I’ve been sick since late August. I’ve got a rattle in my chest that would make some poisonous Madison County snakes jealous. I’ve done telemedicine with my primary care doctor. The treatment she prescribed ended and my cough remained. It was a Monday. My doctor was out of the office until Wednesday. I have asthmaContinue reading “Reserve your urgent care time before you get really sick”
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A throughly restless spring break
One day, hopefully soon, I will write an update and it will be lovely. I’ll talk about my new teaching job and how I’m looking forward to it. I’ll go on about how well my arthritic knees are responding to aquatic therapy. I might have even lost a few pounds. Surely my mental health willContinue reading “A throughly restless spring break”
COVID Kim Reynolds cracks, issues mask order but not before making Iowans look like a bunch of dummies
ITEM FIRST: COVID Kim cracked. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds finally issued a statewide mask order. The long-overdue order came 9 months into a pandemic that has killed more than 2,000 Iowans. It came a day after COVID Kim made national headlines babbling about science on “both sides” of masks for preventive measures against the spread.Continue reading “COVID Kim Reynolds cracks, issues mask order but not before making Iowans look like a bunch of dummies”
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