Medicine, nursing, health

The Eyes in the Peacock’s Tail

By Diane Duane ⋅ June 7, 2011 ⋅ 16 comments

Once upon a time, the King of the Greek gods, Zeus, was getting ready to cheat on his wife one more time. His latest target was a beautiful mortal girl named Io, whose resistance he’d been wearing down by sending her a series of racy dreams of which he was the star. Having finally arrived on her doorstep [...]

“Cat Food Discount Weekend” at the DianeDuane.com ebook shop extended!

By Diane Duane ⋅ April 18, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Secondary to a batch of emails and so forth from folks who weren’t able to take advantage of the below-described discount offer over the weekend, we’ve extended it one day. So the (revised) pertinent info appears below. (And thanks to everyone who’s participated so far!) BTW: if you’ve purchased an ebook or ebooks and are [...]

Cat Food Discount at the DianeDuane.com Ebook Shop

By Diane Duane ⋅ April 16, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

As of this weekend we’ll be running out of the supply of special kidney-friendly cat food that the vet’s office sent home with Mr. Squeak after his hospital stay. Now it’s time to start ordering it seriously, and jeezLouise is that stuff expensive. Also, in our neck of the woods you have to order it [...]

Now this is interesting: a powered exoskeleton for paraplegics

By Diane Duane ⋅ April 12, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

It ain’t cheap. But I wonder if this is one of those things we’re going to see come down in price as the affiliated technologies become cheaper, and as more people start using it. Assuming that they do… ReWalk™ is a man-machine device where the user is actively involved and has control of all mobility [...]

For those interested: Mr. Squeak is back from the vet hospital

By Diane Duane ⋅ April 8, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Squeaky practices the stink-eye “Recovering at home,” I guess, is the best phrase to use. He looks a little peculiar, since they partially shaved both his forelegs — one for the first IV he was on, and the other to use when he (somehow or other) pulled the first cannula out. He’s been ambling around looking [...]

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