Dialysis Treatment in Vieques, Puerto Rico …. “🇵🇷 A 10-12 Hour Commute for Life-Saving Treatment …. HuffPost Reports 🇵🇷 …. “!!

~~October 31, 2018~~ 

DIALYSIS TREATMENT

~VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO~

This is a topic which is very dear and close to my heart.

As a retired physician, I fully understand the process, the need for treatment, the underlying medical conditions and the meaning of life-saving treatment.

On the other hand, my only brother died of complications of chronic renal failure several years ago. In the aftermath of Hurricane María, I often thought about him and how he would manage to receive this three times a week treatment when the electrical power situation and the hospital care was so lacking in my country.

One year after Hurricane María, Puerto Ricans living in Vieques, go through harrowing, uncomfortable, tiring, exhausting and dangerous ways to receive their treatment.

This video explains their situation.

An American possession with this ‘quality of care’?

Laughable … not!!

HortyRex©

In medicine, dialysis is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer perform these functions naturally.

This is referred to as renal replacement therapy.

~~Wikipedia~~

Dialysis Patients Are Still Trekking 12 Hours for Care After Hurricane María
Left without a hospital, some Puerto Ricans must travel by plane for lifesaving treatment

Hurricane María totaled Vieques’s hospital, which housed the island’s only dialysis clinic

That set off an ongoing crisis for patients with kidney failure who cannot survive without dialysis and for whom the thrice-weekly round trip to a dialysis center in Humacao on Puerto Rico’s main island, including treatment, takes at least 12 hours.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/puerto-rico-dialysis-hurricane-maria/557741/

~HuffPost Reports Facebook Video~

 #PuertoRico #PostHurricaneMaria #Vieques #DialysisTreatment #ViequesPuertoRico  #12HourCommute #LifeSavingTreatment #HuffPostReports #TheAtlantic #RenalReplacementTherapy

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

Keith Olbermann, #137 …. “💸 Why Did Paul Manafort Need to Get to Drumpf? 💸 …. $60 Million Reasons …. “!!

~~October 20, 2017~~ 

AND HE DID IT FOR FREE

“I really need to get to Trump!”

Paul Manafort

MONEY LYRICS

“Money makes the world go around
The world go around
The world go around
Money makes the world go around
It makes the world go ’round.

A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound
A buck or a pound
A buck or a pound
Is all that makes the world go around,
That clinking clanking sound
Can make the world go ’round.

Money money money money money money”

“Cabaret Musical”

I feel this is important information about what is happening in the Republican Administration lead by Drumpf and what we need to be aware of.
Keith Olbermann series called “The Resistance” continues.
He has posted installment #137.
The video speaks for itself.
If this resonates with you, good.
If it doesn’t, just scroll away to the next blog.
Thank you!

HortyRex©

FOLLOW THE MONEY

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

DISCLAIMER
I do not own these images.
No intention of taking credit.
If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.

HortyRex©

~SOURCE~

Drumpf is the president, which means Keith’s not going anywhere.

Catch every episode of his new GQ show, The Resistance, and then come join the fight.

http://www.gq.com/story/watch-the-closer-keith-olbermann

#GQ #KeithOlbermann #NewSeries #TheResistance #137 #AwesomeGraphics #NotMyPresident #IllegitimatePresident #SoCalledPresident #DonaldTrump #Drumpf #NewGQShow #TheResistance #JoinTheFight #DonaldTrumpsAmerica #BePrepared #Resist #Peace #Remove #PaulManafort #DrumpfsCampaign #Manager #DidItForFre #MoneyLyrics #SixtyMillionReasons #MoneyMakesTheWorldGoAround

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

~~Why Did Paul Manafort Need to Get to Drumpf?~~

The Resistance with Keith Olbermann

~~Published on Oct 19, 2017~~

Paul Manafort ran Trump’s campaign. He worked for free.

Why?

GQ

We ALL are ONE!! 

To start the day …. “Hugs, hugs, hugs …. and more hugs …. all day long …. “!!

~~August 30, 2016~~

HUGS, HUGS, HUGS

“Embrace each other with love, smiles and warm hug.”

~Lailah Gifty Akita~

Think Great: Be Great!

http://www.goodreads.com

~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

Journey Home

Aging Gracefully

https://www.facebook.com/alice.greenleaf.4/?fref=ts

#ToStartTheDay #HugsHugsHugs #EarlyMorning #EndOfDau #InBetween #AsManyAsPossible #EmbraceEachOther #Love #Smiles #WarmHug #LailahGiftyAkita #ThinkGreat #BeGreat #Goodreads #Quote #Reality #JourneyHome #AgingGracefully #BenSands

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

We ALL are ONE!!

 

IOTD …. Image of the day, #299 …. “Rainbow Crocs Time”!!

~~August 6, 2015~~ 

AWAY FOR A FEW DAYS

I was away from active blogging for a bit.

I wasn’t away from the world.

Maybe I should’ve been.

But, if I was, I would’ve missed the “donald’s” ascent, the #CecilTheLion outrage, the Empire State Building’s #RacingExtinction, the Fox News debate debacle, the Planned Parenthood controversy, the continued bombing in Yemen, the death of a toddler in Palestine .. and so much more.

Sometimes I wonder if it would’ve have been better for me.

Yet, I can’t disconnect. I need to know.

I need to be aware.

I need to be informed .. if only to share in this humble spot. Could any of us totally disconnect?

I wonder …. Anyhoo, I’m back!

HortyRex©

A dear blogger friend taught me this concept.

You can find Michelle here: http://mchelsmusings.wordpress.com/

~IN HER OWN WORDS~

“IOTD” is image of the day, a concept I came up with. I teach visual meditative therapy – or in easy terms – a mini mental holiday. For some people it is very difficult for them to get their image right. I post an image a day for people to use in their mini mental vacay. Some are serious, some are silly, and some are just beautiful!”’

#IOTD #ImageOfTheDay #299 #RainbowCrocsTime #IWasAwasy #Disconnect #CecilTheLion #Outrage #EmpireStateBuilding #RacingExtinction #FoxNewsDebateDebacle #PlannedParenthoodControversy #ContinuedBombingYemen #DeathToddlerPalestine #IsraelTerrorists

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

We ALL are ONE!! 

The Invisible Citizens …. “of a mighty Nation”!!

~~July 5, 2015~~ 

U.S. CONGRESS
ALMOST 4 MILLION UNITED STATES CITIZENS NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

~ONE~

Allow Puerto Rico protection under bankruptcy law
In order to help the island negotiate with its creditors, Puerto Rico would greatly benefit from the protections afforded to United States cities and government entities under chapter 9 bankruptcy law.

Learn more: The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/why-congress-should-let-puerto-rico-declare-bankruptcy

~TWO~

Give Puerto Rico equal Medicare coverage
As United States citizens, Puerto Ricans pay the same Medicare taxes as Americans in every state. However, the island’s healthcare system gets only half the federal funding as the rest of the country. To make up for this, the Puerto Rican government has had to further strain its already limited economic resources.

Learn more: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/05/26/already-deep-in-debt-puerto-rico-now-faces-a-new-crisis/

~THREE~

Lift Jones Act restrictions on maritime trade to Puerto Rico
The Jones Act of 1920 currently allows only American ships, among the most expensive in the world, to carry goods between the United States mainland and the island. This limits competition and increases costs.

Learn more: The Wall Street Journal | The New York Times

http://www.wsj.com/articles/puerto-rico-has-no-easy-path-out-of-debt-crisis-1435526355

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/opinion/puerto-rico-needs-debt-relief.html?_r=0

“As it appears in …. full read/full credit”

http://invisiblecitizens.co/

~~RELATED~~

http://www.latinorebels.com/2015/07/03/puerto-ricans-arent-real-americans-apparently/

~~GALLERY~~

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~~Invisible Citizens~~

~~Published on Jul 2, 2015~~

Almost 4 million United States citizens need the immediate attention of the United States Congress.

Learn more at http://invisiblecitizens.co/

#TheInvisibleCitizens #MightyNation #USCongress #4MillionCitizens #NeedImmediateAttention #PuertoRicanVeterans #PuertoRicoPotection #BankruptcyLaw #TheNewYorker #EqualMedicareCoverage #LiftJone Act #RestrictionsMaritimeTrade #LatinoRebels #LABProLib #OnceAwake #HardToGo #BackToSheep

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We ALL are ONE!! 

To start the day …. A walk in Heaven!!

~~August 16, 2014~ 

This has been a trying week. As a matter of fact, we are living in trying times. There’s so much havoc in our world. So many places where the environment and atmosphere isn’t inviting. There’s conflict, wars, injustice, prejudice, racism, need, hunger, poverty … the list is endless.

When the world around us is that way, there can’t be peace, quiet solace within our souls. 

It’s the weekend. Maybe there’s an opportunity to disconnect from the outside and connect from the inside. 

I know I’m trying to. 

To learn to see- to accustom the eye to calmness, to patience, and to allow things to come up to it; to defer judgment, and to acquire the habit of approaching and grasping an individual case from all sides. This is the first preparatory schooling of intellectuality. One must not respond immediately to a stimulus; one must acquire a command of the obstructing and isolating instincts.”

~~Friedrich Nietzsche~~

~Twilight of the Idols: How to Philosophize With the Hammer~

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”

~~Pema Chödrön~~

Right at that moment it was as if we were the only two people left in the world. And I don’t mean that to sound corny; it just honestly did. The only sounds were the droning crickets and chip-chips of the bats, the faraway wind against the sand, and the occasional distant yowl of a dingo. There were no car horns.No trains. No jack-hammers. No lawnmowers No planes. No sirens. No alarms. No anything human. If you’d told me that you’d saved me from a nuclear holocaust, I might have believed you.”

~~Lucy Christopher, Stolen: A Letter to My Captor~~

♥♫A walk in Heaven♫♥

Very relaxing music

~~Uploaded on Nov 27, 2008~~

music: Ernesto Cortazar

A bit of history on the artist

~~Ernesto Cortazar~~

Ernesto Cortazar (1940–2004) was a contemporary classical composer and pianist. He composed background music for more than 75 motion pictures. He also gained notoriety by topping the popularity on MP3.com – a leading music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting their work.

~~Life and musical career~~

Ernesto Cortazar II was born in Mexico City in 1940 into a family of composers.

Ernesto’s father, Ernesto Cortazar Sr., was an accomplished composer and was named president of the Society of Authors and Composers (SACM – Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Mexico). Despite being orphaned at age 13, Ernesto continued with his studies by attending a music academy.

Ernesto Cortazar found even bigger fame being the #1 artist on the #1 music website in the world. Among 130,000 artists Ernesto lead the way with over 14,000,000 downloads to his compositions on MP3.com from 1999 to 2001 which would normally make one a multi-platinum artist by gold/platinum sales designation of the traditional music industry. His sites were visited by more than 4,000,000 viewers.

He established a website community which is translated to English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and German.

In 2001, Ernesto moved from Los Angeles to Tampico, Mexico to live his last years near his family, where he died in 2004. His music legacy is continued by his two sons, Ernesto Cortazar III and Edgar Cortazar, who are successful songwriters on the Latin market.

Let his music draw you in … take a walk in heaven!! 

~~SOURCE~~

http://www.ernestocortazar.net

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Cort%C3%A1zar_II

We ALL are connected through MUSIC!!

We ALL are ONE!!