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Waxing Poetic

3/28/2016

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Went to the Doctor today -  I will get some PT over the next month and probably be deemed as good as I am going to get (that's a good thing) when I go back in May.  

When I was riding to meet a friend for lunch, I thought back on what a relief it is to be close to the end of this whole ordeal!  They say that the ones closest to you can hurt you the most.  Pretty much everyone know I am a HUGE fan of the Mouse.  That adoration took me down hard though these last 9 months.  I got hurt at Disney on 6/6/15 from that point on I dealt the pain and incapacity that this injury created. In September 2015 I was prescribed Lyrica...  Not a good mix for me woke up during the night not able to breathe right or with consistent muscle control.  It took me 10 days to be able to breathe properly again. Back to my doctor in October and prescribed Gabapentin with instructions that if I had a reaction I was to call 911 and head for a hospital... 4 doses later....   Hello 911?   The EMS people said I was having a panic attack. Really, My face was numb and swollen and I was not breathing right  oh yeah  BP was normal...   Tell me   How is that a panic attack?  I got admitted for the night given IV Steroids and was back to normal in a couple days.  In December, we made the decision for surgery. I  was so happy that FINALLY I would have an end to this pain.  Crap it's the holidays and my doctor was booked 6+ weeks out  GRrrrrrr!  Finally I made it to February 2016...  Surgery month, and it could not have come soon enough for me. I had been living with a swollen, painful foot that made standing and walking and running near impossible to the point that I was in tears from the pain from walking to the back of a Target. That was the beginning of February. FINALLY I was able to have surgery on 2/19. On 2/20 I was taken via ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital for anaphylactic shock.  This would be the second hospitalization. They ran all kinds of tests. The good news is my heart and blood pressure are awesome.  Bad news I was unknowingly allergic to Percocets. There was a point during the night of 2/19 that I woke up and could not move or make enough noise to wake my friend who had stayed with me the night of surgery. I fell asleep and when I woke and was able to move and function I called the Doctor. Yep you guessed it  Call 911 go directly to the Emergency Room do not pass go do not collect $200. What was really cool was I had the same ER nurse as the previous time. Amy was a great nurse and she also remembered me. Admitted again to the hospital with IV steroids and this time take home Prednisone.  When I started feeling better I can't really say as pretty much my whole body was trying to heal. I had 5 incisions to heal plus recovery from the allergic reaction. 

Move ahead to stitches removal day.  YAY  I will finally be able to walk again. The knee scooter was really getting old. Stitches come out no problem foot and leg incisions both looked amazing. I was dying to soak in a tub, but alas, I need to wait another 48 hours before getting my foot wet. Grrrrr.  Ok  I had procedure scheduled for my back on that Friday (Stitches were out 3/2) I will soak after...  Ooops  Surgery Center did not have the Xarelto I was on to prevent after surgery blood clots on the list of WARNING PATIENT COULD DIE IF ON THESE MEDICATIONS LIST.  Home I went and decided I could unwrap a couple hours early. Good thing I did, My foot was nasty looking, Dr's office got me in ASAP. Was given oral antibiotics for 1 week (3/4 - 3/11) foot was re-wrapped and in dry dock again. (^*&(^&^$#&^*((!!!!!)  I return to the doctor's office and my foot was worse the infection had spread and it was hot.  This is not the result we were hoping for after a week of antibiotics...  Time to pick a hospital you are being admitted. Palms West became my residence for the next 4 days. I was on Iv Antibiotics and being treated by my surgeon, a gp, and an infectious disease doctor. Infectious disease... This can't be good, right?  Long story short I had MRSA. I was released with Oral antibiotics... after 3 days of IV antibiotics. Saturday was my last day of antibiotics (3/26) My stomach is a MESS, but I m alive and still have my foot and leg.

So in 9 moths I have been hospitalized 3 times, almost died 4 times and now have some ugly scars 2 on my foot, 2 on my ankle and one huge one just below my knee.   Seems it's time to think of some cover art. Have about 6 months to choose... Anyone have any suggestions?

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Published in Washington Post - 2001aldi

3/23/2016

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I have recently heard tales of corporations mandating that their employees take down flags and other patriotic materials that they began displaying on their desks as a result of the attacks on September 11th. I know of condo associations that do not allow residents to fly a flag outside of their homes. In a time when the country is reeling from the loss of lives and destruction resulting from the acts of terrorism the nation watched, there has never been a better time to display the flag. It is a symbol of strength, a symbol of freedom and a symbol of hope. Francis Scott Key said it best. "... And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"
During a tragedy of this magnitude the country needs to have a symbol to look to. Regardless of politics, the American flag is a steadfast symbol of all that we as a country believe in, a symbol that masses through the last 225 years have been willing to fight for and give their lives for.
I, like many people in the area, have been searching for a flag. The fact that I have been unable to locate one speaks volumes for the people of this country. Instead of prohibiting flags, each and every business, association, and neighbor should be promoting it. Let the terrorists see that when our nation is threatened, Americans band together and show our true colors.
Leigh Michele Trimaldi
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THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO RESTRICT THE FLYING OF THE SYMBOL THAT UNITES US ALL

3/23/2016

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In light of the recent terrorist attacks I wanted to share a letter to the editor I wrote in 2001 

Tuesday, September 25, 2001     Page: 10A

I have recently heard tales of corporations mandating that employees take down flags and other patriotic materials that they began displaying on their desks as a result of the attacks on Sept. 11. I know of condo associations that do not allow residents to fly a flag outside of their homes. 

    In a time when the country is reeling from the loss of lives and destruction resulting from the acts of terrorism the nation watched, there has never been a better time to display the flag. It is a symbol of strength, a symbol of freedom and a symbol of hope. 

    During a tragedy of this magnitude the country needs to have a symbol to look to. Regardless of politics, the American flag is a steadfast symbol of all that we, as a country, believe in, a symbol that masses through the last 225 years have been willing to fight for and give their lives for. 

    I, like many people in the area, have been searching for a flag. The fact that I have been unable to locate one speaks volumes for the people of this country. Instead of prohibiting flags, each and every business, association, and neighbor should be promoting it. Let the terrorists see that when our nation is threatened, Americans band together and show our true colors. 

    Leigh Michele Trimaldi 
    
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Recent Dreams

3/22/2016

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The past two nights I've had dreams of the dead. My grandmother my uncle my best friend and Elizabeth,my mother was with them.

When I woke this morning I was filled with curiosity as to what these dreams meant. In the dream my grandmother had asked me to do something. This post is the result

My mother and I have never had a very good relationship. And have not spoken for about the last 4 1/2 years. But that's not what the dream was about I was finally given understanding into why our relationship has been the way it has, or at least for me some sense of why it is what it is.

When I was two my mother had been pregnant with twin boys. She delivered one dead baby in the toilet one night and was taken to the hospital to deliver the other one also dead. I know this had a traumatic effect on her. As a two-I did not understand what was going on. I have a vivid recollection of my mother sleeping on a cot in the living room and that's pretty much all. I know that she had guilt over the loss of the boys, who never were given any names my father Fronco told her that she had killed his sons. Two years after she was pregnant with my brother Tony, and 19 months after that she gave birth to my brother Todd. They were the boys who lived.

As I woke today from my visitors, I wonder if this distance was because she blamed me for the loss of the twins. She had been put on bed rest, but there I was a toddler who around the same time had fallen and split open my chin needing stitches. How well could you rest? Maybe she picked me up India felt something went wrong? I don't know.

According to my Grandmother my mother never showed emotion, except one day at Doctor Lake's office. She got her to cry and she sobbed for hours.

I have always wondered why the twins were never given names. Maybe it's because if they didn't have names then they were not real, and maybe that's how she coped. I am just speculating. I know Fronco was horrible through out.... Well honestly ever since I have known him.

These dreams make me wonder if they were for a purpose to finally give me some closure on why there has always been this distance between me and my mother.

People have always wondered why we were not close especially since I was the oldest and only girl. Maybe after the miscarriages she felt if she loved me I would die too. Maybe she felt if I had not been around the twins would not have died. Maybe we were playing and I hit her belly and something happened. I don't know.

What I do know is that now at least I understand why we have never had a good relationship and while I still believe that we are healthier apart, I can let go of the hurt.

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Amazed!

3/21/2016

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I have to take a moment to THANK YOU ALL!  I was amazed when I reviewed the website stats and saw that www.leighmichele.net has had guests from 47 different countries.  

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