May The Stars Light Your Way
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Tonight is a portentous evening. An evening when many new things are coming over the horizon… After driving only Mazda Miatas for the last 18 years, I’ve traded my 2005 Mazdaspeed MX5-Miata for a 2011 Hyundai Tucson. I loved the Miatas – especially the Mazdaspeed…
Last night, Tuesday August 10, 2010, was the opening night at Jean-Robert’s Table, the long-awaited new restaurant by Jean-Robert de Cavel. I’ve been working there to assist with the opening, and will continue to work there as my “moonlighting” restaurant job. There are several pictures…
Just a few updates for today… Bean had her first chemotherapy today. Wendy described the treatment plan to me, which is three different chemotherapy medications each given once a week on a 3x repeating cycle. Bean tolerated the first injection today, though it made her…
Wendy brought home Akhenaten’s blood-work from the lab today. The summary: It’s bad. Really bad. His BUN, PO4, ALT (SGPT), Creatinine, Cholesterol, Protein (total), Globulin, and NEU% are all really high (the BUN and PO4 are high enough that the lab re-ran them to make…
Wendy took Akhenaten to the specialist yesterday (along with Bean, who is going there for weekly chemotherapy). The specialist did an ultrasound of Akhenaten and was cautiously optimistic that instead of being in “kidney insufficiency”, he may be instead sub-clinically dehydrated from his ordeal. As…
This is a picture of a vegetable y-peeler. Sometimes, I need to find this picture when friends ask me what kind of peeler they should purchase to peel vegetables. Most recently, a friend wrote to ask about the best tool for peeling asparagus. This is…
BEAN: After surviving spleen cancer (and spleen removal) a few months ago, we recently noticed that Bean was once again slowing down. Wendy checked her out and we determined that she’s got liver cancer. On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 we took Bean to Dr. Cheryl…