My parents waited around the hospital all damn day on Monday for the doctor to show up, and he decided to do yet another round of surgery, this time taking out the implant, wires, and everything. This involved cutting open my dad's head again, making new incisions, cutting his neck to pull out wires, shaving his hair off--he's got to look like ( Read more... )

My dad is still stuck in the hospital, and will be there over the weekend at least. Turns out the leads (wires) going from his implant to his brain also tested positive for infection, so that has to be monitored/cleared up. Meanwhile, it's the weekend for the neurosurgeon, who will be out of town. So, Dad has to wait until Monday to be seen and get ( Read more... )

My dad's in the hospital after having emergency surgery yesterday. He has an implant in his chest that helps with his tremors, and when its battery was replaced a few weeks ago, it apparently wasn't sterile (though it could have been any point in the procedure, because that's how it goes with surgery). He got a nasty infection and had to be cut ( Read more... )

Me again! Most of our friends know because they were there, but Lindsey ( aoi_tsuki1 ) and I got married two Saturdays ago, on October 29th! I haven't been on the Internet much lately, and have been feeling pretty lazy about the whole blogging thing. I'd rather just relax, play our pile of new video games, and get on with life. So, I'll try to keep things ( Read more... )

( Continued A/C Bullshit )

aoi_tsuki1 is glad to be back at home, and has brought back convention spoils. The highlights, as far as I'm concerned, are a sexy wall scroll of naked-and-sleepy Holo waking up, and a copy of Blaster Master for NES, which I've just started playing for the first time ( Read more... )

Feeling pretty good for once today. It was gorgeous out, and I wound up cruising around in Mitchell this afternoon and evening, listening to the blues, feeling the wind in my hair. Got to see my parents, hung out with Dad and showed him the old Ren & Stimpy episodes I got, kept him company ( Read more... )

Man, I haven't really slept in over four days now. I've forgotten how to sleep, due to drug withdrawal, stress/depression, bad timing, inactivity, the winter sun, and just sheer pain. Worst of all is my leg. I couldn't get comfortable to save my soul last night, as my leg, hip, back, everything was/is a pile of random nerve firings. Yesterday's ( Read more... )

Dad had his latest surgery today--finally, he got a partial knee replacement that he's been needing for decades! Hopefully it'll help with all the pain. We went to see him after the surgery, and he's in an extremely swanky place. This room is private, well-appointed, has its own bathroom, and is 2/3 the size of our last apartment. He's still on ( Read more... )

Oof. Poor aoi_tsuki1 had a terrible 17-hour day at work the other night/morning. She fell at work on some mystery ice, and was basically punished for it by having to spend 5 extra hours waiting around to get pee tests. I was worried, didn't get to sleep much, etc. (but did get her doughnuts!)

( Then, the fun began. )