Those people also frustrate the hell out of my aunt with actual celiac disease. She’s basically had to stop eating in restaurants because there’s no real way for her to differentiate between “gluten-free” and “no, no really, we cooked all of this in a completely separate area of the kitchen with dedicated utensils that never come into contact with anything from the other side of the kitchen”
She has a couple of places she can trust, but just trying out new places for funsies is not a thing she could ever do.
Oh hey, this is great! I’m actually returning to MA via the coast route because I want to stop by some friends and family on Baltimore on my way back. I’ll be in the perfect position to check that out. I’ll post pics if I do go.
Anon, you are simply incredible!!! Thank you! I’ll pass all this info on to my sister and tell her to try to get more pics. (And I’ll be down there for a few days soon, so maybe I can do some owl stalking)
The irony of those mountains. The one in NJ is actually easier for me to get to as I pass by than the one in WV is to get to from my sister’s house. That doesn’t surprise me actually lol
She said she’s been hearing it around for a few weeks, so maybe it moved in close. I asked her to download the Merlin app and try to get a recording of its calls for me.
Definitely not too often, and it’s always voluntary. It’s actually illegal to force nurses to stay over their shift in Massachusetts unless there’s a major emergency. (Thank god)
Yesterday was a weird situation where at the end of my shift, there was a peritoneal dialysis patient that needed an out of the ordinary treatment. And on the team of dialysis nurses I work per diem with, I’m the one with the most experience with peritoneal dialysis. It would have been way more difficult for one of the evening nurses to do it, so I agreed to stay (and they gave me a bonus to stay, so even better!)
Amazing! I really hope we can leverage what we learn here (pun intended) to treat hearing loss in humans. I can tell you from what I know that there are also several important human medications that are known to cause or exacerbate hearing loss.
And hearing loss in older humans is associated with lower levels of social contact and higher levels of dementia. So the problem in humans is way more significant than just the sensory loss.
Yeah, it’s usually dependent on concentration, so really high doses and/or administering via IV too fast. That can be mitigated with careful monitoring and dosing procedures. But there are some big guns like amphotericin (antifungal), and chemo meds that can be ototoxic at any dose. Sometimes reversible, sometimes not. But if you’re in need of any of those, you’re officially in the realm of choosing the least bad option to sustain your life.
It’s not super common. But it is something we watch out for.
Yeeeeeeep! IV Lasix is the one I deal with most often. Like I said, it’s concentration dependent. That’s why how fast you push it matters. Some tissue in the lining of the ear is similar to tissue in the kidney that responds to Lasix apparently? I read about it briefly just to confirm it’s a real thing and not just an urban legend. Bodies are absolutely bizarre.
I’m just in the habit of never pushing any IV medication fast. There’s almost never a need for it, and the risks aren’t worth the miniscule amount of time you save.
It’s funny, I’ve thought the same thing about blue jays, but I went on a hike with a friend this afternoon, and damn if you really couldn’t see the things in the dappled shade of trees. I’m honestly only used to seeing them out in full sunlight.
(We had one following us. Clearly used to being fed by humans.)
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