By Jennifer Whitlock, RN, MSN, FNP-C - Reviewed by a board-certified physician. The complete inability to urinate after surgery, a condition called urinary retention, is considered an emergency if you are no longer in the hospital and you are unable to produce any urine. It is important that you seek treatment immediately, from either your surgeon or an emergency medical facility.
Creeping Charlie or ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) is a perennial weed that spreads by seeds, rhizomes, and creeping stems that root at the nodes. The leaves are round or kidney-shaped, bright green, hairy, and opposite with scalloped leaf edges.The flowers are small, purplish blue, and funnel-shaped.reeping Charlie or ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) is a perennial weed that spreads by seeds, rhizomes, and creeping stems that root at the nodes. The leaves are round or kidney-shaped, bright green, hairy, and opposite with scalloped leaf edges.
Several readers have asked for advice on getting rid of Creeping Charlie. This annoying weed is also known as ground ivy, Creeping Jenny, Ground-Over-the-Gill and probably a few more that I've forgotten.It is Glechoma hederacea, a perennial with square, running stems or stolons, that produce clusters of leaves at the nodes. More importantly, it can also root at each of these clusters.his annoying weed is also known as ground ivy, Creeping Jenny, Ground-Over-the-Gill and probably a few more that I've forgotten. It is Glechoma hederacea, a perennial with square, running stems or stolons, that produce clusters of leaves at the nodes. More importantly, it can also root at each of these clusters.