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My sister is out of the hospital. She was sent home with six different medications. Pain killers, iron pills, anti-biotics, and three others I don't remember at the moment. The only one she has taken is the anti-biotics. She still hasn't scheduled her appointment to have her staples removed. She doesn't seem too concerned. That makes ME concerned. The doctors won't let my mom make the appointments because my sister is an adult. She won't make them herself because she thinks its my mom's job to take care of her. Sometimes dealing with my sister can be extremely frustrating.

My father-in-law is home. He was on a triple dose of his blood thinner meds. Thankfully, there was no damage to his heart as a result of it. I'm not sure who was responsible for prescribing such a high dosage, but I hope they figure it out and do something about it.

My aunt with cancer is still in Anchorage. They were not able to find cancer with a PET scan, or any of the other tests they ran on her. But the surgeon who removed her uterus is insisting there is cancer so they are going ahead with the treatment. I believe she starts radiation tomorrow. I sincerely hope the surgeon knows what he's talking about because, from what I understand, one can only have radiation treatment once. Should they treat the wrong area it would all be a waste. If she doesn't have cancer and should somehow get cancer in the future, what will that mean? I really, really hope that surgeon knows what he's doing. I'm told the PET scan is THE test for finding cancer...it is supposedly the most accurate of all available resources. I don't understand why there is a discrepancy.

On a lighter note, I woke up to see SNOW on our mountains! I was so happy about that. :o) Not as happy as I will be to wake up to a snow covered car, haha, but happy.

Not much else to report on after a laid-back, uneventful weekend.

Oh, Lindsey played in a basketball tournament this weekend and made the All-Tourney Team! She scored 20 of the teams 34 points in the final game!

Motion Sickness

So the roller coaster has slowed down a bit, but has not stopped.

Yesterday my father in law was medi-vacced because he was experiencing pain in his left arm and they were concerned about his heart. He has had heart surgery in the past. A triple bypass, I believe, so we were all scared. It turned out that his medication dosage was wrong. He's taking blood thinner  and they gave him twice the dosage he should have had. He did not have any heart damage as a result, thank goodness! My aunt in the hospital with cancer is my father-in-law's sister (but that's not how she became my aunt...more about her in another post) so needless to say, we were quite relieved to know Dad is okay.

Our town elections were on the 6th. With a bigger turn-out than we've had in years, our entire administration has been replaced. Mayor, Secretary, Treasure...all with young, un-experienced people. I'm a bit nervous about how things will go the next 2 years, but I guess everyone deserves a chance.

I was so ready for some good news and I bet you're already tired of hearing about my worries and woes, so I'll share. :o)

My laptop came in! That's right...I'm at work, typing this on my brand new GREEN laptop! I love it...absolutely love it! I'm online via a wireless connection that was a snap to set up. Makes me want wireless at my house, but I'll take my ancient dial-up for now. I got this mainly for travel, anyway. I'm planning so far ahead. haha. I'm going to Juneau in March for a week...and wanted a laptop to take with me. It took a lot of encouragement from Michael, though, let me tell ya. I love to spend money on other people. Spending it on myself is a chore. Even if it's "free" money.

My lunch break is just about over. I better stop here. Hope you are all happy and well. The week is almost over!

Too Much Going On

Well, it's been 2 months since my last post. I highly doubt anyone even visits anymore, but here's my attempt to catch up.

First of all, work was super crazy this year at the beginning. It wasn't till we neared the end of the 1st quarter, things settled down for me. I finally feel like I'm in a routine and am very happy about that. There are a couple teachers I have "issues" with, but nothing worth mentioning and definitely nothing I can't handle.

My life at home has been a roller coaster with huge drops, intense climbs uphill, and crazy loop-de-loops. I hate roller coasters.

If my life consisted of nothing but work and Michael, it would be a piece of cake. But I've got a huge extended family and for some reason, we love our drama.

My uncle still won't talk to me after our big house ordeal. We see each other all the time at family functions but he just won't interact with me. If I smile or say, "Hi Uncle John" he just looks away. I'M the one who lost in the whole thing. It was never his house to take. He didn't lose anything. I lost the place I had called home for more than 5 years and probably the only reason my mom had to move home. Without a house to come home to, I doubt she'll ever return.

My Aunty Rita went north to Anchorage for a hysterectomy. During the surgery, they found cancer in her cervix. She's back up there now for a week of further tests. Hopefully, they'll find that her cancer, although believed to be in stage 3, will be treatable and she'll start radiation by next Monday.

My sister is in the hospital in California. She's been bleeding for the past 2 months. She had extreme abdominal pain late Saturday night and my mom called an ambulance. She was extrenely anemic and in need of a blood transfusion. They stabalized her, took some x-rays, and discovered her uterus is FULL of fibroid tumors. She was to have surgery today at Noon...2 and a half hours ago now. They said they wouldn't know until they had her open whether they could take the tumors or if they'd have to do a hysterectomy. I haven't slept in 2 days because I know my sister. She's stubborn, combative, and mean tempered. I'm worried that the doctors and nurses will grow tired of being belittled and lectured every time they enter her room. She won't let my mom visit or even call. When I called she said, "Hang up I'm trying to sleep." When SHE called my dad, she hung up on him. My dad is so hurt. We both stayed home from work today because we're too stressed from worrying about a loved one who wants nothing to do with us. He called me and I told him what I knew about fibroid tumors, reassured him that my sister isn't directing ALL her anger towards him, but the rest of us, too. We talked for over half an hour. That's a long time for my dad to talk but I think he felt better once we hung up. He promised to stop by later on. He said my sister really hurt him and he needs to feel good again. I hope I can live up to the challenge.

Other than that, I'm just waiting for the temps to cool. We have snow on the mountains, but it's still too high up for my liking. :o) We were in the 30's all day yesterday and I loved it. We even had some very thin ice on the more shallow ponds around the island. Today it's 45. :o(

I'm patiently awaiting the arrival of my new GREEN Dell laptop. They shipped it next day...but they shipped it DHL and we don't have DHL near here. The nearest is Anchorage. They signed for it last week and I'm assuming they put it in regular mail. Trouble is, we've had a lot of high winds lately. When the wind isn't blowing, it's foggy. So that probably slowed the mail a bit. I've always been told I'm a very patient person. This is definitely putting me to the test!

If anyone reads this, I hope you are happy and well.