants to say 'thank you' for thinking of him yesterday during the endoscopy. His blood work, x-ray, and ultrasound were all normal. However, the endoscopy revealed that the folds inside his stomach are very pronounced. This could just be a quirky thing about him, it's hard to say. His vet biopsied the area and she should have results on Monday. We are hoping it gives us a clue how to help his reflux, and that it is nothing serious.
Tyler loves his Flickr friends. Y'all are the best.
Some parrot Tulips..
Even though they thought they got all of my cancer when I had my major surgery, they're concerned that there could be some stray cells 'floating' around in my body.. They give you a histologic grade 1-4, 1 being the mildest and 4 the most aggressive.. mine was three , that's a pretty aggressive type. Had a cat scan a couple weeks ago to see if they could see any cancerous growths.. I was happy to hear that it was okay! Thank you Lord!!! I am choosing not to do chemo..Yes it kills cancer cells, but it kills a lot of good stuff too.. I'm thinking about quality of life.. There is no guarantees in life for anything, but I want to be able to be outside in nature.
On this past Tuesday I had a couple of per-cancerous lesions two on my leg and one small one on my nose..They did Cryosurgery, a method where they use extremely cold nitrogen - 196 degrees to literally 'freeze' and destroy the lesions. I was so relieved to hear that they were precancerous! . In January I'll be have an endoscopy to see if there are any new cancerous growths..Just trying to stay positive, trust in the Lord and live and enjoy each day as it comes... I always feel closest to God when I'm out in Nature.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!!
This is the final installment from the Hawaiian vacation! My wife's hospital visit shortened my photography forays and had limited opportunities to shoot! We did have some of the more impressive sunsets and these are the final two scenes! The first shot was taken from the balcony of the condominium overlooking Kaanapali while the panoramic crop on the last photo was taken the same evening but from the grounds of the condominium!
If anyone is interested in more photos from Hawaii fell free to browse the various albums in my photostream! I will be having an endoscopy tomorrow and so will be gone most on the day! Will definitely catch up with everyone when I get the time!
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