Archive for the 'Blog Announcements' Category

Comment Subscriptions Now Available

Monday, July 18th, 2011

I have added a new feature at the suggestion of Chip Bennett: Comment Subscriptions. When you leave a comment on a post (or even if you don’t), you will be given the opportunity to subscribe to the comments other people leave on the same post. Once subscribed, you will receive email notifications each time a [...]

Theme Changes

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

For the next few days (or weeks), I will be fiddling with the Theme for this blog. You may notice that some things keep moving around, appearing, or disappearing. Never fear, it is just me having some fun. If you notice any major problems or errors, please let me know using the email address in [...]

New Feature Added, New Poll Posted

Monday, April 19th, 2010

A new feature has been added which will allow you to print posts right from the blog itself. When you click the “Print this post” link at the bottom of the post, it will open a new window which will allow you to print the post and comments without any of the sidebars or other [...]

Conservative Dialysis Has Gone Mobile!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

With my recent purchase of an iPhone, I have decided to take more interest in how this blog looks and functions on mobile devices. The first time I pulled up the site in Safari on the iPhone, I noticed the graphics could make waiting for the page to load painfully slow. What to do? A [...]

UPDATED: Problems Resolved Server Problems

Friday, March 5th, 2010

The blog has been intermittently unavailable today due to problems with the server it is located on. The great folks at Hosting Matters are going to move me to another server, which will resolve these issues. Sorry for the problems. UPDATED: The move is complete and all appears well. Many thnaks go out to the [...]

Merry Christmas

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Stay safe and enjoy the time with your family and friends.

Health Update

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

On April 26, 2009 I had a heart attack. What is scary about this is that I didn’t feel any pain whatsoever. In fact, the only symptom I had was constant vomiting. I thought my gastro problems had returned, however when I got to the emergency room and they got the blood tests back, they [...]

Nick in a “Home”

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Sorry I have not updated lately, but I have been having some computer problems, and my computer genius (Nick) is not here. Last time I posted, I told you that Nick had broken his knee on his right leg (the good leg). He was hospitalized for that for about a week, and then they had [...]

Nick

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Nick completed rehab last week and came home on the 12th. As he was entering our front door he fell while using his walker and broke a bone in his right knee. He has been back in the hospital since last Thursday. This is very frustrating because now he can’t use either leg. His amputated [...]

Update on Rehab

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Nick has been at the rehab hospital for almost a week now. He is making great progress, but he is exhausted. They are working him very hard both in physical therapy and occupational therapy. he had four hours of therapy a day 2 PT and 2 OT. Nick says that this is the most difficult [...]

Rehab for Nick

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Tomorrow (Saturday), Nick will be transferred via an ambulance to a rehabilitaion facility. At the rehab center, Nick will begin to learn how to live life as an amputee. This is important because won’t be getting his prothesis until the end of the year. For now, he will be using a wheelchair and a walker. [...]

Nick’s surgery

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Nick had his surgery. He now has a below the knee amputation on the left side. After the surgery, the doctor came out and told me that everything went fine and that Nick had definitely made the right decision to amputate. His left foot and ankle were no longer viable. When I left Nick tonight [...]