My dear, sweet Larry was finally moved form the Memorial Cardiac Care unit to "Country Villa" skilled nursing today, now that they've determined there are no serious heart issues. The transfer hapened at about noon, and went along to make sure he got settled in. The place is OK from the outside, but the rooms are shabby and dim, with 3 men to a room. The noise is constant - TVs, people calling for help, nurses and aides talking, it never stops.
I had to leave for a while as my family was
The Red Queen theory of biology says that a species has to continually evolve just to keep pace with the competition. If the gazelles get faster, the lions have to get faster too, or they won't be able to survive. The name comes from Alice in Wonderland, when the Red Queen explains to Alice that on the chessboard you have to run as fast as you can just to stay in the same place, and that you have to go a good deal faster than that if you actually want to get somewhere.
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Larry had a long day today in the cardiac care ward at Memorial. Stress test with Adenosine to see how his heart is working, then CT stan to check for clots because of an elevaed d-dimer test (I looked it up on line, it means they are looking for clots in the legs and/or lungs). Finally done about 5PM, ate a decent dinner but not much in the mode for conversation. I am not sure the realizes that he sounds like a Golden Retriever when he taks: "Booooow owwww ooooh wooooowwwww". Lots of finger
