Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Health Care Law
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 5-4 – which upholds the law enacted by Congress in 2010. I think this is a great decision. This cartoon puts a little humor to…
Walgreens Save 15% Off Vitamin Orders
Save 15% off at Walgreens with online vitamin orders of $50 or more, including sale-priced items. The coupon code is 15VITA and the offer expires Saturday, April 21, 2012.
World AIDS Day 2009
Respect and Protect.
Recovering From Surgery
The night before my surgery, I was a complete mess. My mind was in a million places and I was pacing the floor like a maniac. I could not focus on one thing for long. The twins were driving me…
Surgery is Scheduled
As I mentioned in a post the other day, I’m going to have surgery on Monday morning. This will be a diastasis recti and umbilical hernia surgery. Diastasis recti is a separation of the rectus abdominis muscle into right and…
Introducing My Third Angel
On Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 8:40 a.m. I was blessed to bring a wonderful baby boy into the world. His name is Alexander Richard and at birth he weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. I…
Visit to the Surgeon
In a previous post I mentioned that I have an umbilical hernia due to my pregnancy. I called my OB and told him that the pain has worsened and the swollen area was bigger. He then decided it would be…
More Than an Outie
Two appointments ago, my OB told me that he suspected that what I thought was an atrocious belly button outie created by my twins during the pregnancy five years ago, was actually a hernia. I was speechless. He then asked…
Memphis Research Team Uses Gene Therapy to Cure Sickle Cell Disease in Mice
From: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/dec/13/war-on-sickle-cell-has-new-tool/ War on sickle cell has new tool St. Jude success with mice could lead to human cure By Mary Powers Saturday, December 13, 2008 A Memphis research team has used gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease in…
Four Year Wellness Visit
We took William and Keisha to their four year wellness visit with the pediatrician on Thursday. From past experience, we knew that it would be a long adventure, so I picked the latest appointment slot available (3 p.m.). Earlier in…
