Blood

That thing where your cells "need oxygen" and "can't function without it" sounds like a story made up by Big Hemoglobin to sell more beans for the iron content.

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So I'm back from the emergency room, where I went after consultation with the chemo after hours triage and a couple questionable numbers on the pulse oximeter. Which I calibrated against the ER machine. I did also get the ER machine to throw some bad numbers, but in a way that suggested that it may have been an error caused by not enough red blood cells for the light to interact with correctly. Which is delightful and hilarious. We were there for not quite 4 hours. I gave someone in the waiting room my orange soda and marzipan bar, since it looked like she needed it more than I did.

I'm not yet at the threshold where the ER wanted to give me a transfusion. We'll see how it goes.

Woo gem show

Went to the gem show! With sithjawa! And my power chair!

10 foot ramp is long enough. End with the little extension is the tall end. Two people to handle it.

The back screws are still in my left jacket pocket.

Align the front first, then put back side of seat down.

It's possible to get the clutch unscrewed from where it needs to be screwed in, and this is a pain. Triple pain in the dark. I held the flashlight.

Put up the foot plate before loading.

Chocks to use as interior ramps are on order. Also need a ramp strap. And travel securement.

Gems were very shiny. Got some inexpensive wizard pendants etc. Told the guy that I do like jewelry that makes me look like a wizard.

Tried getting elotes on the way home but heat + Tajín = "it smells like poison" and I had Belovedest take the container to the outside trash and took one of my meds for chemo side effects. Woe. Should have opened windows.

Edit: and I almost forgot about one of the amazing parts: I met a trainee service dog! And I asked his person if she wanted to let him sniff my power chair and she was delighted!! Because it's important for service dogs to be chill about power chairs and I happened to be in a situation where we could take a few minutes to introduce him to the concept! And he was so brave!!!