Update on my Houston Family

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The post-Ike situation in Houston is getting very bad.  We hear so much about hurrican preparations but don’t think about what it would be like to live in a place after a major hurricane has whirled through, leaving destruction in its wake.  But we [...]

Putting Meat on Her Bones

No doctor has ever told me that I need to gain weight. Usually I wait in dread for the newest medical slice into my non-compliance so clearly seen welded to my hips and tummy.
My mother has never heard it, either, and she weighs exactly what she did when she was married 56 years ago [...]

Quick Checkin from Texas

I had an easy flight down to Texas on Thursday after an extremely short night and trip through the dark up to the airport armed only with a giant bottle of Diet Coke and loud 90’s rock on the iPod.  When I got there I discovered that none of the little check in places in [...]

Mom’s Coming Home

The plan was for Mom’s incision to be stapled yesterday before they released her from the hospital. After waiting all day for the doctor and the procedure, when he finally arrived my parents learned that her skin tissue was too thin for them to be able to staple after all. Somehow I don’t [...]

God Bless Us, Every One

It’s Christmas morning and I’m watching Patrick Stewart as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol while Tessie plays with her new catnip mice amidst the wreckage of wrappings and ribbons. She made out like a bandit with cat toys to keep her busy for days and treats just because.
My family made a pact to cut [...]

Update on Mom

My mom had her appendix out at 10:30pm last night and is resting comfortably in the hospital. She expected to go home today but her white blood count is very low and they want to make sure the levels rise before they release her.
The surgeon told them that her appendix was falling apart and [...]