Cancer Crisis: the Aftermath

25 May 201025 May 2010

As I write this it's been less than a week since Virginia's funeral.  I've spent the week at work, mainly because I needed to get back and spending the time…

Cancer Crisis: 11:30 at the Conrad Hospice unit.

11 May 2010

Virginia left the UIHC at 12:00 noon on Tuesday.  It was exactly on week ago from that moment that I picked her up in Waterloo for a three-week check-up regarding…

Cancer Crisis: Counting Down the Hours.

11 May 2010

It is 11:20 in the morning Tuesday May 11.  I am sitting in the chair that I have basically occupied for the past 48 hours.  Yesterday Virginia's dietary intake went…

Cancer Crisis: an update

9 May 20109 May 2010

Updated 6:00 pm 5-9-10 This is an update of what I know as of right now.  Yesterday J.V. (Virginia's best friend in the whole world) came and sat with Gin…

Cancer Crisis: Spending the night at the UIHC

5 May 2010

Tuesday May 4, Virginia and I both took off early from work to transport her to Iowa City.  We had the three-week follow-up after her first round of Xelota, a chemo…

Cancer Crisis: A New Hope

1 May 20101 May 2010

Yesterday, Virginia went to a see Naturopath.  She spent two hours with the doctor while he poked and prodded and asked her questions.  I'm getting this all second-hand as I was…

Cancer Crisis: Maybe Encouraging News, Maybe Not

27 Apr 2010

Today we got the results of the most recent urinalysis and a liver function test. The urinalysis is showing traces of blood in the urine.  The liver function test shows…

Cancer Crisis: So Doctor, what exactly is causing this?

25 Apr 2010

I'm sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday, but we had friends stop by to help us with some house cleaning.  It's kind of difficult to sit on one's butt…

Cancer Crisis: The doctor is hiding behind his notes

22 Apr 2010

Honestly, I was going to post this last night.  Not being at home for most of the day followed by an uncooperative 'net connection kept me from posting last night. …

Cancer Crisis: A late night at the ER

16 Apr 2010

Good morning!  Given the somewhat worrying Tweet I posted last night, I thought it would be a good idea to give everyone a short update.  Virginia was taken to ER…