Posted 1/20/19 I hate full moons. I am not even a little superstitious, but mom has had some of her worst nights during them. 🙁 Hoping for a blood-free moon. #EndALZ
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Still One Day at a Time
Posted 1/16/19 “One day at a time sweet Jesus That’s all I’m asking from you. Just give me the strength To do every day what I have to do. Yesterday’s gone sweet Jesus And tomorrow may never be mine. Lord help me today, show me the way One day at a time.” Mom loves to…
Teepa Snow
Posted 1/15/19 Another rough day for mom…another fall. Pam is sick and I am quarantining myself just to be sure in advance of an important business meeting tomorrow. Sigh… #EndALZ
Watching and Looking
Posted 1/14/19 Fun facts: Did you know that modern insulin, as used by the vast majority of patients with diabetes, was made by essentially corrupting the DNA of E.Coli into a usable chemical? Botox, a very helpful therapeutic and cosmetic drug was created working with botulism toxin. What, were no rattlesnake fangs available to milk…
Fire in the Hole!!!!
Posted 1/13/19 “Red Flanders, why don’t you get back in here and put on your pants!” -Sadie Flanders “I can’t, I ain’t got my pants no more! The dang Baldnobbers stole em’ …” -Red (standing on a ladder, in his long johns, with his house burning) -Most memorable line from Fire in the Hole (Vintage…
R.I.P.
Posted 1/12/19 Sadly, 5 of the original Sweet 17 have passed away in 3 months. 🙁 A few more seem close, but I am not a doctor. 🙁 #EndALZ
Fading Bruises
Posted late 1/11/19 A couple more cute pix of mom after her starting to feel better today…and a cute baby picture of us to boot. She looked worse after the falls, but the bruises are starting to fade. #EndALZ
Best/Worst of X
Posted later 1/11/19 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring…
Recovery
Posted early 1/11/19 Mom is back awake and generally better so far this morning. Pam and I will check on her often today. The flu/stomach bug stinks…but even more so with a compromised brain. 🙁 #EndALZ
Bugs Everywhere!
Posted 1/10/19 Stinking stomach bug round zillion hit nearly all of the Sweet 17. 🙁 Mom has a fever and, drum roll, nausea. Meds back to a challenge. Poor mom is super-zonked and had to be carried to her room. She crashed and is pretty much unresponsive, but her vitals are ok. Docs are coming to…