Blood Transfusion

Tuesday was spent hanging out at Riverbend hospital for my dad’s blood transfusion. What a LONG day! We arrived at 10am and he was locked in until almost 7pm. We were located some where back in the rabbit warren behind ER or so they said. They did have a comfy bed for him to restContinue reading “Blood Transfusion”

An afternoon of waiting

Nothing like spending the afternoon waiting at the doctors office with my dad. His health has not been improving, basically remaining stagnant. He’s still fatigued, more and more back pain, and the struggle continues with getting fluids & food down his system. We learned that the last xray on the 18th continues to show fluidContinue reading “An afternoon of waiting”

Dear (Deity of Choice)

Dear (fill in your deity of choice here), I just wanted to check in and see how things are going. From the looks of it, you’ve been a tad overworked and might have placed a bit too much on my plate. I understand that you have to place cancer in everyone’s life these days, butContinue reading “Dear (Deity of Choice)”

Positive Results for a Monday!

It’s about time we had some positive results happen in the family! #1: Lee’s hemoglobin was at 8.2 (.2 higher than last week), platelets are normal, blood pressure 104/52 and body temp 98.6. Hurray!!! Mike took him in for the oncology visit and then to get a chest x-ray to check pneumonia status. I’ve notContinue reading “Positive Results for a Monday!”