I guess I'll start with Mabel since she is weighing on my mind the most. We finally got her regulated to the point that she was getting insulin at 50 units am and 45 units pm -- this was keeping her urine glucose in check. Well, right when you think things are okay... NOT. Memorial Day she had her first diabetic seizure. Break out the karo syrup and attempt to get it on her tongue while her teeth are clenched shut... it was rough, we got through it. No insulin that night. Tuesday morning no sugar in pee, no insulin, Tuesday night, pee glucose at 500, dropped her down to 40 units of insulin... this went on with no rhyme or reason until Thursday morning... forty minutes after her insulin she had another seizure. Rushed her to the vet for blood work, okay. Get home, within minutes another seizure. The vet says the best part of this is that we had blood work one hour after a seizure and one hour before a seizure, apparently speaking "vet" this was the best opportunity for blood work to see what was happening during the seizures. Turns out her blood sugar was almost zero - so close to diabetic coma... okay, can't even go there mentally. It also showed that her fructosamine was mid-high. I'm not a doctor/vet but apparently this shows what has been going on with her for the past 6 weeks. She most definitely needs insulin. So now we are back to 20 units am and 20 units pm. Apparently Mabel is just like the rest of this house and runs hot and cold... never a middle ground. The vet decided that instead of following her urine glucose levels, we'll just track them and use her thirst levels for insulin adjustments. All I can say is thank God I work from home and can monitor her as much as possible.
I guess my weight loss would be next. I haven't lost any weight in almost three weeks, I guess the good in this is that I've been adding carbs back and haven't gained any weight either. Strange part is my weight is moving around, if that makes any sense at all? Here are three pics to date, the right being the most recent, still weighing the same, fat's just moving somewhere? Oh goodness, I'm wearing shorts too, I haven't done that in a very long time! See, I told you I have a bunch of these shirts, super thin oh-so-comfy t-shirts (now getting super baggy). Oh, one more thing, in case I haven't mentioned this, thank you all for being so very supportive through this!
Up next... a recent trip to Joann's to use up my expiring coupons resulted in an awesome deal. I purchased yet another 6.5" ruler. I own two, well three now, but this way I am able to lose it, just like the others! I also got some bigger mirrors (12") for wholecloth designing. But the best deal was a faux-silk (yep, did the burn test) in a luxurious copper-penny color. Ready, it was originally 21.99 (a bit high for faux I think), marked-down three times to $6 and since it was 50% off Red-Tag fabric I got it for $3/yard. WOW, that was a super unexpected sale!
Isn't it gorgeous! I am amazed that is is faux - it catches the light and adjusts color just like real silk, but yet it melted like plastic. Guess it's just a really good faux silk - as beautiful as it is, I will accept it! Here is a little peek of what is going on it... sorry, but that's all you can see right now!
See, I told you tons of stuff going on over here...
On to old/new business. A while ago I received some embroidery files from Cristy at Purple Daisies. For those of you that don't know, she is daughter to the amazing Sharon Schamber (someone I am both honored and proud to call friend). Anyway, Sharon has been working on digitizing her beautiful quilting into embroidery files. Let me tell you, they are amazing! I had made this super cute mini-quilt using the files Cristy sent. For those of you that don't know me well, I created it, quilted it, binded it, and the put it on the table and covered it... normal-ness in my house. Well, I just found it the other day and shipped it right off to Cristy with an apology for being my own forgetful self... gotta take the good with the bad right? Anyway, here are some pictures
Oh, almost forgot, Wonderlust has been accepted into Quilt Odyssey in Hershey, PA -- if you're anywhere near there at the end of July make sure you stop in to visit it for me!
I have two more bits to share with you, but they will have to wait until next time! Happy Day Quilties!
I'm curious about what kind of batting you are using in thread-heavy little quilts like the one from the Sea Foam Feathers collection. And I guess I should ask about threads too because this just looks like it would be very stiff if not for the right batting and right thread.
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful--of course, violet is one of my favorite colors!
Thank you, the embroideries were embroidered using wool batting as the stabilizer and then it was cut away. It was then longarm quilted using a single layer of wool batting. The thread used in both the embroideries and the quilting is Glide (Fil-Tec). It is not stiff. I have quilts that are more densely quilted that this and they are not stiff either.
DeleteSorry to hear about Mabel's troubles. Hopefully you are on the right track in helping her. Our dogs our part of our families and we have to take care of them, too. Hope everything turns out good with Mabel. I love your mini quilt you made! Beautiful color! Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteKaren, as of right now, I am going to Hershey. I promise to take some pics of your quilt where it's hanging.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to read about Mabel's trials. It doesn't help that she can't tell you when it hurts-at least not in words.
My mother has had thyroid disease since she was born, and she's 93. As long as I can remember, we never had iodized salt in the house. I didn't know why until I was buying for my own home. Hypothyroidism can be lived with very easily, as long as you do what the doc says.