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08.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I haven't written in a few days, but it was not because there was nothing happening. My mother's lower GI obstruction sorted itself out on Wednesday, so she spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday basically pooping. She was released from the hospital Saturday morning and went to tea with the rest of the family (and assorted [...]
Life
07.30.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Update on my mother's condition. She is still in St. Mary's Hospital in London. She is still not well enough to travel home. The word from the CT is that my mother's cancer has spread to her kidneys and liver. It may have spread elsewhere and this may be a large part of the problem [...]
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07.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Well, my mother got her wish. She got to England, with my father, younger sister and her family, and older brother and his son in tow. They found their way to their rented apartment (flat) in London and settled in for the first day to get over the jetlag and find food, etc. They were [...]
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07.25.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

CMU Professor Randy Pausch has died. You've probably heard by now. We all owe a debt of thanks to Professor Pausch, not for sharing his final year, although that itself was a gift. We owe him because he was able to get some funding for pancreatic cancer research and was able to raise awareness that [...]