So I’m back home from my month long stay with C-dog in Denver. I was apprehensive at first, thinking that I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if there weren’t constant beeping and late-night vommit sessions to keep me entertained. But, I am actually enjoying myself, surprise, surprise. Who’d a thunk that you can [...]
The more I think about it, the more I see that having an abdomen full of tumors is like having uninvited house guests. Squatters, to be exact. Think of it: In late October I go off on a little vacation through Southeast Asia - Bangkok, Northern Thailand, parts of Malaysia, the two islands of Borneo, Bali. The [...]
Craig’s a writer – he always has been. He published his first short story (on vampires) when he was still knee high to a grasshopper (or in elementary school). He continues to scribble life’s little adventures in his traveler’s notebooks, of which he has many. I’m sure there’s a bunch of good stuff in the [...]
I think the next time I apply for a job, I’ll include drug pusher and vomit cleaner as special skills. D and are now certified to administer all sorts of IV-based anti-psychotics – who knew they doubled as anti-nausea meds – and pain meds. We’re also pushing IV nutrition and saline (Craig can no longer [...]
After meeting at least three ‘nurse’ Marys in as many days, not including our very own nurse Mary, I’ve come to the logical conclusion that all people named Mary are nurses. For those few Mary’s not yet nurses, well, as sure as rain, they soon will be. And as for those wayward Marys now well into their twilight years who [...]
So here’s my take on mom’s diagnosis. A few days before I heard the news, I was taking a friend’s friend around town, showing him all the Bangkok tourist sites. Like D and E have posted, we all thought she had something relatively minor, though, given the symptoms, I think deep down we knew it was probably [...]
The weird thing about being in a close family is acknowledging that we are all different and, like the post’s title says, have different vantage points. So, this one comes from the snarky middle child. Here is my retelling of mom’s diagnosis and craig’s from the non-reclinable chair in the chemo ward of UCH:
Mom
She [...]
The logistics of caring for two sick family members is difficult, but doable if only for our clear understanding of life’s priorities. To describe us as close would be an understatement. We’re that annoying pod of six that seem to forget the world around them. We rely on each other for advice, [...]
I’ve always considered Craig a bit of a strange bird. Whether hailing from a far away place known as the ‘backwards planet’, or carrying around a red-caped egg as his mascot, or challenging Preacher Bob on the library lawn, Craig always seems to bee-bop to his own special tune. He sometimes privileges us with that special tune in the [...]
Once upon a midnight dreary, while Craig pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While Craig nodded, nearly sleeping, suddenly there came a BEEPING, …
Beeping at his bedside more?!
Presently his soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
`Sir,’ said he, `or Madam, truly your forgiveness he implored;
But the fact is he [...]