# Dondra Not Doing Well **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789 "2011-10-06T15:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/61 "2011-10-08T17:51:45Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > At least you didn’t pick up the razor expecting the deodorant. Yeah. That would be the pits. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/62 "2011-10-08T19:41:23Z")
Sending you guys good thoughts! If you need some more laughs, check out this list of joke threads: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576075&highlight=joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576075&highlight=joke) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/63 "2011-10-08T22:29:09Z")
_LOL_ Not as good as the one about you going in the bathroom growling "[where IS it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13617567&postcount=1)???! Been thinking about you guys a lot. Love to you both! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/64 "2011-10-09T00:35:48Z")
**Janis** , _that_ one is definitely in the “Greatest Hits” folder! 🙂 Thanks for the love _and_ the phone call! We appreciate it a lot. We also got a call from **Mama Zappa** and **Typo Knig** this evening and it sure was good to hear their voices and also good to hear **Dondra** laughing as she talked about her little flower which plays “Heatwave” you two sent her . Whenever we play it, the nurse who happens to be in the room at the time “gets her groove on!” This afternoon, **D** had to go down to nuclear medicine for something called a “Hidascan”, which is supposed to make the gallbladder visible. Well, they could see the liver and pancreas, but not the gallbladder, so they gave her 2mg of morphine, which relaxed the valve that goes into the gallbladder (“Give _me_ 2 mg of that stuff, and I’ll show you all kinds of valves”, I wrote in my blog). As I told **Mama Z**. Y’all talking to me in this thread has really been good for me, because, I don’t mind telling you, it’s been a bit scary for me (not that I’d ever show it), especially with one thing right after another. Here’s something appropriate: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nn0tP7rLQ8M/hqdefault.jpg "hospital food - music by Eels.wmv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn0tP7rLQ8M) Anyone know of any other songs about hospitals or bein’ sick? **Brynda** , thanks for the joke thread! We’re enjoying the compilation! Thanks, everyone! Bill ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/65 "2011-10-09T00:51:51Z")
Sending lots of love and healing thoughts to you and Dondra!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/66 "2011-10-09T02:20:01Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Anyone know of any other songs about hospitals or bein’ sick? How about one about being [sedated](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-EKcjpEIGo)? ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/67 "2011-10-09T04:41:30Z")
I’m sending thoughts and virtual hugs to you and Dondra, **Quasi**. Let us know if you need anything. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/68 "2011-10-09T04:51:10Z")
Much love and hugs to you two from the wilds of West Virginia! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/69 "2011-10-09T08:47:53Z")
Weird Al-_[Like A Surgeon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notKtAgfwDA)_ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/70 "2011-10-09T19:59:24Z")
**Dondra** is in good spirits today, although she’s still getting IV Heparin and all the drugs for her heart, and of course, the pain. One thing we haven’t discussed are the results of the complete pulmonary function test. Although she’s never smoked or inhaled anything damaging to her lungs, she has reduced values in her FeV1 and Total Lung Capacity. (FeV1 is the amount of air that can be forcibly exhaled in one second, and total lung capacity is the amount of volume retained after a maximal inhalation. We don’t know for sure yet if this is what’s causing her pulmonary hypertension, so tomorrow’s cath will hopefully shed some light on that mystery. **D** says to thank our friend **ninetywt** for the phone call a couple of nights ago. That is something **I** forgot, so I apologize. Thanks also to our friends **Becky** from California, and **BillDL** from Scotland for the phone call. We had family to come and visit last night, and the night before my bro’ came to get me so I could go home, feed and water Bert and pick up some more things for the both of us. All vitals are looking good today, and she’s not as SOB (short of breath - the other SOB is me!:)) as she has been, so all in all, a very pleasant Sunday. We love you guys, and continue to be grateful for your concerns and thoughts and prayers. Bill and Dondra ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/71 "2011-10-09T22:55:40Z")
**John** and **Pat** , those were good songs y’all suggested. I’ll have to listen when we get home, because they’re buffering reaaalllly bad here on this wifi. Thanks, though! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/72 "2011-10-09T23:09:47Z")
Glad to have a positive update. Hope things keep going in a positive direction. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/73 "2011-10-10T00:15:17Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > ETA: a fatty liver. Hm, I believe human foie gras is illegal …:dubious: > [@Satchmo](#): > > Of me and my three siblings, we’re now down to 2 gall bladders, 7 kidneys and one appendix. > 🙂 No trying to sneak out en mass … :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/74 "2011-10-10T00:22:55Z")
😃 I had to ask **D** what that meant, **aruvqan**. "Liver Pate’ "😃 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/75 "2011-10-10T03:13:03Z")
Glad you guys are keeping such good spirits with all that’s going on; still sending warm healing thoughts at you both. Yep, you too, Quasi; we all know how draining it can be worrying about our loved ones. Here’s to more good news! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/76 "2011-10-10T13:10:28Z")
Okay. After a good night’s sleep (helped along with Sister Ambien) and several schedule changes, (8:30 am, 12:00 pm and “in just a few minutes”), we’re starting IV’s again, and will be heafing to the cardiac cath room shortly. One new med has been added to the mix, and this is one that **D** and I, as respiratory therapists are very familiar with: Mucomyst.:eek: Mucomyst is a foul, rotten-egg-smellling liquid we usually give as an aerosol, but that she has to drink 4 times at 3 cc’s each time to protect her kidneys from the contrast they’ll give her for the cath. I teased her about it, but just a little, because I know she, like me, is worried about the results of this thing. I’ll check in again afterward. Thanks Bill ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/77 "2011-10-10T13:18:06Z")
I don’t have to be a respiratory therapists to know that anything named Mucomyst cannot be good. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/78 "2011-10-10T14:56:07Z")
Just _minutes_ before she was supposed to be taken down for her cath, her Nephrologist (did I mention she also has kidney issues?) comes in and says he’s cancelling the right-sided cath because her creatinine/BUN funtions are too low to stand the dye, and that this is a “non-emergent” procedure anyway. Okay. In a gew minutes, here come the cath techs to take her downstairs, so we tell them the procedure has been cancelled and why. They said, “But we don’t even _use_ dye with a right-sided cath!” So now it’s on again and she’s been down there for 30 minutes. What this also means is that she didn’t have to drink the fucking Mucomyst. More later. Thanks Bill ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/79 "2011-10-10T15:15:10Z")
I nominate “Fucking Mucomyst” as the new SDMB preferred insult. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789/80 "2011-10-10T21:02:03Z")
Waiting to hear how the cath went!!! Tell D that I’m watching her big sister on TV right now. The dialog, not kidding, was ‘“can you hand me the butter?”. “Yeah, gotta have the stick of butter!”. “You HAVE to have a stick of butter, it’s a Paula Deen recipe!!”’ Then after drinking a fruit smoothie made with tofu, “whoa, too much healthy, let’s have a muffin”. Next up, caramel apple cheesecake and cheese soup. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-not-doing-well/598789.md?page=5)