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I'm Katie, welcome to my page!

I created this page to keep family and friends updated on the my life with Chiari Malformation type 1, and Syringomyelia.

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  THURSDAY, JULY 03, 2008 11:14 AM, CDT
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Lessons


Well, I quit the job. It was humiliating and all other things in that realm, but it is done and now I get to play a waiting game (you know how I love these). I emailed my former boss Tuesday afternoon and have yet to get any response. I know I'm being a little impatient, but if I can't get a job there, I really need to be applying elsewhere (I'm going to them first because I left under the pretense of quitting teaching altogether and I think it's probably best if I go back to them before I go to any other schools, no need to burn any bridges).

In other news, I got bit on the butt by a spider in the shower this morning. It was small and brown (but does not appear to be a brown recluse) and hurt something fierce, but I seem to not be suffering any ill effects from it so far (sadly no ability to shoot webs out of my hands either...).

After the spider shower I had an appointment with the boob doctor where I finally got some good news for a change. The incision is healed, though it has a small hole in it. They're not going to re-silver nitrate it because it's closed and it just isn't necessary at this juncture. The plan is to wait a year and then do a minor (in office, not surgical) scar revision to fix that so I don't have to clean it out every day for the rest of my life. They can't do it sooner because hey guess what? My body does not so much like to heal, so they have to give it time to finish healing now before they can do anything else.

She also went ahead and did a quick ultrasound and everything is healing nicely, no big pockets of bright yellow (not that you can see the color on an u/s, but you get the idea) fluid or snot for that matter, so I can stop compressing it, which is the best news I've gotten in a while.

My summer school class is kicking my (spider-bitten) butt right now, as it requires a seriously large amount of time each day for studying. The daily quizzes are not my favorite, especially when we have homework assignments as well, it just seems unnecessary.

I was able to go yesterday and order new glasses to replace the ones that were stolen. I just grabbed an old pair of frames and was pleasantly surprised when the lenses (plastic this time, need to save the money) were only 60 bucks. I was not surprised when I got a call this morning letting me know that that was an error and they're actually about 80 bucks more. Story of my life these days. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Everything else is going alright, just trying to hold it together waiting to hear about my job and staying on top of the school work. I have a test Monday or Tuesday (should know by tonight), so I'll have a nice 3 day weekend to get ready for that.

I hope everyone is well and I hope to be back with really good news soon. I hope.

Be safe, be well and as always, be strong and prayerful.

Katie
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HOSPITAL INFORMATION
Tulane University Hospital
1415 Tulane Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112
United States