Friday, December 29, 2006
Stuff redux
I should clarify the story about the storage unit, since several people have been disturbed about it: the company did try to contact us, but they still had our old address in San Mateo.
Now I think I told them the new address and they just never updated the records, but there's no way to check that now.
It's only stuff, after all.
Now I think I told them the new address and they just never updated the records, but there's no way to check that now.
It's only stuff, after all.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Merry Christmas!
A belated Happy Hannuka,
And Happy Birthday to our two holiday girls:
Katy,
and Addy.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Bounty
It may be nearly the shortest day of the year, but the garden is going crazy. I pick enough lettuce for a dinner party salad, and the next day, you can't tell any is gone.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Stuff
I had a weird experience just before Thanksgiving: I went to our storage locker to get out some serving things, and the combination didn't work...
It turned out that a couple months before, our credit card number was changed and the storage locker company never got the news. They sold everything in the locker at auction. It was just gone, vanished. It felt like the Twilight Zone. Something I believed absolutely was there, wasn't.
I was able to get in touch with the guy that bought the contents, and Ellie and I went to see him at the San Jose flea market, but he'd gotten rid of almost everything I cared about, and what little was left I found I didn't want any more - I knew I could never look at any of it again without seeing it in those sleazy surroundings.
So, we are lighter by a heck of a lot of stuff. Actually it feels pretty good.
It turned out that a couple months before, our credit card number was changed and the storage locker company never got the news. They sold everything in the locker at auction. It was just gone, vanished. It felt like the Twilight Zone. Something I believed absolutely was there, wasn't.
I was able to get in touch with the guy that bought the contents, and Ellie and I went to see him at the San Jose flea market, but he'd gotten rid of almost everything I cared about, and what little was left I found I didn't want any more - I knew I could never look at any of it again without seeing it in those sleazy surroundings.
So, we are lighter by a heck of a lot of stuff. Actually it feels pretty good.
Monday, December 04, 2006
A New Phase
We met with the Neuro-oncology team friday for the results of Jacob's MRI - It was "stable" meaning, I guess, nothing's changed since the last one three months ago.
That means, now that he is off steroids, there isn't much to do medically for Jacob's radiation necrosis - the area of damage near his thalamus that is causing his double vision, weakness and loss of coordination and balance. It's time for us to leave the nest and stop looking to the doctors for answers.
It was a wrenching realization, and made for a very painful appointment, but after some time to get adjusted to the idea, it is also liberating. Jacob is really tired of appointments, tests, and medicines shaping his life.
The doctors did a heroic job saving Jacob's life. I am only now realizing how tiny his chances of survival were when he relapsed. To still have him with us nearly two years later is a miracle, and we appreciate it everyday.
That means, now that he is off steroids, there isn't much to do medically for Jacob's radiation necrosis - the area of damage near his thalamus that is causing his double vision, weakness and loss of coordination and balance. It's time for us to leave the nest and stop looking to the doctors for answers.
It was a wrenching realization, and made for a very painful appointment, but after some time to get adjusted to the idea, it is also liberating. Jacob is really tired of appointments, tests, and medicines shaping his life.
The doctors did a heroic job saving Jacob's life. I am only now realizing how tiny his chances of survival were when he relapsed. To still have him with us nearly two years later is a miracle, and we appreciate it everyday.
