"How Do I Look?

Never Mind. Don't answer that! Maybe you can tell me how anyone can possibly sleep wearing something like this? Apparently lots of people do so. I have to try something but I'm sceptical it's gonna help me. The mask is the business end of a CPAP(Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine that I borrowed from Bernie. Last night I was in a hotel and I slept like crap again.( the air is so dry) It was enough motivation for me to stop in Guelph on the way home to pick it up and tonite I will give it a serious try....even if it keeps me awake all night! Just to explain why I'm sceptical. This device will almost surely keep me breathing but that's only half my problem. The other half is to stay asleep. I truly believe that I only have apnea after I'm too exhausted to wake up anymore. Usually I wake up before that from the discomfort of the Xerostomia (lack of saliva). The machine does have a humidfying option but I've pretty well concluded that water does not repalce saliva. We'll see what happens eh?

And I have no wisdom for you tonite. If you want to read something inspirational go back and read Corys comment on yesterdays post. Reading it reminded me why Dad left her in charge, and why I'm glad of it. If you go to wikipedia and type in Nurse-exceptional you will find a picture of my big sister!

"Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts."---Florence Nightingale

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peter