Dad

My dad has another health thing going on. He has been going to an oncologist. They have done a biopsy of his bones and his marrow to test for cancer. He is over producing iron or something and they are having to "bleed" him every week. I did not know they still did this sort of thing. Sounds like something out of Dr. Quin Medicine Woman.

Another scary chapter.

SanDiego Day 1 part 2

I took my life in my hands today. at the airport i could not find the shuttle to the resort where the convention is so i got a cab. It would be my luck that I would get a Jamaican Cab Driver who was smiling like he was stoned out of his gourd. I could not understand a word he said.

This place is so expensive. I just ate a 26 dollar sandwich. For lunch I had a 24 dollar burger. I am scared to see what breakfast will be like.

Yikes.

It is so cool (temperature wise) here. The sun went down and it got pretty cold. I sat outside for a while and talked to my grandmother. My dad had a ruff afternoon. The procedure did not work. I called him at home but he was already asleep. I really wished it would have worked.

Going West - Dad

Tomorrow I leave for San Diego for a conference. I will fly out of Tyler at 7. Will be back Saturday night. I should be able to post every day on this and face book to keep up with what is going on.

One complication. Dad's heart procedure is tomorrow. He has to be at Mother Frances at 8 in the morning. They will shock him at 10. I hate not being here for this. Dad insisted I go on with my trip. He has the hard part. My grandmother will be with him.

My prayer is that this will work and will help dad.

Update on dad

What a day. Today starts out to be a good day. A few unexpected events and conversations. But that I guess that is life. It does go to prove, that no good deed will go un punished.

But such is life.

I went to dad's dr appointment. He showed us the spots in dad's gut that have these weak vessels that are bleeding. They have increased dad's iron intake. The GI doc thinks that they can maintain dad's hemoglobin by helping produce more than he loses. BUT,

To fix dad's heart they have to thin his blood. So the GI doc said one option is to go down dad's throat with a long scope and a laser and burn those vessels. BUT, they can not do that in Tyler, he would have to go to Dallas to do that.

Dr. Radford then got on to dad pretty good about drinking. Dr Radford said that its one thing for the Dr's to jump through hoops to try and help, but if you will not do your part then what good are we doing?

Dad just sat there and listened. You could tell he was uncomfortable. I was too. AWKWARD!!!

I love dad, but dad has to do his part. Maybe he will listen to Dr. Radford.

Dad Update

Dad is having a good day. He is running around doing errands. He has mowed his yard. He seems like his old self. Still waiting to get the GI doc thing scheduled.

Dad Update

Dad is out of the hospital and at home. They were able to get his hemoglobin back up to where he was not so weak. They took him off the blood thinner and will have to concentrate on getting his GI fixed. So the fix of his heart is going to be put on hold for a while.

No stress, no pressure.....

I am leaving for Romania this Friday. Several of my team members have had struggles and challenges leading up to this week. God is doing something!