This was an injured bald eagle at the Fort Worth zoo.
I’m still feeling winded, but hopefully my bloodwork will show my counts are going up again. I don’t want to go through another hospitalization just to wait on blood. I can do that at home and then go back in. 🙂
I’m off to put my foot up to elevate the broken toe.
Hope to get some writing done today. I didn’t while I was hospitalized this time.
Hope you have some fun planned today!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Yep. Just went in for an x-ray and learned I have a broken toe, but my care team wanted me to have my blood drawn because my hemoglobin was so low. Well, why didn’t they give me blood on Wednesday when I had to get platelets?
So Friday night, my foot was so swollen, I went in for an x-ray. I broke the toe on Thursday. They ran tests on my blood, found my hemoglobin had dropped even more, now I need blood. No problem. Except they can’t get the blood. I’m special. Ha!
So Friday, no blood, Saturday, no blood, and I’m stuck in the hospital. They won’t release me until they can get blood. More blood tests. My blood has dropped lower. No blood. More blood tests. It went up 0.1. Not good enough. On Sunday at 2 am, they finally have blood. I’ve had the transfusion. But now they’re waiting on my blood work to see if it’s enough.
And all of this because I went in for an x-ray.
Hope your day is better than mine. I’m hoping I get out of here soon. But I have my doubts.
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
I love hawks, falcons, eagles. This one I shot at the Dallas Zoo.
Well, all my blood counts have dropped. I’ve been so out of breath and fatigued, but now I know why. We left at 6:30 am to go to MD Anderson, and then didn’t get home until 8 pm. I was so worn out. I had 7 appointments and thankfully, my daughter took me because I had to get a bone marrow biopsy. I’m so sore. I had to get platelets. If my hemoglobin doesn’t rise next week, I’ll have to get blood. They took 14 vials of blood from me. I’m already low on blood. lol
Hope your day is super fun!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Who wins? The woodpecker is a juvenile and the blue jay normally doesn’t bow down to other birds. So what do you think? The woodpecker won. Sometimes, even if you’re the downtrodden little guy, the underdog, you still can make a difference.
Today is the bad, terrible, awful day. Yep, time for another bone marrow biopsy. It’s been about 5 months since I’ve had one, so much better than every month. But they’re awful, painful, and hurt for a couple of days or longer.
Got to run. Hope you have a fantastic day. Mine will be great once this is over. I have 5 other appointments also. Ugh.
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Gnus were in Omaha. I wish my son still lived there. I had so much fun going to their zoo and wildlife reserve and all the parks and hiking trails, museums, etc.
Brrr, cold 35 this morning. But it will get to 60 today. Yay. Tomorrow will be 70! Even better. I would be happy to have 70 degrees year-round. lol
I managed to write another 1,000 words on Bear in Pursuit. I usually can get 2,000 words, but struggling to get 1,000 words right now per day. But I’m happy with how it’s coming along.
Hope you have a fun day!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
I love them. I thought it was a very fat butterball goldfinch, until I realized it was a warbler. I got really close to her. She wasn’t sure about flying away. Really pretty little bird.
I finally managed a 1,000 words on Bear in Pursuit yesterday, hope to do more today. I’m kind of stuck on where to go on it.
Have a beautiful first day in February! It’s cold here!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
