Got O2??

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I want to get that printed on a Tshirt.....anyway....I have toughed it out with this liquid oxygen delivery system for 2 years now and I think I'm done. When it works, it's great.....but it's very finicky....freezes very easily and then the portable doesn't work.....if the portable gets really low cause I wasn't watching it, it will probably freeze....they say just wait 10 minutes and it will thaw out....WRONG! This morning, I got a new tank of liquid.....my portable was really full, so I didn't need to refill it until after lunch.....while I was filling it...the oxygen sounded different and it was taking forever to fill my portable. It never really filled the portable to the top.....but it should've worked....the demand didn't work at all.....I tried this many many times....no go....then, I thought....OK, just use the continuous and call the company and see what they can do.....so I called them and they are delivering a new tank tomorrow morning. I was

doing a few things getting ready for dinner....and I started to feel awful.....found out that nothing was coming out of the nasal cannula.....no continuous, no demand....nothing. So, I got the long tubing and a humidity bottle and am using the oxygen right from the tank. That was about 5 hours ago....I'm so wound up because it made me remember how hard it was to function with all that tubing on the floor.....getting caught on a chair leg....a dog sleeping on it....me tripping over it....UGH!!!! It's also hot and humid here and I want it to be FALL!! Nice, dry, cool weather.....I fantasize about it!!!!!

Today went by fast....I had to run some errands.....took my wheelchair into Lowes....it was fun going up and down every isle.....was very hard to pay for my stuff, tho....I used my debit card....the stupid thing was bolted to the counter.....on the cashiers side of the counter.....I said :they don't give any thought to someone in a wheelchair, do they?" I got my chair up as close as I could and scribbled my name.

Today is Jack's 6th birthday.....so he got 2 new balls to play with and he's got a big smile on his face and that little tail has been wagging since I brought them home. I was going to give him a bath...but decided that wasn't something HE would like for his special day....so, if I can get my oxygen straightened out, I'll do it tomorrow.

Maybe I can call the home care company and see what other devices they have.....if they don't, I guess I'll have to find another company. I have personal experience with Apria when I was working as a home care nurse....I thought they were a terrible company with no compassion for anyone or anything, except their insurance checks. I hate to think about changing my system, but maybe a different one will be much better.

Thanks for letting me howl at you all for awhile.

Love, Diane

--Diane Quinlan dianequinlan@...