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Mom’s Heart: Day 11

Positive! On Day 11 she made a big shift to the Cardiac floor! Hurray! The new room has a west-facing window with lots of light, great for watching the sunset. Heart arrhythmia finally settled out on Day 10 and the Cardizem taken away. Hallucinations continue, but those could go on for another 6 weeks orContinue reading “Mom’s Heart: Day 11”

Mom’s Heart: Day 10

Day 10 was positive I received a call from Evelyn (via Liz in ICU) at 8:45am wondering when I would be down to visit. I called back, passing along the message that I would not be down for a visit but everyone else would be there. My mission was to head coastal to retrieve requestedContinue reading “Mom’s Heart: Day 10”

Mom’s Heart: Day 9

Large positive changes today! Lee’s first comment on our morning phone call was “She has good color today”. Not bad coming from him. Mornings are not her strong suit. She had another bad night, but not as bad. Dr Ameen (Amean?) had a brief chance to talk with Kim on her first visit. He statedContinue reading “Mom’s Heart: Day 9”

Mom’s Heart: Day 8

Actually I’m sitting at home on day 9, wondering what will be in store for today. Looking back on day 8, I can see more baby steps forward. On the downside: Kim and Lee received the 2am call from the frantic mother wanting to go home. She yanked out tubes yet again, tried numerous timesContinue reading “Mom’s Heart: Day 8”

Mom’s Heart

Back on Friday the 25th, my 79 year old mother went in for heart surgery to have a double bypass and replace the mitral valve. She assured us that she would make an amazing recovery and be out of the hospital in five days. Her body had other plans once under anesthesia. Surgery went smoothlyContinue reading “Mom’s Heart”

2009 Corvallis Fall Festival Poster

IT WAS A SUNNY DAY artwork by Mark Allison

One week to go…

Only one week to go before the big fall party in Corvallis. So far, we’re expecting great weather and crowds numbering close to 30K. This week I worked down my list of small jobs like ads for the cool Pedicab driver (he can give you a lift to your car for a couple of bucks),Continue reading “One week to go…”

Corvallis Fall Festival Run

Just had to post a couple of photos from last years starting line-up. I ran back in 2006, but not since. Typically I’m busy working at the Gazebo before sunrise. 2008 was a record year for runners. I think they had well over 800. This year they’re expecting close to 1000! First photo is ofContinue reading “Corvallis Fall Festival Run”

Old blog

Back in 2005 I started my first blog on blogspot. Probably like a lot of bloggers, it went for a couple of months then stopped. The initial hope was to use it for displaying artwork, kind of like this blog. However, I wasn’t quite ready to put myself out there. It’s still there… not aContinue reading “Old blog”

Yachats Gathering

Once a year, when nephew Zac comes to Oregon, the family gathers in Yachats. We typically see him for only a day or two per year. It makes each trip very special. Mike & Shannon were unable to attend. Kim & I instigated a new tradition “the family art project”. Last year we created tie-dyedContinue reading “Yachats Gathering”