Hello and welcome. Today I have a couple of cards to share that I've made over the week but first, an update on me.
I was told Wednesday by my pulmonary doc that I'm officially considered
"long haul" COVID. I'm still very short of breath, coughing like crazy
(pulled something in my chest Tuesday night), running a low grade fever
off & on and coughing up some really gross, thick milky yellow
garbage. Yuck!
Doctors don't want me to go on any more antibiotics at this point since
I've been in them too much & I'm starting to not respond to them
anymore. I'm still taking a bunch of pills ( and vitamins recommended to
me by my doctors to help combat the COVID) as well as Dupixent shots
every two weeks to help the asthma. Thank you Lord for patient
assistance programs! Those Dupixent shots are around $5000 each!! 
I'm also restarting the nebulizer meds 4x's a day plus adding an
inhaled steroid twice daily in the nebulizer. Also have regular inhalers
plus a steroid inhaler to help combat the trouble breathing.
Downside-I'm gaining more weight again plus getting puffy like my late mother in law would
complain about. The last couple days I've been losing my voice from coughing so much. Hubby and I have noticed lately my
memory seems to be affected. When I asked the doc about it she said
unfortunately in some long haul patients they're seeing this. She
suggested I do everything I can to keep my brain engaged- reading,
talking, etc. I told her I do read quite often & color/card make.
She said all that is great. She also went over my last breathing test
and said my lung function has decreased & wants to schedule me for a
more in depth lung function test so we have a better idea how bad it
is. My sense of smell is coming back slowly still so that's good. My energy level still stinks though. This COVID
stuff has aggravated my migraines & put me in a fibromyalgia flare.
The worst part of the visit, our pulmonary doc (hubby sees the same one)
is relocating to the Bay Area the end of August, so we have to find a
new one. There's only one other pulmonologist locally and there's no
way he can handle the whole county. My husband's diabetic doc has recommended
one at the Fresno UCSF clinic. The doctor is the head of pulmonology at
Fresno's Community Regional Medical Center & she says is top notch.
So we're going to see if our primary can refer us there. Now on to my cards.
First up is a card made using using a NBUS Peonies stencil from Picket Fence Studios along with their blending brushes. I started out by blending Stampin Up regal rose, pretty in pink, certainly celery and garden green inks on a Hammermill white panel before layering it. I then stamped the What Cancer Cannot Do from The Cottage Stamper (now closed) that I've had for some time and never used in memento tuxedo black ink on vellum card stock. After trimming, I added it to the layered panel using brads before adding the who thing to a regal rose card.
Challenges entered:
digital image Breezy Beach Walk. After printing the image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Arts pencils before stippling Tim Holtz mowed lawn, broken china, tumbled glass and brushed corduroy distress inks then layered it before adding to my card panel. Since I didn't have any matching brads, I made my own by using a really small hole punch and a Marta Stewart 2-way glue pen. The final touch was waterfall ice stickles to highlight the ocean.
Challenges entered:
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!
What Cancer Cannot Do card
Stamps: The Cottage Stamper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Garden Green
Card Stock: Hammermill White; Vellum; Stampin Up
Accessories: PFS Peonies Stencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads
Beach Scene card
Stamps: SheepSki Designs
Ink: Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Ice Stickles, Small Hole Punch, MS 2-Way Glue Pen
