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...but she's on home leave, which means the doctor has given us consent to bring her home. However, I have to bring Baby to the hospital 3x a day for antibiotics jabs. This is Baby's first UTI since her Ureteral Reimplantation surgery more than 6 months ago. Both the surgeon and I are perplexed as to why Baby would get a UTI since the post-surgery MCUG scan in August 2009 showed that she has no more Kidney Reflux. I am suspecting that the UTI is caused by her swimming in the pool at Hard Rock Hotel Penang 2 weeks ago. Our paed told us that public pools during public holidays / school holidays are the dirtiest as they are flooded with people and the hotel maintenance staffers may not have ample time to clean the pool.
Long story cut short, Baby was braver this time. She screamed and bawled for a short while when the paed inserted the IV line on her left hand. It was quite a fast one and took under 15 minutes for everything to be completed - finding the vein, IV line inserted and hand bandaged. In the past, her doctors needed at least half an hour to over an hour to fix the line. Baby even allowed the doctor to carry her after the procedure, which was very, very uncommon of her to allow a doctor / nurse to carry her, what more the doctor who had just poked her, swaddled her so tightly with a cloth and caused her so much pain. I guess preparing her mentally before the procedure helped.
Before she went into the procedures room, while we were waiting in our room for the doctor to arrive, I told her this "Baby, the doctor will give you an injection on your hand. There will be very little pain, please don't cry ok? Mummy will wait for you outside the room. Mummy can't go in. You don't cry ok? Mummy loves you" Baby nodded her head and smiled!
Baby has to be in the hospital again for her 2nd antibiotics jab for today. She needs another jab at 10:30pm tonight.
14 Eylül 2012 Cuma
Why Do Cats Eat Grass?
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Why Do Cats Eat Grass?
Article courtesy of Pet Alive
While it may be alarming to see your cat nibbling on the front lawn or a houseplant, it shouldn’t be a cause for concern unless the grass or plant was recently treated with pesticide, fertilizer, or another poisonous chemical. Both dogs and cats from time to time may take an interest in grass or similar substances, each for different purposes that can actually benefit their bodies.
Grass ingestion appears to have someredeeming qualities for dogs and cats which can sometimes lead tovomiting. Some veterinary experts suspect that ingestion could havebeen a catalyst for self-induced vomiting to relieve stomach upset.Whether or not it was intentional, it may have detoxifying propertiesfor this very purpose.
Cats often ingest plants and grass torelieve stomach upset and to assist common bodily functions. Cats areavid groomers and seem to spend hours preening and lickingthemselves. Unfortunately, this usually means that they end upswallowing a lot of loose fur, which accumulates in their stomach toform matted lumps called furballs.
While furballs are usually vomited oremitted in feces as part of the body’s natural elimination process,a weak digestive system, modern diet, sedentary lifestyles, orinadequate nutrition can interfere with this process. To helpstimulate this elimination, cats may use grass as a laxative or toself-induce furballs, as it acts as roughage to promote bowelmovement or regurgitation. This not only helps promote overall healthas bodily functioning is restored, but also relieves the discomfortassociated with the blockage.
It may also be possible that the catjust likes the taste! However, it is important to discourageingestion of grass or plants directly after a meal, as unintentionalregurgitation of dinner may result.
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Article courtesy of Pet Alive
While it may be alarming to see your cat nibbling on the front lawn or a houseplant, it shouldn’t be a cause for concern unless the grass or plant was recently treated with pesticide, fertilizer, or another poisonous chemical. Both dogs and cats from time to time may take an interest in grass or similar substances, each for different purposes that can actually benefit their bodies.
Grass ingestion appears to have someredeeming qualities for dogs and cats which can sometimes lead tovomiting. Some veterinary experts suspect that ingestion could havebeen a catalyst for self-induced vomiting to relieve stomach upset.Whether or not it was intentional, it may have detoxifying propertiesfor this very purpose.
Cats often ingest plants and grass torelieve stomach upset and to assist common bodily functions. Cats areavid groomers and seem to spend hours preening and lickingthemselves. Unfortunately, this usually means that they end upswallowing a lot of loose fur, which accumulates in their stomach toform matted lumps called furballs.
While furballs are usually vomited oremitted in feces as part of the body’s natural elimination process,a weak digestive system, modern diet, sedentary lifestyles, orinadequate nutrition can interfere with this process. To helpstimulate this elimination, cats may use grass as a laxative or toself-induce furballs, as it acts as roughage to promote bowelmovement or regurgitation. This not only helps promote overall healthas bodily functioning is restored, but also relieves the discomfortassociated with the blockage.
It may also be possible that the catjust likes the taste! However, it is important to discourageingestion of grass or plants directly after a meal, as unintentionalregurgitation of dinner may result.
PetAlive Natural Remedies - Click HERE for details
14 Ağustos 2012 Salı
Sundowning and Anxiety in Elderly Alzhemer's Patients
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Sundowning is a big problem for Alzheimer's caregivers. Patients can get aggressive and very disruptive
I found this research study interesting. I say this because I learned it is easier to deal with a problem and solve a problem if you first learn what is causing the problem. Understanding the cause of a problem provides a foundation on which a caregiver can build -- a necessary frame of reference.
Late day, early evening, anxiety and agitation is somewhat common in early dementia patients. The problem is often associated with "sundown" or the time before a person would normally go to bed. Time of year and length of day can make a difference.
This research interests me because "sundowning" usually comes in a pattern. Around the same time of day.
STUDY HELPS EXPLAIN ‘SUNDOWNING,’ AN ANXIETY SYNDROME IN ELDERLY DEMENTIA PATIENTS
New research provides the best evidence to date that the late-day anxiety and agitation sometimes seen in older institutionalized adults, especially those with dementia, has a biological basis in the brain.
The findings could help explain “sundowning,” a syndrome in which older adults show high levels of anxiety, agitation, general activity and delirium in late afternoon and evening, before they would normally go to bed.
Continued Reading and Learn More About This Syndrome
I found this research study interesting. I say this because I learned it is easier to deal with a problem and solve a problem if you first learn what is causing the problem. Understanding the cause of a problem provides a foundation on which a caregiver can build -- a necessary frame of reference.Late day, early evening, anxiety and agitation is somewhat common in early dementia patients. The problem is often associated with "sundown" or the time before a person would normally go to bed. Time of year and length of day can make a difference.
This research interests me because "sundowning" usually comes in a pattern. Around the same time of day.
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STUDY HELPS EXPLAIN ‘SUNDOWNING,’ AN ANXIETY SYNDROME IN ELDERLY DEMENTIA PATIENTS
New research provides the best evidence to date that the late-day anxiety and agitation sometimes seen in older institutionalized adults, especially those with dementia, has a biological basis in the brain.
The findings could help explain “sundowning,” a syndrome in which older adults show high levels of anxiety, agitation, general activity and delirium in late afternoon and evening, before they would normally go to bed.
Continued Reading and Learn More About This Syndrome
Battleground Zero for New Alzheimer's Drug
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If all three drugs fail and fail miserably the Alzheimer's community is in trouble. The pharmaceutical companies might give up. They might conclude that Alzheimer's cannot be treated effectively.via alzheimersreadingroom.com
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
We are down to the one inch line on three new drugs, potential treatments, for Alzheimer's disease.
The Phase 3 clinical trials for Bapineuzumab and Solanezumab are scheduled to be released in the next few months, maybe as early as next month. A third drug, Gammagard, could report next year.
Some say if the drugs fail it could be the end of Alzheimer's research as we know it. That major pharmaceutical companies might out of frustration cut back on research spending for Alzheimer's disease.
Others, like Rudolph Tanzi, Director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease Harvard believe that even if the drugs fail that science is advancing. Tanzi believes that beta amyloid is "the prime therapeutic target" and that the drugs are bad, not the target. We need better drugs.
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Is Gammagard the One the Alzheimer's Community Has Been Waiting For?
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This is the first study to report long term stabilization of Alzheimer's symptoms over a period of 36 months .
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We now have the first study in almost a decade that is reporting long term stabilization of Alzheimer's disease symptoms in patients.
Eleven patients who were treated over a 36 month period with IVIG/Gammagard had favorable outcomes in terms of their thinking abilities, behavior and daily function.
To be clear, the already existing symptoms of the Alzheimer's patients being studied did not improve; however, patients did not show any further decline on measures of cognition, memory, daily functioning or mood over the three years.
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This is the first study to report long term stabilization of Alzheimer's symptoms over a period of 36 months .
Alzheimer's Reading Room
We now have the first study in almost a decade that is reporting long term stabilization of Alzheimer's disease symptoms in patients.Eleven patients who were treated over a 36 month period with IVIG/Gammagard had favorable outcomes in terms of their thinking abilities, behavior and daily function.
To be clear, the already existing symptoms of the Alzheimer's patients being studied did not improve; however, patients did not show any further decline on measures of cognition, memory, daily functioning or mood over the three years.
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Alzheimer's The Emotional Roller Coaster Ride
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I must remind myself that the hard to comprehend behaviors being expressed by a person suffering from Alzheimer's are part of the disease, and are not a deliberate bad act on the their part.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
It is difficult to describe the range of emotions an Alzheimer's caregiver might feel or experience in a single day.
Imagine being happy and then sad, caring then angry, focused then frustrated -- an almost endless stream of feelings and emotions that conflict.
The caregiver often lives an anxiety filled life day-after-day.
I doubt that many people outside "the Front Row" think about or consider this. Those outside the front row are normally too busy living their own life.
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I must remind myself that the hard to comprehend behaviors being expressed by a person suffering from Alzheimer's are part of the disease, and are not a deliberate bad act on the their part.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
It is difficult to describe the range of emotions an Alzheimer's caregiver might feel or experience in a single day.Imagine being happy and then sad, caring then angry, focused then frustrated -- an almost endless stream of feelings and emotions that conflict.
The caregiver often lives an anxiety filled life day-after-day.
I doubt that many people outside "the Front Row" think about or consider this. Those outside the front row are normally too busy living their own life.
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Why Do Alzheimer's Caregivers Torture Themselves?
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For several years, I tortured myself psychologically and emotionally. To this day I look back and ask myself, Why?
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
Alzheimer's is a sinister disease. It robs the patient of the ability to remember, to think, concentrate, and frequently affects mood and behavior in a negative way.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) eventually robs the patient of the ability to do things we take for granted -- like buttoning a button.
Alzheimer's often robs patients of the ability to say "yes", so instead they say what comes easiest -- No.
These new and often bizarre changes brought on by Alzheimer's can feel like torture to an Alzheimer's caregiver. This explains in part why a large fraction of caregivers, up to 40 percent, suffer from depression.
The other day I answered a question by saying, "its the job of Alzheimer's to torture you".
Later on as I thought about those words, I was surprised that I used the word "torture". Surprised until I remembered that I once thought, "Alzheimer's is trying to kill me".
Alzheimer's kills the brain of the person living with Alzheimer's. It will also try and kill the spirit of the Alzheimer's caregiver.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) eventually robs the patient of the ability to do things we take for granted -- like buttoning a button.
Alzheimer's often robs patients of the ability to say "yes", so instead they say what comes easiest -- No.
These new and often bizarre changes brought on by Alzheimer's can feel like torture to an Alzheimer's caregiver. This explains in part why a large fraction of caregivers, up to 40 percent, suffer from depression.
The other day I answered a question by saying, "its the job of Alzheimer's to torture you".
Later on as I thought about those words, I was surprised that I used the word "torture". Surprised until I remembered that I once thought, "Alzheimer's is trying to kill me".
Alzheimer's kills the brain of the person living with Alzheimer's. It will also try and kill the spirit of the Alzheimer's caregiver.
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