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    warfarin and bleeding

    I'm blaming the iron! I'm blaming the iron! http://www.livestrong.com/article/275925-iron-supplement-effects-on-stool-color/
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    Can't find the Lodwick cheat sheet

    Diana here for hubby. He is normally steady as a rock with his INR. But a wicked flu/ bronchitis/antibiotic seige has him up at 6.0 His range is 2.5-3.5. Normal dosage is 6 mg /day. Can someone kindly glance at their cheat sheet and tell us the percentange we need to decrease and for how...
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    Happy Birthday Mike (59)

    Thanks for the bd wishes!!!!!!! Mike
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    This is extremely Post Op

    I guess there are probably 2 wires. Let's hope the other one stays put!
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    This is extremely Post Op

    When I was discharged from the hospital 5.5 years ago following double valve replacement they cut the wires of my temporary pacemaker off at my skin and told me that they would just pull back inside, which they did. I hadn't thought anything about those wires until today. A couple of days ago...
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    Finally released from hospital

    HURRAH! May 2010 be a kindly year. Mike & Diana
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    Five years ago today, Christmas Eve...

    ... I had just permitted the surgical staff at University Hospital in Syracuse, NY, to whisk my husband away for mitral and aortic valve replacements. Working on invalid and misleading concepts I had gleaned on the "net", I expected to have him out of surgery and in recovery in an hour and a...
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    Our Dog Andromeda Is Paralyzed Again...

    hang in there hang in there we know you will do the right things for Andie... blessings, Diana and Mike
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    Re:swine flu

    fighting the flu fighting the flu We have seen some pretty amazing "avoidance" of the flu in families here in central New York by vigilant washing (hands AND face--every time you think of it!), eating right, and resting whenever you can. One young family has immune-compromised twins and a...
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    brian back in the hospital - 3rd time this summer

    Oh, Mom, Oh, Mom, I really think you were fighting with his depression, not the kid. And you were wise to get away for a bit. You are doing an impossible job with such a sick son --- and I, for one, think you are doing a remarkable and wonderful job. And if he was simply being a nineteen...
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    Will the Swine Flu become pandemic?

    How the new swine flu kills the young and healthy... How the new swine flu kills the young and healthy... I thought this was interesting---especially as an "older" diabetic married to an "older" husband with a repaired heart. They lecture us sternly about the annual flu occurences with the...
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    If you are interested in Native American stories:

    A map for the children? A map for the children? To find their way home? Then I would say it is indeed a treasure map. Thanks for sharing with us, Dennis. Diana
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    Post your Easter Pictures:

    no cute kids no cute kids but pretty colors! Diana
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    Article about ICU infection control

    our experience our experience In the Cardio-Pulmonary Intensive Care unit at University Hospital at Syracuse, NY (Upstate Medical University) the cleaning staff was extremely thorough in the patient rooms---the visitor waiting room was a disaster, but not those high-risk cubicles! Everything...
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    My Secretary............

    Why the Printer won't work Why the Printer won't work Our niece sent us this: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/vids/?action=view&current=cvUMHvLZ.flv Diana and Mike
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