Emergency

Things have been going along smoothly and you just know that something will happen. Well, it did.

I know you are thinking that I got a major set back or some new strange disease. Well, that is not true. I do have it confirmed that I have a mild case of Hand/Foot Syndrome. I am treating it by using Udderly Smooth cream three or four times a day. But that is not the emergency.

The technician gave me a Finding Nemo bandaid instead of a Snoopy bandaid when I did my blood tests yesterday, but I have survived that.'

The emergency is that the research manager came home this afternoon to find two inches of water in our master bathroom and water running through the carpet in the bedroom, in the cupboards and into the kitchen. The cause was a broken supply line to the toilet and it has resulted in several hours of working at removing water, having the plumber fix the supply line and finally having the water restoration people come to start the drying out process. I think they will be here till midnight and will leave all manner of equipment to run for four or five days. I guess that the guest bedroom beckons us tonight.

The hand foot thing has garnered a little attention. The research manager said that part of my toes looked as white as the sheet. I figured that I could solve that by using flesh colored sheets, but apparently the cream is a better solution.

When I quietly mentioned it to the blood technician, but that I wasn't going to tell anyone, she said that I just did and made me go to see the nurse. She watched to make sure that I went there rather than ducking out.

The nurse asked if she could look at my foot. I complied by holding up my right foot still clad with a sock and a shoe. She told me that she did not have X-ray vision and that I would have to take the shoe off. She felt that all was under control and to continue to use the cream.

Finally, two medical breakthroughs. The research manager has been complaining about snoring, mine, not hers. By coincidence, she also observed that I had been slacking off on my vitamin C. I have resumed that part of my 40 odd pills and liquids a day and, mirabile dictu, my snoring has stopped.

The second is that my friend Mike, from Canada, sent me some samples of Biotene Gel. I have been using the Biotene rinse and the Biotene spray, but not the gel. It works great and it has reduced my dry mouth issues and decreased the number of times that I wake up during the night.

I think that is enough for tonight. I will be watching Cash Cab or Jimmy Fallon until the water restoration guys are finished.