day 20 and the "before"

another day, another sore throat.  my mom, despite positive momentum, still is bothered by the throat (ok, tim, enough about the throat.  we got it 7 posts ago).

hey! cut me some slack.  when espn doesn't have new stuff to talk about, they run the same story about A-Rod or Tiger..... i'm just sayin'.

anyway, i was at the hospital for rounds this morning.  the doctor's visits in the room are very "routine".  it goes something like this:

doc:  "how are you feeling today?"

mom:  "ok.  my throat still hurts a lot."

doc:  "it's gonna be that way until your white blood cells come back."

mom:  "when will that be?"

doc:  "soon.  it's hard to say.  people are different.  the average person stays for about 28 day, you're on day X so BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH..."

mom: (sigh)

doc:  "any other questions?  you're looking good"

mom: "i wish my throat felt better."

doc:  "it will. any other questions?"

mom:  "no. (but my throat hurts)"

doc:  "see you tomorrow."

record that conversation and push "play" and you have the daily doctor visit.  today was a little off-script.  it went more like this:

doc:  "how are you feeling today?"

mom:  "ok.  my throat still hurts a lot."

doc:   "at least you're on the right side of the dirt."

brilliant!  

he is now an official member of the philpott family.  sarcasm and all. don't misunderstand.  he wasn't being flippant.  somehow, he knows my mom doesn't like pushing the "play" button so he punched "random".  anything to break up the routine.  i like him.

with the sore throat and fever she has been fighting, this wasn't the best day for my mom.  the good days are outnumbering the bad, but this wasn't one of the good days.  maybe tomorrow.  she didn't get her hair cut off today.  she wanted me to take a picture of the "before".  she said it was ok to post.  so i did. the hair will come off on wednesday, i'm sure.  stay tuned for the after.

one of my friends from growing up in forest park suggested i read the book "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch.  i was at the bookstore today and looked for it. it's a children's book (or it's in that section).  after i read it, i bought it and shared it with my mom. it should be required reading for every son who loves his mom.  i think i may get a copy for my brothers (and maybe my kids).  thanks, mary jo.

thanks for the prayers and support.

"We're all born bald, baby"

- Telly Savalas

blessings,

tim

p.s.  mrs. swisshelm, commenting on the blog is pretty straight-forward.  i have confidence in you.  your cards are wonderful and my mom loves them, but i know you can conquer the technology and post a comment.   click on # comments at the end of the message.  write your message in the box that comes up.  choose Name/URL from the "Comment as" drop down menu.  it will ask for a name and url.  enter your name (leave url blank) and hit "continue".  then hit "post comment".  hope that works.