Various rambling - and a family update
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hiddenmuseGah ... having caffeine after a weekend off is messing with me. :-/ Perhaps I should've refrained from that Coca-Cola after spending the morning dealing with Albuterol jitters, eh?
In other news ... I talked to my mom and found out that in the time since my stepdad was diagnosed with testicular cancer (about 1 1/2 years ago), his parents have visited him twice - and called five times. If I'm not mistaken, one visit was spent talking about the fatality rate of testicular cancer. Jackasses.
It makes me not feel so bad about being so far away from the family. At least I keep in contact with them, even if I can't visit as often as I used to when I lived in St. Louis. That reminds me ... I'm so far behind in sending care packages to home. Perhaps I should send them something. :)
Otherwise, a quick update on my stepdad. He's still cancer-free, after over a year (thank G*d and Everyone Else). Currently, he's undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) to treat the kidney damage that resulted from chemotherapy and/or reaction to CAT scan dyes. His vision is improving - although some days, it still comes and goes.
A couple of weeks back, he went into the hospital, having had a possible mild heart attack. The cardiologist thinks that he might have stressed his heart from the PD and some minor complications that had come about. Next week, he goes in to get a heart monitor, to find out if he'd damaged any of his heart muscle - or to at least find out what's happening with his heart, period.
The current goal is to keep him out of the hospital for the rest of the year. Yeah, it feels kind of like dreaming the impossible dream, but I'd like to think that it's possible. In the meantime, Snickers (their Resident Cat) seems to enjoy watching the PD as it happens - something about watching fluid going through tubing amuses her. Kind of like our Resident Cats, high on Kitty KrackTM, watching the Litter Maid as it does its cleaning routine.
In other news ... I talked to my mom and found out that in the time since my stepdad was diagnosed with testicular cancer (about 1 1/2 years ago), his parents have visited him twice - and called five times. If I'm not mistaken, one visit was spent talking about the fatality rate of testicular cancer. Jackasses.
It makes me not feel so bad about being so far away from the family. At least I keep in contact with them, even if I can't visit as often as I used to when I lived in St. Louis. That reminds me ... I'm so far behind in sending care packages to home. Perhaps I should send them something. :)
Otherwise, a quick update on my stepdad. He's still cancer-free, after over a year (thank G*d and Everyone Else). Currently, he's undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) to treat the kidney damage that resulted from chemotherapy and/or reaction to CAT scan dyes. His vision is improving - although some days, it still comes and goes.
A couple of weeks back, he went into the hospital, having had a possible mild heart attack. The cardiologist thinks that he might have stressed his heart from the PD and some minor complications that had come about. Next week, he goes in to get a heart monitor, to find out if he'd damaged any of his heart muscle - or to at least find out what's happening with his heart, period.
The current goal is to keep him out of the hospital for the rest of the year. Yeah, it feels kind of like dreaming the impossible dream, but I'd like to think that it's possible. In the meantime, Snickers (their Resident Cat) seems to enjoy watching the PD as it happens - something about watching fluid going through tubing amuses her. Kind of like our Resident Cats, high on Kitty KrackTM, watching the Litter Maid as it does its cleaning routine.
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Date: 2004-10-26 07:07 pm (UTC)Stay strong. Lots of goodness & positive energy to you & your family.