I had some very special visitors in the hospital yesterday: Today will be a pretty boring day while I take IV antibiotics and wait for blood culture results. I’ve had a lot of people ask about visiting me. Today would be a good day for that. I’m on the 10th Read more…
It pains me to be stuck in bed during these last beautiful days of hot weather in Portland. I’d love to be out on the river in my boat or sitting on a patio throwing back a pint and enjoying these last days of summer before the rain starts. I’m Read more…
I am safely checked back in to OHSU. Yesterday they took countless blood samples and started me on IV antibiotics to fight the infection. I was seen by a large number of neurosurgeons, infectious disease experts, and other doctors. I am thankful to have so much expertise working on me. Read more…
This is a great post. One of many I’m sure I will read today that will remind me, despite how bad I may think I have it, that there are people in this world who have gone through far worse.
Sometimes it feels like I’m just going in circles. I got a call earlier today with results of the second biopsy on my spine. Like the first, it was inconclusive in determining the exact nature of the tumor. It did find abnormal cells growing but they do not have the markers that indicate Read more…