oxygen

Val’s been cooling her heels at the ER for over 6 hours and counting. They finally saw her around 9:00 and determined that yes, she could at this point benefit from oxygen. The current plan is for her to fly to Montana tomorrow, but it turns out the airlines require Continue Reading

CT results

Dear all, Dr. S just called to let Val know that the scan results show her cancer continues to progress. This confirms what her symptoms suggested to us. It also means she no longer qualifies for the Tarceva trial, so at least she can recover from that set of side Continue Reading

p.s.: kingfisher

A bit of bright news: my mystifying feet continue their steady improvement. On a good day, and there are several of those in a week, I am now able to walk a mile on a little nearby trail, without using my walker and without too much pain. The trail goes Continue Reading

sorrow and pie

My dears, It’s been a hard week or two. Val returned from Montana so glad to have seen her family, but exhausted and with a nasty cough. The doctor prescribed antibiotics, and Val felt improvement for a couple days, but since the weekend she’s been intermittently feverish, coughing more, breathing worse, Continue Reading