Sunny Day in Vermont...with smoke from Quebec...
Sunny afternoon, with smoke...our boat is at right, in front
Here's the same mooring on a cloudy evening, without smoke...
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Looks like the Burlington area is due for rain, which should help to clear the air. Hope so.
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DeleteThe smoke was Sunday. Yesterday was rainy and patches of blue sky. Today rainy. But the smoke is expected to return late Weds, early Thurs…messing with our sailing plans.
Alexander Vindman on Wagner demonstration and its outcome [Click]
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Another story I read said that Prigozhin went to Rostov on Don to meet with the two Russian army leaders, but one hid and the other fled.
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Also there are now several Internet articles on weaknesses in the design of the Titan submersible.
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The Atlantic: Putin Is Caught in His Own Trap: After spending years cultivating public apathy, the Russian president found his people indifferent to his fate. [Click] Sounds reasonable to me.
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DeleteRats always sow the seeds of their own destruction.
Joe Blogs: Russian Ruble Crash Accelerates vs US Dollar, Yuan & Rupee as Russian Economic Slump Worsens [Click] I’m pretty sure I recently read a similar post and linked to it here.
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Putin has done this to his country. It's what would happen to the US if DT got to stay in for life.
DeleteArtur Rehi Ukraine update [Click] The most striking thing for me is the reported increase in Russian artillery losses, starting at about 8:14 minutes.
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‘Mind-boggling’ palm that flowers and fruits underground thrills scientists [Click]
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Sis spent most of the day at the hospital with Dad. It is very frustrating. Noone will tell him anything. Specifically, still no word of the biopsy results.
ReplyDeleteFirst, word was that he might come home today, then not. There's still too much blood in his urine. His IV is in the inside of his elbow with the predictable result that, every time he moves, it pulls loose. And, when it pulls loose, an alarm sounds. There is a green button he can push to shut off the alarm, or he could if he could reach it, which he can't. He has compression cuffs on his legs to help guard against blood clots in the legs, like I did. They're timed to come on for a few minutes and turn off for a few minutes. When they go off, he drops off to sleep; when they come on, he wakes up. He was supposed to see the physical therapist this afternoon. They never showed up. When we talked to him tonight before bedtime, he sounded exhausted and discouraged...no wonder! I fervently hope he can come home tomorrow!
It generally takes about 48 hours for biopsy results to be available. At least in the Chicago area.
DeleteI came here just now to post the question: "How is Dad today, Cat?" and you had already answered my query!
DeleteIt is so hard to wait in hospital and not know what to expect. It can take several days for biopsy results, so that part isn't surprising. Blood in the urine is definitely something to stay over for, so that makes sense too. I wonder if the Physical Therapist was cancelled because they felt Dad needs more rest first. Of course, it sure would help for someone to communicate things like that to the patient and his family! It has to be frustrating to wait and need to know, and not feel too great into the bargain. It's hard enough to sleep in a hospital with all the beeps and people checking on you, but all the worse to have that gadget constantly waking you up. Let's hope for better news tomorrow.
Prayers ensuing! 🙏❤️
A "frozen section" biopsy/histology is completed while the patient is in surgery; conventional histology can take several days but is more accurate. It is not unusual for the pathologist to ask for a second (or even third) opinion in unclear cases--and they are extra careful with possible cancers because of the serious results of a mistake either way. Waiting for blood in the urine to disappear or nearly so is a very reasonable precaution before discharge.
DeleteI remember those pneumatic leg squeezers; I thought the would keep me awake, but I quickly got used to them. Being doped up probably helped.
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NPR: Senate report: intelligence agencies 'failed to fulfill their mission' ahead of Jan. 6
ReplyDeleteWhat I wanna know is...any Republicans among them? Any white supremacist sympathisers?
DeleteAs the report notes, this had never happened before. Furthermore, the attack made no sense. _I_ would have had difficulty taking the possibility seriously.
DeleteMaybe. But you'd think the FBI would know to never assume! Especially after what happened when W ignored the warnings prior to 9/11/2001
DeleteDT’s version of US election law rejected once and for all
ReplyDeleteCompletely off topic, as memory serves me the two plays we studied in 12th Grade English were Macbeth and Oedipus Rex--- very conventional, old-fashioned even. I wonder what today's book ban activists have to say about them (or would have to say if they were to read them).
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