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I called Dad earlier today. He is still in the nursing home for recovery; will be for awhile yet. He is in the best spirits I think I have seen/heard in the past two years with this whole ongoing mess. He seems genuinely relieved to have the bad leg gone and the stump healing up. […]

a leg to stand on

I called Mom to wish her a happy day. She told me that Dad had his leg amputated. Almost two years now this shit has been lingering. Finally, he has a chance to mend and come home and get back to his life out of a frickin’ hospital bed… Everyone is in good spirits about […]

dad update

*sigh* So, the leg without a knee…? It has been in a cast for over six months now, I believe. The same leg that has had all the skin grafts taken from it to rebuild the flesh over the knee… Yeah, they finally had the foresight to take it off and replace it with a […]

my dad will only ever have one knee

And that reality isn’t about to change. I spoke to my mother the other day. Dad will not be getting his second knee. Ever. Between the poor handling at the first rehab center and the extra surgeries and the infections, there is not enough muscle and tissue to cover the implant and keep it safe […]

and so it goes…

Hello, my name is Fred. Well, it isn’t really, it never really was, but it was one of those things in my circle back in high school. Ceals, Bud, Ike, Gert and Fred. There was also Ceals’s older brother, but I can’t remember for the life of me what we called him in the Land […]

christmas day

Today was a good day. My aunt, uncle and cousin joined my oldest sister, my mom and myself for dinner here in my parents house. It was a great dinner and good time with family that I do not see very often. My other sister, her partner and my nieces join us tomorrow. This Christmas […]

what a day I shall have…

I am at MCI, waiting for the flight that will take me to my childhood home so that I may pick up my next vehicle. As I entered the line for security the impact of the day hit me… I ate breakfast on the way with <lj-user: kumazuki>, who is staying at the studio this […]

the six million dollar dad

Okay, alright. Not nearly as many bionic implants, so I am sure it was much more affordable…My dad had his knee replacement surgery Saturday morning. Early signs point to a great success, although when I spoke to him he was still doped on morphine, so of course everything was great! The only real concern is […]

allow me to introduce…

…my three oldest friendships. This photo was just posted to Facebook. I assume from the Fourth of July… Odd how cold it was in Cleveland for the start of July. Left to right, this is Bill, Rick and Steve. Bill and I were in the same Cub Scout den sometime around third grade, although we […]