1. Survived Thanksgiving even if I was terrified of facing my first Thanksgiving without my father, and just for extra awfulness Thanksgiving this year fell exactly six months after my father's death. I cooked most of the dinner myself, but I ordered the pie from a nice little local bakery. I wanted to be sure if I ruined everything else I would ( Read more... )

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1. ( Er, I should probably back up and explain. )

Still dealing with everything that needs to be done since my dad died, and getting things done that he wanted to get done before he died. One of the things he wanted to get done before he died was to have me tested for Autism Spectrum Disorder. I had my testing July 10th. The doctor said it'll be about four weeks before I get his full report. ( Read more... )

Oooh God, there is so much going on in my life right now. On the one hand I'd like to talk about all of it in detail, on the other hand I'm pretty sure I haven't got the time to. So, allow me to quote Inigo Montoya --

Let me explain. [pause] No, there is too much. Let me sum up.My little brother is going through a bone marrow transplant in ( Read more... )

They had to keep him over the weekend because they couldn't do all of the tests they wanted to until Monday. Once they could do their tests they decided it was a mini-stroke. We were allowed to take him home today, but he isn't allowed to drive for a month. :-/

My dad went to the emergency room at Thayer this morning, and they're transferring him to the cardiac unit at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Since he told mom there's no point to going out to Thayer when he's being transferred to Bangor I'm not sure when we're going to see him next. :(

They did the procedure Friday, sent him home Saturday, and today mom's taken him into the emergency room. They gave him a new prescription, Plavix I think it's called, and he's been reacting badly to it. That is all.

My dad's heart procedure is to day and I'd be most grateful if it went really well. Please? Pretty please?

That is all.

If I felt like dragging it out I suppose I could put it to a poll. I'll just do the bad first, get it out of the way ( Read more... )