The month of November is not starting out so good. And I’m not just referring to my normal complaints, i.e. shorter days, colder than expected temperatures (44°F this morning), work, and a myriad of other issues I won’t get into now.
It even goes beyond the fact Edie’s lastest chemo regime (Bendamustine) isn’t working, and she going to be starting on Melphalan and Prednisone as soon as her counts improve.
It all started last Wednesday when I discovered a friend (family almost) went into the hospital for brain surgery because of seizures, which was complicated by the fact an artery was nicked during the surgery. Now she’s in an induced coma, and there does not seem to be any clear indication of her prognosis, or even when they are going to bring her out of the coma.
Then on top of that, Edie’s sister just called to inform us her oldest brother just suffered a massive stroke, and the prognosis doesn’t look good. I was shocked. I just saw Norm when we were back in Ohio last month. We talked a little, and he seemed in good spirits. I even thought he looked pretty good, although a number of people commented just the opposite.
It seems like they’re just dropping like flies around us, and while Norm is getting up there in age, so you could say it’s not unexpected, Stacy is at least 10 years younger than Edie and me, and that just doesn’t seem fair.
Oh well, no one ever said life was fair, but it sure does give new meaning to the expression “seize the day“.