Why I am an advocate of Health Care Reform

No spin, no obfuscation, no lies.

I have a dead sister and nephew because of the current non existent health care that has been the norm for decades.

She was the working poor, with a cardiac condition: Mitral Regurgitation. She couldn't get insurance for two reasons: denied for pre-existing condition, and couldn't afford it. She could barely afford the medication, and often had to choose between food or medication. She was 6 months pregnant. She caught bronchitis, and went to the ER because she couldn't get a doctor to take her on as a new patient because she didn't have insurance and was a 'high risk' patient with a pre-existing condition.

She made it clear she was a cardiac alert, even had a medical alert bracelet. You see, people with her cardiac problem, when they get an infection, no matter how minor, they are supposed to be given massive dosages of antibiotics, and have a consult with a cardiologist, and be monitored to make sure the infection didn't spread to the heart and other organs.

Do you see where this is going yet? No, let me keep going.

The ER doctor listened to her lungs, pronounced she had bronchitis, gave her some Sudafed. A cough medicine, over the counter type. NO antibiotics, NO consult with a cardiologist., no EEG monitoring.

Without a prescription for the much needed antibiotics, the infection spread to her heart, kidneys, and liver. She gave birth almost 3 months premature. My nephew, Andrew Michael, died at 10 days old, and she died from anuerysm caused by the infection passing the blood/brain barrier. In the space of one week, I became an aunt, and then an only child,

So don't any of you AstroTurfers DARE prate to me, or anyone else, that THEIR family member who wasn't able to get health insurance because they can't afford it, or constantly get denied because of a pre-existing condition, doesn't need health care reform.

Now that the price of 2 gig SD cards is really low

I have switched from high quality JPG only to RAW. I might only get 100 or so shots per card, but at $15 per 2 gig card (remember when a 128 MEG card was over $100) there isn't the storage problem any longer

Holy $hit

I went to let Loki in from the back yard. Flicked on the light, and suddenly see Loki heading to the fence, letting out the hellacious deep toned challenging yowl. He chased the intruder down the drive way, and came back into the house.

But it wasn't the end of it. He prowled around the house, growling, his tail totally *foofed* out. He went to the side door again, spotted the intruder again, charged the door, yowled a challenge and then (I shit you not) snarled. I don't mean growling, or another yowl, but I mean snarled like a lion or tiger. His mood was infectious. Ziggy's tail started *foofing* out and she started squeaking, and then Keito's. Loki kept going past Ziggy, ignoring her, growling, hissing and snarling.

Ziggy is watching him,

now that he has calmed down and is in his Cubby Cube.

The problem with getting new DVDs

Is it kicks in my mild OCD. I stayed up until after midnight, making room for , shuffling and alphabetizing by Titles ('the' is discounted), 5 shelves of DVDs one one bookcase. I will be attending to the other one today (possibly) to get all the "Series" in order too. That's mostly shift books too the proper bookcase or office.

*coughsnifflecough*

Even with using a photograph as a reference

I can't do a self-portrait.

I can make portraits of strangers, imaginary characters, friends, but of myself? Hell no. *grump*

Robo-Geisha T-shirt

Came out fan-fuqing-tastic!

Gallery

I guess it had to happen

Aikidomayland has been sniffling, and sneezing. It was a matter of time before the virus decided to check me out. So far, it's just a bit of a scratchy throat.

Got a phone call yesterday. My corset was finished. *sighs happily* Nubbed red silk, lace up and hooks. Not only a fashion accessory, but helps with my rib/hip problem. I have told Daniel I will order another one at a later date, as his are ever so much better than Kundra's. She only uses spring steel. Daniel uses spring and spiral, so it supports and flexes.