The new ports do a lot better with more saline flushes and I use at least two heparins IMMEDIATELY when I'm done using it, especially when you get blood return. I lost two ports until I started doing that. The new ports clot really easily for some reason. Also, Interventional Radiology has been able to do twilight sedation for me, I do prefer to just be fully under though. Sorry, you're struggling with it!
I can't believe how fast Elijah is growing! He is just adorable! An easy way to get those nasty stickers off things is to use a hair dryer on medium heat and it should lift right up. If there is any residue left a little rubbing alcohol on a Q Tip should do the trick. So happy that you are recycling toys. Babies grow out of them so fast! Have a great weekend!🙏👍
Elijah wanting to eat the piano randomly reminded me of the day I babysat a little boy his age during church who was super into teething on the back of the pew in front of us. Crazy children! I know for a fact that little one grew up to be an amazing young lady, so maybe trying to eat weird things is a good thing? Also, random fact, the first video I watched of y’all was from Dollar Tree or some such place (it was an organizational/budget type video waaaaay back in the day)
I recommend using purell surface spray cleaner for children's toys or a steam cleaner. The surface cleaner is NSF is food safe. Microban is food safe too, but it leaves a residue & is scented I am not sure I'd recommend it on kids toys. I suggest rinsing the item after a sanitizer wipe. The chemicals still can linger just to be safe.
You will be in my prayers and you are in the palm of his hands..Elijah is so cute and growing up so fast. Love watching your videos. 🐞🦬🐢 here from so. Grafton🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Lollll ohhh noooo. We actually have our keys on litter scoops 🤣🤣 one customer was like it's not big enough for me if yu gevwhat he means. I died. And now I tend to joke telling the customer not to use the scoop literally 🤣😹🤣🤣🤣😹😹
I had my port placed twice with just local lidocaine. I was totally awake for the whole thing. It was actually better than being under general because I could still function the rest of the day and the pain afterward was minimal.
I have a port for dialysis and have had it replace 3 times since October. The IR at my hospital is amazing! I was so nervous the first time. Now I feel like a pro.
My Dollar General attaches the key to a huge metal whisk. As a Crohn's patient I have had way to many close calls when establishments won't allow customers access to a rest room
Such an uncomfortable feeling needing to use the bathroom and unable too 😟 Glad you made it across the street and everything was ok and you were able to continue your shopping trip with precious Elijah 😊
I think Ollie and Elijah need a matching bandana and outfit, that would be very cute and Harry too though I don’t remember him liking wearing things that much ☺️.
Omg the baby is so beautiful and getting so big.What a beautiful blessing. God is with us.Hope you are feeling better.Can you please pray for my body health my lungs also.
Oh hunny, totally understand the bathroom door being locked. The biggest thing the store 🔑 has been on was a paint lid at ACE So awkward walking through the store and then not knowing where to place it in the bathroom 🤔
Every time you say your port is accessed and somewhat working and you’re waiting to get ivig or go to the hospital I’m like “Mary stop moving your arm! You’re gonna mess up your port, if you open that window it’s gonna mess up your port!” So I have port anxiety for you lol 😂
as a person with bowel disease i now carry a letter stating i need to use the bathroom as i’ve had some oh no moments baby boy is so adorable love when you guys sing a beautiful family windex helps with sticker residue
Mary, I experienced a very similar Dollar Tree situation today. I am gluten intolerant…and, well, apparently lunch had gluten…so you know…. I tried both doors, asked for a key and was told they were BOTH out of order…had to book it down the sidewalk to the Kroger. I can’t think of anything attached to a key, but I did have to walk through an ENTIRE Kroger with a paper bag and urine sample to have the clinic check for an UTI…I wanted to crawl under the Kroger.
I have crohns and I've had a few times that something similar has happened to me- in various locals. Its NEVER a good time. I'm sorry that happened to you.
please make sure that the paint on older toys sometimes contain lead.. particulaly wooden ones..my friends son got really sick..she bought some really neat wooden toys .. old wooden toys and after a month he got extremely sick it was from the lead paint!
Where I live some places have the key to open bathroom doors. One thing you can do with the toys and clothes is when Elijah becomes a parent they can be passed down to his kids
I forget where exactly this was, but in the late 90’s there was a place that had the bathroom key attached to an ACTUAL toilet seat. You KNOW that the people willing to carry that thing were in dire need. I think it was cruel and unusual. 🤦🏼♀️
That moment you realize you have this big old smile on your face and people are staring at you like you might be...NUTS. LOL!!! Little drummer boy...so cute!
Hey. I have been watching your videos for awhile. I just decided to subscribe to the channel. I feel you on the bathroom situation. I had my gallbladder removed last April of 2021, and let’s just say I can’t eat out otherwise I need a bathroom nearby. You are in my prayers. Much love from New Jersey
In high school, one of my teachers used a 5 gallon bucket as our bathroom/ hall pass. That made it pretty obvious which class you'd left to use the bathroom!
When I was little There was a gas station we always stopped at on to 5 hr drive to my grandparents house and their bathroom key was on a big barbell weight that was heavy enough I had to carry it using both hands and kind of waddle walk which was extra hard when it was a restroom emergency.
Largest bathroom pass in my junior high school was an entire toilet seat!! very embarrassing! I definitely avoided going during that class because I didn't want to carry it. Some kids embraced it though, and wore it like a necklace....!
My Dollar Tree puts the key on a large piece of metal that is used to put a shelf on. It is terrible, but they keep the key near the bathroom door luckily.
I have an ileostomy. I have a card that says I need bathroom access. And if they still said no, I would be like, I have a medical condition and if you don’t let me use your bathroom, you’re gonna have a mess to clean up. 😉
My coworker told me that one of his teachers in high school would attach the bathroom hall pass to a literal toilet seat to try to prevent students from asking to go. But my coworker thought it was hilarious and would ask to go anyway LOL.
Obviously I cant say exactly what they mean by "clearing out" the port in IR but I assume they would use cath-flo first (which I'm sure you've had before). Which really doesn't need to be done in IR. ---- UNLESS they want to be able to watch the cath-flo with dye to see if it is a specific spot that needs clearing? The other thing that came to mind is maybe them wanting to try and clear up the line using TPA. ? Curious how it went or how its going?!!
My $🌳has the key on one of those long metal prongs that they put in the shelves to hang merchandise. I don’t think they don’t do it to prank customers. I think they lock the bathroom doors to prevent merchandise loss and they put the key on something large so we won’t accidentally stick the key in our pocket or lock it in the restroom.
Ugh why can’t I find a family that does stuff like this together (beginning) I have two baby’s and a husband that would do anything but have family time 🥺
So sorry to hear that 😔 have you talked to him about it? Maybe your friends are into spending quality time with you and your babies? Or a mum group in your area?
My port recently was done with IR and they gave me versed where I was partially awake but remember nothing. I was concerned as only done fully asleep in past.
I've had ports put in and taken out and put in both way asleep and awake and I can tell you the recovery pain being awake is less because they don't go as deep and tear up the muscle as much as they do when you are asleep because they know you can feel it. That's the weirdest think about being awake for it, it doesn't hurt but you do feel them ripping and pulling and moving the muscle around and it feels really really weird but doesn't hurt at all. But the recovery is alot better after being awake than being asleep. I've had multiple ports put in and out cuz I also have CF and I also have stage 4 Hodgkins lymphoma cancer.
Persephone: I hope you have good luck with your ports. I know that they help so much with blood draws and getting the right medication. I had stage 2B Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosed in October of 1986. I will be praying for your continued recovery.
The new ports do a lot better with more saline flushes and I use at least two heparins IMMEDIATELY when I'm done using it, especially when you get blood return. I lost two ports until I started doing that. The new ports clot really easily for some reason. Also, Interventional Radiology has been able to do twilight sedation for me, I do prefer to just be fully under though. Sorry, you're struggling with it!
Elijah is definitely a future musician.
At one pint, the local St. Vinny's had their key attached to a potato masher lol
That popper will be great for when he's a toddler! My baby sister had one and loved it until she was 2.5ish
He’s growing so fast. You two are great parents. He’s a very well loved baby.
Good price on the puzzles and Ollie is too cute 🥰 great seeing him. He's such a joyful faced boy. ☺️
I love when you two sing in the car!
Great deal on those puzzles!
I can't believe how fast Elijah is growing! He is just adorable! An easy way to get those nasty stickers off things is to use a hair dryer on medium heat and it should lift right up. If there is any residue left a little rubbing alcohol on a Q Tip should do the trick. So happy that you are recycling toys. Babies grow out of them so fast!
Have a great weekend!🙏👍
Good tips... my sister makes a paste from cooking oil and bicarbonate of soda
Pure lemon essential oil removes any sticker residue!! :)
Elijah wanting to eat the piano randomly reminded me of the day I babysat a little boy his age during church who was super into teething on the back of the pew in front of us. Crazy children! I know for a fact that little one grew up to be an amazing young lady, so maybe trying to eat weird things is a good thing?
Also, random fact, the first video I watched of y’all was from Dollar Tree or some such place (it was an organizational/budget type video waaaaay back in the day)
I recommend using purell surface spray cleaner for children's toys or a steam cleaner. The surface cleaner is NSF is food safe. Microban is food safe too, but it leaves a residue & is scented I am not sure I'd recommend it on kids toys. I suggest rinsing the item after a sanitizer wipe. The chemicals still can linger just to be safe.
You will be in my prayers and you are in the palm of his hands..Elijah is so cute and growing up so fast. Love watching your videos. 🐞🦬🐢 here from so. Grafton🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Lollll ohhh noooo. We actually have our keys on litter scoops 🤣🤣 one customer was like it's not big enough for me if yu gevwhat he means. I died. And now I tend to joke telling the customer not to use the scoop literally 🤣😹🤣🤣🤣😹😹
I had my port placed twice with just local lidocaine. I was totally awake for the whole thing. It was actually better than being under general because I could still function the rest of the day and the pain afterward was minimal.
This story is my whole life with chrons. 😂
Poor Mary. I’m glad things were ok.
You could wait minutes before you get the key?
Before I could wait 3 minutes to use the toilet, I would be in severe pain and I don’t have Gi issues.
Goo-Gone for sticky residue is the best
Harry looks thinner! Hope he’s ok 👍🏼 Mary don’t neglect your Harry lol 😆
I have a port for dialysis and have had it replace 3 times since October. The IR at my hospital is amazing! I was so nervous the first time. Now I feel like a pro.
My Dollar General attaches the key to a huge metal whisk. As a Crohn's patient I have had way to many close calls when establishments won't allow customers access to a rest room
Our dollar stores tie the keys to a metal spatula!!! LOL
I discovered that cooking oil is often a good way to get sticker residue off. Apply and scrub with a cotton ball.
Hahahaha! “Do you want to eat it?” And he eats it! So nice to know you have a normal child! 😂😂😂
Such an uncomfortable feeling needing to use the bathroom and unable too 😟 Glad you made it across the street and everything was ok and you were able to continue your shopping trip with precious Elijah 😊
Olly is so cute.Can’t wait for Elijah and Olly do play together.
wow..he is growing and changing every day!! Good luck with the port and it will all work out for the best, have faith!!
I think Ollie and Elijah need a matching bandana and outfit, that would be very cute and Harry too though I don’t remember him liking wearing things that much ☺️.
Omg the baby is so beautiful and getting so big.What a beautiful blessing. God is with us.Hope you are feeling better.Can you please pray for my body health my lungs also.
Sending you healing prayers an the white light of God to surround you with his healing hands. I hope an pray this helps you feel better.
Oh hunny, totally understand the bathroom door being locked. The biggest thing the store 🔑 has been on was a paint lid at ACE So awkward walking through the store and then not knowing where to place it in the bathroom 🤔
Every time you say your port is accessed and somewhat working and you’re waiting to get ivig or go to the hospital I’m like “Mary stop moving your arm! You’re gonna mess up your port, if you open that window it’s gonna mess up your port!” So I have port anxiety for you lol 😂
Oh my gosh, Everyone-is adorable as usual ♥️
Mary, a little hack for removing sticker sticky is hand sanitizer or rubbing alcohol. Love the baby toys!
as a person with bowel disease i now carry a letter stating i need to use the bathroom as i’ve had some oh no moments baby boy is so adorable love when you guys sing a beautiful family windex helps with sticker residue
Mary, I experienced a very similar Dollar Tree situation today. I am gluten intolerant…and, well, apparently lunch had gluten…so you know…. I tried both doors, asked for a key and was told they were BOTH out of order…had to book it down the sidewalk to the Kroger. I can’t think of anything attached to a key, but I did have to walk through an ENTIRE Kroger with a paper bag and urine sample to have the clinic check for an UTI…I wanted to crawl under the Kroger.
I have crohns and I've had a few times that something similar has happened to me- in various locals. Its NEVER a good time. I'm sorry that happened to you.
I once saw a gas station had a two foot piece of a 2x4 with a chain and this small key dangling from it as the bathroom key chain! Sweet baby
There was a gas station when I was young that attached the bathroom key to a hubcap 🤣🤣🤣
So cute you all. Harrys mew so cute too
please make sure that the paint on older toys sometimes contain lead.. particulaly wooden ones..my friends son got really sick..she bought some really neat wooden toys .. old wooden toys and after a month he got extremely sick it was from the lead paint!
Every time you put on Christian worship, I can’t help but to sing along.
Good Shabbes darlings! We’ve had such a miraculous and blessed week! I pray that G-d is watching over you all and keeping you safe xxxxxxxx
Hand sanitizer works well for stickers.
Where I live some places have the key to open bathroom doors. One thing you can do with the toys and clothes is when Elijah becomes a parent they can be passed down to his kids
I love Ollie
I remember seeing a gas station restroom key attached to a hubcap.
Lemon essential oil removes sticky residue quick and easy😊
Craziest thing attached to bathroom key was...a plunger, yes a toilet plunger😝
Been there with the bathroom key glued to a bord. Great toy find Mary Elijah's happy. Thanks for sharing your day god bless.
I forget where exactly this was, but in the late 90’s there was a place that had the bathroom key attached to an ACTUAL toilet seat. You KNOW that the people willing to carry that thing were in dire need. I think it was cruel and unusual. 🤦🏼♀️
😂😂😂
Oh man haha 😆
Unsanitized!
Oh my word yes cruel and unusual!
Goo gone or undu works great for stickers. If the magic eraser doesn't work try rubbing alcohol.
That moment you realize you have this big old smile on your face and people are staring at you like you might be...NUTS. LOL!!! Little drummer boy...so cute!
Goo Gone will take off the sticker residue! My husband swears by it! It works great!!
Knarly gas station bathrooms on the side of the building with the 50 gallon pain lid key chain!
The biggest bathroom key attachment? A gallon jug!
Elijah is so cute😊 where is that cute little piano from?
Mary you would be a great music therapist
My daughter loves music
She would Be amazing! And Art Therapist too.,💜💜
Oh Ollie is so handsome. Love the close-up. ❤️
NICK'S AIRPORT INN! 😊🤗 I believe the mints were from Mrs. Gibble's in Greencastle.
Hi, this is your hometown neighbor from Chambersburg!👋💞
Hey. I have been watching your videos for awhile. I just decided to subscribe to the channel. I feel you on the bathroom situation. I had my gallbladder removed last April of 2021, and let’s just say I can’t eat out otherwise I need a bathroom nearby. You are in my prayers. Much love from New Jersey
Elijah is getting so big and he is so cute
Thrifting toys is the way to go!
Sorry for the frustrating dollar tree situation. Love y’all’s channel. BTW alcohol prep pads are great for erasing china marker or marker off plastic.
We had a key attached to a mini plunger at work at one time
In high school, one of my teachers used a 5 gallon bucket as our bathroom/ hall pass. That made it pretty obvious which class you'd left to use the bathroom!
Sticker residue comes off with a smear of vaseline, crayon with toothpaste - but check first that your item doesn’t get spoiled more by the cure!
If you don’t have it, too gone is life changing in the sticky removal
When I was little There was a gas station we always stopped at on to 5 hr drive to my grandparents house and their bathroom key was on a big barbell weight that was heavy enough I had to carry it using both hands and kind of waddle walk which was extra hard when it was a restroom emergency.
Use WD-40 on sticky price tags, and it should come right off, or you can use cooking oil works just fine. Try it on the wooden toy also.
My port line goes up into my neck and it has been so much better than the other one I had
I haven't watched in a while. You're baby is getting so big!
*your.
Dawn dish soap works for sticky residue
Goo gone will take the sticker residue off 😉
🫀🫀 It just makes my heart swell to watch this family. God is so so good! 🫀 💜 ❤️ 👼
Omg he’s getting so big!
OH MY GOSH, HE IS GETTING SO BIG!!
Largest bathroom pass in my junior high school was an entire toilet seat!! very embarrassing! I definitely avoided going during that class because I didn't want to carry it. Some kids embraced it though, and wore it like a necklace....!
My Dollar Tree puts the key on a large piece of metal that is used to put a shelf on. It is terrible, but they keep the key near the bathroom door luckily.
I hate needing the bathroom so suddenly.
I have an ileostomy. I have a card that says I need bathroom access. And if they still said no, I would be like, I have a medical condition and if you don’t let me use your bathroom, you’re gonna have a mess to clean up. 😉
My coworker told me that one of his teachers in high school would attach the bathroom hall pass to a literal toilet seat to try to prevent students from asking to go. But my coworker thought it was hilarious and would ask to go anyway LOL.
Obviously I cant say exactly what they mean by "clearing out" the port in IR but I assume they would use cath-flo first (which I'm sure you've had before). Which really doesn't need to be done in IR. ---- UNLESS they want to be able to watch the cath-flo with dye to see if it is a specific spot that needs clearing?
The other thing that came to mind is maybe them wanting to try and clear up the line using TPA. ?
Curious how it went or how its going?!!
I went to a gas station bathroom that had it on an 18” stick/wood 😫🙈🔑
I'm getting my first port on Wednesday at Duke and just found out yesterday I'll be awake in IR for the placement. I am not looking forward to it 😬
Not sure if Immodium would be an option or do anything, but it might be worth trying.
you make motherhood so easy. How do you do it without a nanny?
Future reference, WD-40 melts stickers, crayon, tar, gum, all kinds of things. That's what I use to take off stickers & labels off jars with.
My $🌳has the key on one of those long metal prongs that they put in the shelves to hang merchandise. I don’t think they don’t do it to prank customers. I think they lock the bathroom doors to prevent merchandise loss and they put the key on something large so we won’t accidentally stick the key in our pocket or lock it in the restroom.
Stopped at a rural town gas station/convenient store and had to go! Their key was attached to a spatula!
The church door key is attached to a large wedge of wood bigger than a pocket, but not an impossibly over-the-top size
Ugh why can’t I find a family that does stuff like this together (beginning) I have two baby’s and a husband that would do anything but have family time 🥺
So sorry to hear that 😔 have you talked to him about it? Maybe your friends are into spending quality time with you and your babies? Or a mum group in your area?
Where I live a store has a key on a safety cone
I had a key one time attached to a gallon milk jug!! ODD
Windex is great for sticker residue
Ours had it tied to a fly swatter
Been there done that! 🚽 🚽
When I was a teenager, I went to a bathroom at a gas station that had the key attached to a tire rim.....lol
My port recently was done with IR and they gave me versed where I was partially awake but remember nothing. I was concerned as only done fully asleep in past.
That toy (Bonzey likes it too) and those puzzles look wonderful, what a find. Good it ended up fine for you, so annoying specially with a baby.
I seen a toilet seat for the key holder before
Sticker residue can be removed by goo gone we used it on our bedroom doors to remove the sticker residue and u couldn’t tell it was ever there
I've had ports put in and taken out and put in both way asleep and awake and I can tell you the recovery pain being awake is less because they don't go as deep and tear up the muscle as much as they do when you are asleep because they know you can feel it. That's the weirdest think about being awake for it, it doesn't hurt but you do feel them ripping and pulling and moving the muscle around and it feels really really weird but doesn't hurt at all. But the recovery is alot better after being awake than being asleep. I've had multiple ports put in and out cuz I also have CF and I also have stage 4 Hodgkins lymphoma cancer.
Persephone: I hope you have good luck with your ports. I know that they help so much with blood draws and getting the right medication.
I had stage 2B Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosed in October of 1986. I will be praying for your continued recovery.
@@marykeegan2606 thank you very much.
do you have short gut or have all of your bowel? my nephew had a lot bowel issues. he has cf