<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Illness @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Illness) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Illness @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Sick</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/sick.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/sick.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sick</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sorry I&#39;ve been absento.&nbsp; I&#39;ve been sick for about 6 weeks now; first, it was a cold with a cough that lingered, then Max brought home some horrible viral thingee from school and after I got him through it I got it.&nbsp; Finally, this w]]></description></item><item><title>Three-legged dog with a four-legged heart</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/threelegged_dog_with_a_fourlegged_heart.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/threelegged_dog_with_a_fourlegged_heart.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=threelegged%5Fdog%5Fwith%5Fa%5Ffourlegged%5Fheart</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I thought I&#39;d give a little picture update on Rosie&#39;s amputation.&nbsp; Here&#39;s my pretty girl, two months after having her leg lopped off.&nbsp; She looks like she&#39;s sleeping, but really she&#39;s closing her eyes while cleaning the a]]></description><category>dogs</category><category>amputation</category><category>leg</category></item><item><title>Rosie&apos;s amputation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/rosies_amputation.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/rosies_amputation.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rosies%5Famputation</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you have a moment today, say a little prayer for Rosie.&nbsp; She&#39;s getting her right leg amputated, or as Max says &quot;chopped off,&quot; today.&nbsp; Poor little bunchkin.&nbsp; I hated to leave her at the vet&#39;s this morning, but I had]]></description><category>dogs</category><category>amputation</category></item><item><title>Low dose Naltrexone...for endometriosis?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/low_dose_naltrexonefor_endometriosis.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/low_dose_naltrexonefor_endometriosis.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=low%5Fdose%5Fnaltrexonefor%5Fendometriosis</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;J. has been on LDN for awhile for his Crohn&#39;s disease.&nbsp; Apparently Naltrexone started out as a detox drug for people addicted to drugs and alcohol.&nbsp; Now, in much lower doses, it&#39;s being used to treat a variety of different con]]></description><category>endometriosis</category><category>infertility</category><category>crohns disease</category><category>low dose naltrexone</category></item><item><title>Stomach flu</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/stomach_flu_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/stomach_flu_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stomach%5Fflu%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Urg.&nbsp; It&#39;s been a long time since I felt this bad.&nbsp; Urky stomach, lots of abdominal gas pain, no desire to eat.&nbsp; I couldn&#39;t sleep last night because I was in pain, and the Pepto helped not at all.&nbsp; Max is going to watch a]]></description></item><item><title>This Consumer Reports: Flonase (was: Medical miracle)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/medical_miracle.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/medical_miracle.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=medical%5Fmiracle</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This fall I've tried something new - Flonase.  It is such a miracle.  Usually around this time of year I'm just miserable with allergies.   A month or so ago, my parents gave me a box of old papers they had of mine in the basem]]></description><category>allergies</category><category>flonase</category></item><item><title>Aunt S. is doing very poorly</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/aunt_s_is_doing_very_poorly.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/aunt_s_is_doing_very_poorly.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=aunt%5Fs%5Fis%5Fdoing%5Fvery%5Fpoorly</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My aunt is not doing well at all. In the past year her kidneys have failed her, requiring her to be on dialysis three times a week. She's had heart problems, her numerous eye surgeries have yielded no real improvement, and she's fallen over a]]></description></item><item><title>No resolutions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/no_resolutions.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/no_resolutions.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Fresolutions</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I find that making resolutions on this day doesn't really work for me. I have made a few lifestyle changes, such as walking everyday, but these were made when I reached the point when I felt things were getting out of hand and therefore had bette]]></description></item><item><title>Random scientific facts I&apos;ve picked up this week</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/random_scientific_facts_ive_picked_up_this_week.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/random_scientific_facts_ive_picked_up_this_week.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=random%5Fscientific%5Ffacts%5Five%5Fpicked%5Fup%5Fthis%5Fweek</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PTSD sufferers are much more likely to die from heart disease or cancer than the regular population. That's IF they survive the first 5 years post trauma. During those first 5 years they're much more likely to die in accidents, of overdose or]]></description></item><item><title>Aunt S.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/aunt_s.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/aunt_s.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=aunt%5Fs</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My Aunt S. is doing extremely poorly right now with complications from the diabetes she let go untreated for 15 years. She's blind, can't move because of her swollen ankles and some degenerative muscle disease, and is currently in the hospita]]></description></item><item><title>Bait and switch</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/bait_and_switch.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/bait_and_switch.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bait%5Fand%5Fswitch</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[They don't tell you in perspective parent school (ha!) that there will be days when you would rather be cleaning Russian public toilets for a living than have to listen to your kid whine and misbehave for 15 more minutes. Today I felt like that.]]></description></item><item><title>Allergies again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/allergies_again.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/allergies_again.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=allergies%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[May the horrible crystal meth people who have ruined the Sudafed market for the rest of us boil in the liquid fires of Hades. There is not that much on the over-the-counter shelf that works for me, at least there's not that much that works, doesn]]></description></item><item><title>Another ear infection</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/another_ear_infection.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/another_ear_infection.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fear%5Finfection</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I took Max to his (late, but not my fault!) 18-month well-baby check yesterday only to discover that he's got another ear infection. The third this year. The doctor gave him some stronger antibiotics, and mentioned that if this doesn't clear]]></description></item><item><title>Family problems</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/family_problems.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/family_problems.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=family%5Fproblems</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of the bigger things I did last week was to finally go and visit my Aunt S. who is basically housebound at this point in time. Max and I went Friday afternoon, following our outing to Circuit City to pick up Angel Season 3 for J.'s birthday (]]></description></item><item><title>It&apos;s the ears</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/its_the_ears.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/its_the_ears.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=its%5Fthe%5Fears</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Max has an ear infection and is now on Amoxicillan which he does not enjoy.He didn't run a temp and wasn't too fussy, so I wouldn't probably even have noticed, but since R&R were down this weekend for the baptism (which went swimmingl]]></description></item><item><title>Sleepy with urky stomach</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/sleepy_with_urky_stomach.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/sleepy_with_urky_stomach.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sleepy%5Fwith%5Furky%5Fstomach</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Max hasn&#39;t slept at all well the last two nights, and I&#39;m beginning to feel it. New Year&#39;s Eve he was up and just would not go back to sleep. If I&#39;d drunk myself into a coma and barfed myself back to life, I&#39;d have probably gotten]]></description></item><item><title>Max is running a temp</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/max_is_running_a_temp.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/max_is_running_a_temp.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=max%5Fis%5Frunning%5Fa%5Ftemp</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At 5PM it was 102.6; I gave him some infant Tylenol and an hour later it was 101.6 (rectal). I just took it again (under the arm) and it was 100.4, which probably translates to 101.4 internally. 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First he had to have his infusion of Remicaid and then he had to fast and then he had to cleanse the system of eve]]></description></item><item><title>Dinner at Mom&apos;s (family news)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/dinner_at_moms_family_news.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/dinner_at_moms_family_news.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dinner%5Fat%5Fmoms%5Ffamily%5Fnews</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[J. had to work today, but I went over to my Mom&#39;s for a nice turkey dinner. It was very yummy. I spent the morning getting our refusal notarized and unexpectedly yard saling (found a ton of boys&#39; clothes in sizes 3-6 months and 6-9 months, wh]]></description></item></channel></rss>