The Amish, The Parrots, and Our New Society (big smile!)

We are embodied Light.

Creator, or 'Source', who is all intelligent, also created more than 'our present day modern culture and society'.

Creator, is wise and clever. There are secrets hidden among us. Today, I share with you a few of the 'gems'.

The Amish, the plain dull 'birds':   Amish culture has survived without the 'modern conveniences'. Doesn't it strike you as odd that without the latest electronic gadget the people can live full and happy lives? The Amish are an example of 'human Parallel Society', in which our culture and theirs branched apart in the 1800's. They got 'stuck in time' and we 'didn't'.  We still could mate with each other, and speak the same language, so we are of the same species, technically. The lesson that the Amish have for us today is that it is possible to live a life with less influence of Big Business, and do just fine.

The Avian Kingdom:  Birds ARE a difference species from humans, although we share a complex social structure and language/ability to communicate for survival. This, too, is an example of 'Parallel Societies'. I have a parrot. His name is Harry. He looks like this: 

Harry can catch and throw. He can also get out of just about any cage he wants, fortunately for us, he doesn't always want to get out of his cage. They can use tools to get out of cages--this behavior of using something as a tool has been observed.

This is a Congo African Grey parrot. I have wanted one of these for a long time. They mimick human voices perfectly. And also electronic gadgets. They could make it sound like your phone was ringing, the doorbell buzzing, and the microwave being done...all of these and more so well you couldn't tell the difference between the real thing and it. They are incredibly intelligent...and happen to live where the biggest negative vortex on the planet now currently is...the Congo. I hope for their sake that vortex closes soon.

At the bird store today, while I was buying seed, I stopped by the one in the cage that looks like this. It is a lesser-sulphur crested cockatoo. We had the following conversation:

me:  Whazzap?????

bird:  Hi baby. Whatcha doin?

me: Talking to you. How are you?

bird: pretty bird. pretty (says its name).

me: you having a good day then? I am too.

bird: buh bye! buh bye! buh bye!

Parrots don't 'repeat'. They know.  Irene Pepperberg studied 'Alex' the African Grey for over twenty years. These birds are smart, and the Greys tend to develop genuine empathy for their owners, too.

THIS is a Vasa Parrot.

Their social structure is not like ours at all. The female is the dominant one. She mates with all suitors. Sometimes it is quick, like seconds to minutes. Other times, the male has developed a 'hemi phallus' that 'locks in' to her, and can take anywhere from thirty to ninety minutes to mate completely. No other bird species is like this. And the male birds are VERY HAPPY.  Although in birds the 'cloaca' or 'private parts' are hidden, in this species, during mating season they turn orange and they show. The skin also turns orange, and feathers fall off, sometimes leaving the female bald. The males come and help feed her and guard the nest. They also all help with the babies. And she sings to them, the males and the babies, a special song...

Here is the Vasa Parrot again, up close.

As we move forward into our new society, after the changes, we are going to build it any way we think works best. As long as it fits in with not hurting anybody and being fair, there are a whole lot of options that are available.

Today I have shared how the Amish, Cockatoos, Congo African Greys, and the Vasa Parrot have developed their own society and culture that works for them. It is going to be okay to think outside the 'box', and to observe any and all societies we might be exposed to in the coming times!  Why reinvent the wheel?

It's worth taking notice. 

This is the type of bird I fell in love with as a little girl at Mc Donald's. I would always share with them my French Fries. They always seemed so hungry, and were so grateful. Even if I was not full, I gave because they needed it more than I did. I have been feeding the birds ever since, even at the hospital patio as a resident, boldly disobeying the prominent posted signs on each table saying, 'do not feed the birds'. It is one of the few joys I had left with those brutal hours! There was also a flock of wild parrots that would fly overhead from time to time, their freedom to fly and shriek making me smile given my highly structured existence when I was in training...

Aloha and Mahalos,

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Laryngectomy

Some people think having a tracheostomy is the worst thing that can happen. This is ironic; most times a trach is placed to 'preserve the vocal cords' from damage from contact with the breathing tube for intubations that are expected to last over three weeks.

the little circle on the right is where I put the breathing tube

Anesthesia for a patient with an indwelling trach ('in-situ') are easy. You just hook up your circuit to the special connector that is shared like an accordion, connect to the trach, dial up the gas and give i.v. paralytic. The Respiratory Therapist will have told you the vent settings already. You just dial them in to the anesthesia machine. Typically these patients come down from ICU and have a lot of monitoring lines. So most of the case I untangle the lines and make sure they are not missing any doses of medicine that are due by checking the chart. That is, if blood pressure is stable. If it isn't , I work, and I work hard.

the anesthesia breathing circuit connect to the blue plastic

Putting in a trach if someone is intubated is sort of the same thing. But once the surgeon gets close, he or she asks me to deflate the balloon cuff, and pull back about four centimeters. Then he pops the new trach in. I hand the circuit over the drapes, and we make sure the new trach passes air properly. This is demonstrated by the presence of end-tidal carbon dioxide on the monitor. When we see the waveform, I pull out the tube and throw it away. If it doesn't , I advance my old tube, reinflate the cuff, and let the surgeon try again to fix it.

Sometimes for complex head and neck cancer, the ENT will put a trach in first. They use a long armored tube that is flexible, and they sew it to the chest so it won't come out. I have to watch closely to my monitors for signs of that happening too throughout the rest of the case.

Dr. Passey invented a device that is called the Passey-Muir valve. With it, a trach patient can talk!
They sound just like themselves. I always encourage the family to ask for it later when the patient is better.

And many times, after the trach is not needed, they keep putting smaller and smaller ETT unttil it can close completely. There is also a device called a 'button' that is a little plastic plug that can hold the trach hole open in case it is needed later, but the patient can breathe on their own in the meantime.

This is a 'button'. A Passey-Muir valve looks similar.

The scary ones are the Laryngectomy patients, some people get cancer there, and it has to come out. For that procedure, the surgeon makes a hole very low in the neck, inserts an armored tube, and does the procedure. But if the patient already had that and is coming to the OR for something else, like a knee? I use a special Laryngectomy tube that is short and bent funny. Once the patient is asleep I stick it in the hole, connect to the circuit, and tape like mad. It always wants to fall out. The anesthesia gas also leaks out around it, and I get creative trying to make sure only the patient goes to sleep, and not myself by breathing that stuff! I use wet gauze or Vaseline gauze for an air tight seal. At the end of the case I take everything out.

This is a laryngectomy tube for anesthesia 

The people with a Laryngectomy talk.

I am serious. They use this device, the Electro Larynx. This short video shows the old style and the new one together. The only one I have ever heard before was the monotone one:

I am surprised at what angry people the patients tend to be. (This Tony guy is very nice by comparison!) Most of the ones I have seen always want to give you a 'piece of their mind!'

 But as they hold the device to their neck and rant away, something is 'lost in the translation'. That device is a monotone. The whole picture of patient holding thing to neck and cursing but sounding like Donald Duck gone techno just cracks me up. So I smile, take a deep breath, and do what is reasonable to soothe the patient to help them calm down.

Why am I writing about this?

Because I have a passion to share that which I know. A lot of medicine is very 'exclusive'. It takes a while to learn it, but I look at the vocal cords daily and I think it is really cool. I hope you do too.

Birds do not have a larynx. They have something similar but it is called a syrinx. The very best ones at mimicry are the African Greys. I want one.

These amazing creatures display empathy, according to their owners. They will also call over the dog to the cage, stick their tail out, and say 'Poop!'. They will mimic the microwave, the telephone, the door bell, and even the voice of your spouse just to play tricks with you. My personality is more of a cockatoo one, however. These shy and reserved African Greys do not warm up to me. I am happy enough with my pet Goffin's, Harry Bird.

Birds with voices, anesthesiologists, humans with fake voices, and everything in between. All of it is Reiki for your brain cells. Now you have something to discuss at your Memorial Day events, perhaps?

Take care, and have a wonderful holiday weekend. I will not be writing for I have a conference to attend with Cobra. It begins tonight. I have waited for months for it to arrive! I feel like this!

I can't wait to go and be Galactic for a few days with other Like-Minded People. There is a big portal we are working together to open tonight; it is the very last one to open to usher in the New Golden Age. <3


Namaste, and Blessings from my heart to you,

Reiki Doc

P.S. Can anyone figure out why this song popped into my head this morning right before I woke up? It has symbolism, but I can't understand it.

Aloha and Mahalos