05/08/2024
๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐
๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐๐ฑ
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฆฝ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ๐
No one saw it coming๐
Found mom sprawled in the bathroom, toothpaste still on her lips. ๐ญDonโt ask me how but I managed to help her up. Apart from the shock, she seemed ok, no pain๐ฐ
I quickly cancelled my volunteer appointment. After lunch, I heard a ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ &๐๐๐๐. I turned around to see Mom lying FLAT on the kitchen floor - ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ดs. I yelled and shook her. No response. I thought, ๐๐๐๐, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ โ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ตโ!! ๐ฑThen she blinked and moved. ๐๐๐๐!! Don't ask me how but pint-sized me managed to lift her up - I credit my "hidden" strength to my daily yoga practices AND DESPERATION!!!๐ I could feel the swelling at the back of Mom's head โ BIG๐
Immediately I checked for the nearest hospital๐ Cousins quickly came to my rescue, including a neighborhood friend. (๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐จ - ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐!)๐
Admitted Mom to the Emergency Room. THATโs when I found out Mom has been taking a BAG FULL of medications โ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ!!!!๐ฑ She even complained, โHospital staff these days are so STRICT. MUST check everything!โ (๐๐๐๐๐!)๐ตโ๐ซ
They conducted a series of tests, including a CT scan to check for internal bleeding, an X-ray, an ECG, and blood pressure measurements and much more. ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง? ๐๐ข๐ช ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง (sodium) levels in the blood. They kept her overnight to monitor her.
Mom has always been cautious about salt, often proudly declaring her soups are salt-free (๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ).
A few months ago, during a running event, my friend's leg suddenly cramped, and she could hardly move. I wanted to call an ambulance๐, but she refused. So, we waited until she could limp to the Finish Line. I asked her, "๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?" Her reply? "๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต! ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ." ๐๐ฎ...๐ง
Another aunt has been hospitalized three times this year. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐พ๐? ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐จ. ๐๐ฎ...๐ง
Hospitals commonly use saline (saltwater) solutions for a variety of medical purposes such as HYDRATION/ELECTROLYTE BALANCE/BLOOD VOLUME/WOUND CARE, ETC๐ง
DID YOU KNOW ๐งPolish Dr Stanislaw Matulewicz saved many prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp during WWII by using saline solution to treat dehydration and other conditions. German Dr Paul Hofflich used salt water to treat fellow prisoners suffering from various illnesses in Dachau concentration camp
Salt has been proven to ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ; ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด; ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง
๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐.๐คข
Moderation is KEY. Please do your research, make informed decisions.
This was the WORST yet the most eye-opening weekend. Seeing so many patients, some crying in pain, I was reminded that ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ - ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ - ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐โค๏ธโ๐ฉนโค๏ธโ๐ฉนโค๏ธโ๐ฉนโค๏ธโ๐ฉนโค๏ธโ๐ฉนโค๏ธโ๐ฉนโค๏ธโ๐ฉน
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ: ๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ'๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด? ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ'๐ด "๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข" ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ ringsโ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ดโ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ "๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต"!๐คฃ