Saturday, June 20, 2015

Wild Raspberries and Good News

I'm excited to show you these wild raspberries growing in my yard. The plant showed up last year but this year it actually has some raspberries on it!


In some good news, we saw our neighbour next door, and he said his wife had not had a stroke as we first thought. It turns out she spent 9 days in hospital due to dangerously low sodium levels in her bloodwork. It took some time to build the levels back up (including having to consult with another doctor) but she is now walking her dogs again (whew!) The second doctor told her not to drink too much water as it would dilute the sodium levels she was trying to build back. Ironically, most of us try to restrict sodium in our diet.

10 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Glad to hear that your neighbour is doing well. How lovely to have wild raspberries, enjoy! Valerie

The Happy Whisk said...

Salt is a funny balance, it all is really. Glad she is on the mend. Yum, on the berries.

Anonymous said...

Congrats on the raspberries.
Glad to hear your neighbor's wife is on the mend.
I drink lots of water, so that may explain why I love potato chips.

Kathy G said...

I've been drinking extra water, and craving salty things. I wonder if there's a connection?

Adam said...

I have heard about low sodium levels, rather scary

Plowing Through Life (Martha) said...

That is very good news about your neighbourhood.

Lisabella Russo said...

That's very good news about your neighbor! Raspberries, how wonderful!

Gloria Baker said...

I love raspberries@
Im glad about the news!!
xo

miruspeg said...

Good news about your neighbour Christine.
I drink lots of water and use heaps of salt in cooking but I also exercise each day so hopefully water, salt and exercise all go together.
Hugs
Peggy xxxx

Kay said...

No kidding! I can't imagine anyone not having enough sodium in their system these days.