Needles and News

 Fiorella is feeling kind of sickish today, like she ate something that disagreed with her system, but it may be because the Blood Nurse told her to lay off her Warfarin--a very potent pill--for two and a half days, that she was overdosed, which your girl doesn't understand because she is very careful regarding her pill box and Warfarin passes her lips only once a day at approximately 5:00 p.m. Let's see what happens when Fio visits the Blood Nurse again tomorrow.

Speaking of doctors, Fiorella had a great visit with her neurologist yesterday--the one who pushes a couple of long needles into her neck every now and then to help control her "tremor," which she and her brother inherited from their father's side of the family. Dr. M is the sort of guy who not only remembers everything you've ever told him about yourself, your friends, and your family, but feeds you tidbits about his own adventures.

As according to today's headline, Fio also has a visiting nurse scheduled for today, and you can bet your girl is going to drill her about Warfarin and the Blood Nurse. Something here just doesn't make sense. Aha--a mystery in the making! 

Totally changing the subject, Fiorella is quite pleased with how her rearranged inside wall is working out. She's been able to clump her names-and-addresses together on the lower third of her first board, leaving her with a lot more room for her dogs and family. Now for the second board--but don't hold your breath--there are a lot more changes and rearrangements to go. 

Fio suddenly realized how to make her Ukrainian yellow national flower montage more visible from her art window: OPEN THE BLINDS!                                                                                                                But, in fact, those stupid shades are so difficult to manage that she wants to do away with the them entirely. We'll see....