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Cast
Just a quick post tonight. I met Vernon for a check-up on his arm at Newport Orthopedic Institute in Irvine. Dr. Leiber couldn’t be there this morning, so we met with his partner, Dr. Adler. Vernon’s brace and bandages have been off for two days in a row—I only assume he finally managed to twist…
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Newport Dialysis
It’s kind of a big deal to switch dialysis centers/doctors. Even though we started the process from the hospital last week, I spent Friday and Monday taking lots of phone calls from various people at the previous center, first wondering why we were leaving, then trying to talk us into staying. We had been there since…
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I don’t know the future.
I took this picture of Vernon on Friday morning. He was out of his bed and it took three CNA’s to get him back in. It wasn’t the first time, wouldn’t be the last. They shook their heads at me with the same look in their eyes: it’s going to be a trying month ahead.…
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The Changing of the Guard (and Surgery)
I’m writing from Vernon’s room at Hoag Hospital Irvine. Thankfully, he was admitted last night after the surgery to repair his broken left radial bone. Originally the plan was to send him home a few hours afterward, but after requesting that he stay, the surgeon obliged and the return ambulance order was cancelled. All went…
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Hypotention to the Hospital
Vernon’s normal ambulance was waiting outside the Dialysis center when i arrived this morning. I could see he was still inside it so I knew it would be a late start. But when I walked up to the open back doors, the EMT still sitting inside with an oxygen-masked Vernon, I was told that his blood pressure…
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Citizen of the World
A couple of months ago, we began the long process of Vernon’s naturalization. According the The UCIS website, “naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act.” So basically…if all goes well, he’ll…
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Sundays are for Singing
I can’t say enough good things about the Logie family who comes so often to play for Vernon. It’s been about a year since we met them, and they have truly ministered to Vernon and the rest of the family. I am blown away how those kids are with each other and others in the…
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Past Self/Future Self
I came across this entry, posted two years ago yesterday. Vernon’s eyes were finally open after a month of coma, but it would be another couple of months before he could really get his eyes to track. He would come up and down from the surface, like a whale (I believe I wrote about…
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Summertime
The first official week of summer has come to an end…and I’m exhausted. I think I took about three or four naps this week, slipping them in when I could. Thank you to all those kid-sitters who bailed us out in a busy week on the Vernon front. I found by the middle of the week, I…
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Orthopedic Consultation
Today was the day…I met Vernon and his wonderful EMT team, who rolled him via gurney to the Newport Orthopedic Institute in Irvine. The waiting room was busy, filled with patients, but the young woman at the desk was more helpful than any receptionist I’ve met on this journey yet. She told me not to worry…