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  • Heroes

      Hero: a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities. I apologize for the broken link that went out to our blog subscribers last night. I hadn’t meant to publish what I wrote, but used this space instead  to work out some personal thoughts. When I realized 20 minutes later…

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  • The Day Bowie Died…and medical stuff

    What a strange day. I was woken by the surreal news of our beloved David Bowie’s passing (or perhaps trajecting to another planet) and wondered how Vernon would react when he heard. He had been a big fan—as had I. My car had a punctured tire so I dealt with that between Kindergarten drop-off and driving to…

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  • PIE!

    Vernon was in good spirits and relatively sharp, and though his left arm was still somewhat swollen, he wasn’t complaining of the pain.  He remembered the field trip in the night to the ER, though he assured me that it wasn’t his fault, but something that happens when he twists in the night.  I could…

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  • Totally Tubular

    Just a quick post this morning to say that I got a call around midnight, letting me know the Vernon was going to be taken to the emergency room at Hoag because he’d pulled out his G-tube. They didn’t have the right attachments to fix it, I guess, and they did tell me that the…

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  • In Rainbows

    The charge nurse called last night to inform that Vernon’s arm was very swollen, so they’d contacted the vascular surgeon who’d worked on him Monday.  He said it was common after surgery to have some swelling and that they should ice it and elevate it. When I arrived this morning, his arm still looked very…

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  • Pluviophile

    The Collins Dictionary defines the word pluviophile as “a lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days.” It’s a word I can identify with, even though it seems to be a new, made-up kind of word, since I can’t find it listed in any other online dictionary. It was probably made…

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  • Venous Transposition Surgery

    Vernon went in to Fountain Valley Regional Hospital today for surgery on his arm. Some months ago, you may remember, a dialysis fistula was embedded in his left arm. It didn’t heal properly, so he needed to have one of the veins transposed (in this case, lifted closer to the surface so that it can…

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  • The Welcome Party

    Though I asked if Vernon could have dialysis at the hospital yesterday, the doctor told me it wasn’t necessary and that he’d be discharged shortly after I left in the early evening. But around 11:30pm, I got a call from someone at Hoag, asking for my consent to give Vernon dialysis there. I’m not sure…

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  • The Present

      What is it about the new year that makes us think we have control over our lives…to intention them better as if we have an extra likely chance to change our lives if we start thinking about our goals in January? When our feet his the floor on January 1st, maybe our lives will feel…

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  • Onward Ho!

    Happy New Year, everybody. Can you believe its the last day of 2015? I think I’ve aged about ten years since last January…maybe tomorrow I will wake up and my youth will be restored! I hope that for all of you too. Even if it isn’t exactly possible to reverse the aging of the body,…

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