LITTLE GEMS
A Lost child’s blanket.
Only a mom of a young child would understand how devastating the loss of a favorite toy or soft little snuggly can be traumatic for a toddler and also unbearable for a mom. Recently at the Lake Geneva Piggly Wiggly a soft little lovey (blanket) was spotted by a mom outside of the store. Most Moms would understand the panic this would cause. Without hesitation the lovey was picked up off the ground in front of the store, brought into the store to the customer service desk, and a Facebook post was made in the hope that the mother would see it. Hopefully the young child is reunited with its snuggly and the mom is a bit relieved. Why do we share this story, because Lake Geneva is full of good people and good deeds are not always noticed.
Another problem facing the older generation and heart care.
The entire cardiac system of applied bypass surgeries shifted in recent years. The problems with using veins from the legs of people who needed the bypasses was too extensive in the areas of post-surgical complications and blood clots, so the medical industry turned to using what are called ‘mammary veins’ located in the chest area of everyone. This usage proved, in the short run, to be very beneficial at solving all the old problems. Except for one thing. A new problem has cropped up, seemingly out of nowhere.
Spasms of the transplanted veins have begun to occur. A spasm of a vein feeding the heart and directly stitched into the heart’s surface is no small matter. The symptoms are those of a major heart attack, although if the patient recovers from the spasm (which nitroglycerin is great at handling if it can be taken soon enough), which is iffy, there is usually no damage to the heart, unlike in a regular attack. Another symptom, which is not so good, is that there’s almost no warning that a spasm is going to occur and the people around the suffering patient have to step in, if there are any people there. All those who have had bypass surgery over the past three or four years should carry a supply of nitro always with them and let people around them know they have it.
