Archive for February, 2014
follow-up (better news)
Just talked to Mom again. They’re giving him a feeding tube, apparently this one is designed so that he can put a cap on it if he wants to eat normally, and it can stay in place for a while as needed. He can get meds as well as protein through the tube (unlike a […]
blogs are for kvetching
Because at least here is one place where I don’t need to hold back on bad news for fear of oversharing (like at work) or unduly burdening others. Mom just called to ask my opinion of feeding tubes for Dad. She and my brother and SIL seem him every day; I think it would be […]
Hardings Luck (or, thinking about books no one else reads)
How odd; I’ve just realized that E. Nesbit got something right after all, though she couldn’t have known. I’ve never been quite happy with the ending of her Harding’s Luck, the companion story to House of Arden The latter was my favorite of hers when I was a kid because the local library had it; […]
“What did you do?” “Nothing” “Where did you go?” “Nowhere”.
(That title is off of a book about being a kid that gets it just right, but it describes my weekend pretty well too.) My baster wore out. I didn’t know that was a thing that happened, but now when I pinch the bulb it tends to come off the tube part. I might have […]
another update
WHen I talked to Dad this morning, he actually sounded a lot better – his voice had some energy in it. Apparently his blood pressure had been over 200 (systolic, I assume) all yesterday, so they’re focusing on getting that down. So the news seems to be a lot better than I’d been bracing for […]
update
I do really, really want to thank the people who commented on yesterday’s post about Dad. I appreciate it a lot, especially since I haven’t been as active on LJ / DW lately (I have been trying to be better about keeping up lately, though.) I talked to Dad this morning; his voice wasn’t as […]
I don’t have a good feeling about this
Just got off the phone with Mom. Dad’s in the hospital, for no real reason anyone can tell – he went *up* the stairs to find Mom to tell her he felt like he was going to fall. They’re keeping him for observation, because when you have that many things wrong even odd weird symptoms […]
Beware! Jo Walton is setting out lures!
Two very short chapters in, and I can already tell that Jo Walton’s What Makes This Book So Great is going to be an expensive book. That has nothing to do with its own cover price, which is about normal for a new release; no, it’s on account of all the other books Jo is […]