blood and bunnies
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of taking a glucose tolerance test. My left forearm is now bruised from elbow crease to wrist. Lame. On the bright side, the particular vein that ran from elbow to wrist was cooperating, so I only needed 8 sticks to get 6 tubes o' blood. The other lame part about the test is that it takes four freaking hours. First you get to not eat or drink for 10 - 12 hours. This is difficult for someone who consumes a lot of caffeine. Then you get to drink a super duper sweet orange drink, much like Kool-Ade but with 10x the sugar. I was so thirsty at that point that I managed to get most of it down before I started to choke from the burning sweetness. Then, lots of waiting. I did get to watch a movie, Men in Black, while I was waiting. They have a little movie collection at this place. Most other places have tv...but it was all good. I would rather watch MIB than devastation in the desert or something similar on the news.
I also brought my dad with me, which I'm really happy I did. He left for a couple of hours in the middle of the test to go eat and then ran into one of his friends. But towards the end I got really, really sick. I was checking my blood sugar on my own while I was there and found that it went up, then down, then way up and way down. This, plus no caffeine, plus very little sleep made me very sick. In the "Oh science I'm going to throw up/pass out/get a migraine" sort of way. I did none of those things, but felt really shitty. The headache made me not be able to keep my eyes open. I tried to nap but the chairs were really uncomfortable. And I just tried to not move much so I wouldn't have to throw up. Felt like that was a solid plan. After the test he drove home and stopped to get caffeinated substances. Once I ate I started to feel better. Then I napped and that helped. I got sick later that night and just went to bed early.
During one of my lucid periods, my dad brought in a rabbit. We have three. One doesn't like people too much. You're not allowed to touch her...but she will come smell your hand if you stick a few fingers in her cage. Then she hops away. The second is a smaller bunny - a mini rex. He was purchased at the county fair about 2 years ago. He had apparently been raised by a young girl and was used to being picked up and held. And he enjoys it. The third is the bunny I bought earlier this summer. He doesn't mind people and loves to be petted, but he doesn't have much of a scruff to speak of - so it's harder to pick him up. Plus his cage is not as high as the other bunny. So we rarely bring him in. But the second bunny comes inside every few days. Usually he's held by someone and he'll nuzzle up into your neck/look over your shoulder to see what's going on. Sometimes we put him on a bed to hop around and check out the surroundings. Yesterday I was able to take some pictures. The first is my dad holding the rabbit, the second is the rabbit checking out the bed. I think it's cute, you should too.
I also brought my dad with me, which I'm really happy I did. He left for a couple of hours in the middle of the test to go eat and then ran into one of his friends. But towards the end I got really, really sick. I was checking my blood sugar on my own while I was there and found that it went up, then down, then way up and way down. This, plus no caffeine, plus very little sleep made me very sick. In the "Oh science I'm going to throw up/pass out/get a migraine" sort of way. I did none of those things, but felt really shitty. The headache made me not be able to keep my eyes open. I tried to nap but the chairs were really uncomfortable. And I just tried to not move much so I wouldn't have to throw up. Felt like that was a solid plan. After the test he drove home and stopped to get caffeinated substances. Once I ate I started to feel better. Then I napped and that helped. I got sick later that night and just went to bed early.
During one of my lucid periods, my dad brought in a rabbit. We have three. One doesn't like people too much. You're not allowed to touch her...but she will come smell your hand if you stick a few fingers in her cage. Then she hops away. The second is a smaller bunny - a mini rex. He was purchased at the county fair about 2 years ago. He had apparently been raised by a young girl and was used to being picked up and held. And he enjoys it. The third is the bunny I bought earlier this summer. He doesn't mind people and loves to be petted, but he doesn't have much of a scruff to speak of - so it's harder to pick him up. Plus his cage is not as high as the other bunny. So we rarely bring him in. But the second bunny comes inside every few days. Usually he's held by someone and he'll nuzzle up into your neck/look over your shoulder to see what's going on. Sometimes we put him on a bed to hop around and check out the surroundings. Yesterday I was able to take some pictures. The first is my dad holding the rabbit, the second is the rabbit checking out the bed. I think it's cute, you should too.