Good news!
The rollercoaster ride is taking a decided upturn and my mother-in-law is scheduled to be released from the hospital on Monday. There were times that the hospital staff had its doubts but her inner strength and fortitude won out and she's headed home! A wonderful Christamas present for us all. Though she had initially planned to be here a few days over Christmas, it does look like she can at least make it here for Christmas day.
My life continues apace with Thursday nights being choir rehearsal. Though it's work, it's still fun to sing the wide variety of music that is to be presented Sunday night as part of our annual Lessons and Carols service. This is something that I dearly missed over the past two years. Unfortunately, I may miss it again as they are predicting the possibility of a big snowstorm Sunday night into Monday. I'm sure that it will have a great impact on my scheduled Zimmerman house tour that day. Amazingly, they continue the tours until January 8th. It's winter in New England and it tends to snow. How can we tour the outside of the house under such conditions?
Wednesday night we had dinner with a number of friends at a friends house. Some of the people we hadn't socialized with for a while so it was nice to re-establish ties again. Tomorrow night is a big party at a church friend's house and Saturday it's off to my mothers. A year ago, none of this was possible. It seems to me now that that was so long ago. Time flies and I guess that we like to put certain things behind us and move on.
It's a busy time of the year for all and for us it feels good to be back into the fray once again. Sitting on the sidelines as life seems to pass you by is no fun. However, it was certainly better to sit there rather than being somewhere else.
I read with interest today, the fact that the great baseball player Bob Feller died today at age 92 having been diagnosed with leukemia this past summer. What intrigued me the most was that they did give him chemotherapy. Unfortunately, he did not respond well to it. At 92, you would probably surmise that. But to still take that course of treatment at his age meant that they have come a long way with how they try to fight off this disease. Someday, hopefully, they'll be able to successfully cure everyone who contracts it. We can only hope and pray.
My kitchen cabinet door and drawer front reoplacement project caontinues. I don't think that I will finish before Christmas what with all the final preparations that must be done next week. But, I'll be close. I'm not trying to brag, but what I've installed has greatly improved the look of the kitchen. My wife is ecstatic about it and eager to see the job done.
Once again I've rambled on when I had originally no idea what I would be writing about.
God provides...
Bob
December 14, 2010 10:45 PM
A downturn!
Not for me, but for my mother-in-law. Her platelet count is going down and her blood pressure is all over the place. So, bright and early tomorrow morning, we'll go down and see her and talk to the doctors to see what's up and what's next. It's been a rollercoaster ride up to now over the past almost three weeks. Hopefully we come to a successful end of the ride.
As for me, no change. I take my meds as prescribed and each day one at a time.
It's funny though. I was talking to my wife today and saying that this whole experience seems, at times, to be so surreal to me. Of course I would never get leukemia - that only happens to other people. And, even I did have it, I never really suffered enough to make it seem that anything was out of the ordinary. About the only concession to the disease has been all those trips to the doctor over the past two years and that period of 'House arrest" lat year.
Otherwise, the disease certainly hasn't affected anything that I do which seems to further lend credence to the fact that it's not a part of my resume. I do attend the monthly Leukemia And Lymphoma Society group meeting. Here again, everyone is so upbeat and positive that it makes it more like a social gathering than a group consultation session. And that's the way that it should be.
Time to draw to a close for today especially with my mother-in-law's status up in the air at this point.
Time for more prayer...
Bob
Not for me, but for my mother-in-law. Her platelet count is going down and her blood pressure is all over the place. So, bright and early tomorrow morning, we'll go down and see her and talk to the doctors to see what's up and what's next. It's been a rollercoaster ride up to now over the past almost three weeks. Hopefully we come to a successful end of the ride.
As for me, no change. I take my meds as prescribed and each day one at a time.
It's funny though. I was talking to my wife today and saying that this whole experience seems, at times, to be so surreal to me. Of course I would never get leukemia - that only happens to other people. And, even I did have it, I never really suffered enough to make it seem that anything was out of the ordinary. About the only concession to the disease has been all those trips to the doctor over the past two years and that period of 'House arrest" lat year.
Otherwise, the disease certainly hasn't affected anything that I do which seems to further lend credence to the fact that it's not a part of my resume. I do attend the monthly Leukemia And Lymphoma Society group meeting. Here again, everyone is so upbeat and positive that it makes it more like a social gathering than a group consultation session. And that's the way that it should be.
Time to draw to a close for today especially with my mother-in-law's status up in the air at this point.
Time for more prayer...
Bob
December 12, 2010 11:55 PM
Been very quiet!
Winter is just around the corner and we missed church today as everything was covered with ice.
I spent the day by finishing and mounting my shelf and beginning the installation of my kitchen cabinet doors, Always the projects that need to be done. This one is challenging as I have to drill al the holes for the hinges and the door knobs. With the hinges I've got to be careful not to penetrate the front of the door. However, when you have the right tools, it makes the job much easier. So, I'll continue this job at an easy pace - making sure not to make any mistakes. There is no reason to hurry.
Friday was a little busy as we went to Mass Eye And Ear to get my eye medication refills, then it was off to visit my mother-in-law at the hospital(she's doing very well - just needs to get on her feet), and the capped the day by visiting friends. Yesterday was our docent Christmas party at the Currier museum. Tomorrow is bridge at church and the December Leukemia Society group meeting.
A busy schedule, but certainly not taxing as the days draw short until Christmas.
My eyes feel fine although I have detected no vision changes. But.... it's only been a few days and I have to be patient and give everything a chance.
It's hard to believe that 2010 is coming to an end. However, two years ago I had no idea that I would even see a 2010 so I can't complain.
With everything that's gone in since then, it's nice to be able to look farther into the future...
Bob
Winter is just around the corner and we missed church today as everything was covered with ice.
I spent the day by finishing and mounting my shelf and beginning the installation of my kitchen cabinet doors, Always the projects that need to be done. This one is challenging as I have to drill al the holes for the hinges and the door knobs. With the hinges I've got to be careful not to penetrate the front of the door. However, when you have the right tools, it makes the job much easier. So, I'll continue this job at an easy pace - making sure not to make any mistakes. There is no reason to hurry.
Friday was a little busy as we went to Mass Eye And Ear to get my eye medication refills, then it was off to visit my mother-in-law at the hospital(she's doing very well - just needs to get on her feet), and the capped the day by visiting friends. Yesterday was our docent Christmas party at the Currier museum. Tomorrow is bridge at church and the December Leukemia Society group meeting.
A busy schedule, but certainly not taxing as the days draw short until Christmas.
My eyes feel fine although I have detected no vision changes. But.... it's only been a few days and I have to be patient and give everything a chance.
It's hard to believe that 2010 is coming to an end. However, two years ago I had no idea that I would even see a 2010 so I can't complain.
With everything that's gone in since then, it's nice to be able to look farther into the future...
Bob
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