Author: Tad
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Red and Silver Bag
I am coming down to the end of some the colored straps I have been holding on for some time. I had just enough red and silver straps to make this nice little bag.
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Meanwhile
Steven Colbert does a segment on his “A Late Show” that he calls “Meanwhile.” It is a collection of little news items, too small to stand alone as a story on his show. I would like to do a little “Bad Tad Meanwhile.” A little fact about a patient where there is no more information…
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Cardiogenic Shock
I was called into the room to see a young, healthy woman who had abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea for several days. I found her to have abdominal tenderness and low blood pressure. She was clearly ill. Of specific concern was that her finger tips were blue, a clear sign something bad was keeping her…
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Orange and Yellow, Yellow and Orange
I had a few odd yellow and orange straps. I spent some time trying to come up with patterns that would allow me to use up every last inch of these kinds of straps. Here is what I came up with.
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Yellow Bags with Zippered Tops
I have not been able to come up with a method to put a zipper in the top of my bag that has really pleased me. Here are a couple of zippered bags I recently made. A real pain do sew and I’m still not very pleased with how they turned out.
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Bad Hair Day
I have seen some pretty bad hair in my years in the emergency department. I am not talking about a style, cut or color not to my taste. I mean gross hair. I have seen lots of people with lice. I have also seen people with problems caused by their belief they had lice when…