blood clots, hair and happiness

not much happens on the weekends in the hospital.  it's kinda like they push the "hold" button until monday.  sure, the nurses are great and medicine still gets distributed, although the nurses are a little less familiar and everything seems to be in slow motion.  

so went another saturday for my mom.  today was a good day.  she was able to clear a couple of the blood blisters/clots in her mouth (eew, gross) and they didn't bleed again.  you can't begin to understand how exciting that is for her.  so much of the ongoing pain she has is associated with how raw her mouth has been.  hopefully, things are looking up.

it looks like it will be monday when they get the remainder of the bone marrow test results.  the doctor had a few today but, without the others, didn't want to make any firm commitments although the partial he had seen has been "promising".  (i don't understand this doctor stuff)  see my mother-in-law's comment on yesterday's post for her opinion of test results.

the high part of the day, really, was my brother, chris, getting my dad a new laptop and wireless router. my mom was excited about how happy he was.  it's her birthday present for him.  (i reminded her that i use Macs and my birthday is in november).

the mail doesn't get delivered on saturdays, but i was able to pass on some nice emails and comments to her.  that is always fun.  thanks again.

i hope the throat continues to get better.  she is starting to lose her hair.  if you didn't know her, you really can't tell, yet.  if you have seen her everyday, you can tell.  she wanted me to take a picture of her with hair because "the grandkids want to see me lose my hair".  i hadn't heard that.  i'll get a picture tomorrow and ask her if i can post it.  if not, i'll just post this picture of her when she was younger.  she had great hair then, didn't she?

ok, that may have been over the line....sorry, kids.  i'm just happy she felt better today.

"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."

- Albert Schweitzer

many blessings,

tim