Today marks Robbie’s eighth consecutive day at home. A record since January 19.When they released him last Saturday morning, the oncologists warned him that he was likely to be back sooner than later, suffering from a fever or similar side effect. He is out to defy them and so far has managed pretty well. He […]
Despite being home, Robbie needs to come back to Yale-New Haven every few days for blood work. Today, he came in for platelets and red blood cells, sort of topping off the tank. While he’s generally feeling well, he still tires easily and is pale – the blood will help.While he’s hanging out in the […]
At 6 p.m. tonight, Deb and I will be seated side by side on the train home. Somewhere before 6:30 our marriage will have reached the end of the 24th year. We
So, being at home has allowed ourselves to get back on track with household chores and more importantly back to the gym. It was a sore but refreshing session on Sunday, to hopefully be repeated tomorrow.Meantime, another thing we’re doing now is catching up on our prime time viewing. Deb and I sat there, reviewing […]
Week seven ended on a high note. It might have been a C.Robbie is coming home today, having completed round two of chemotherapy in grand style. Unlike round one, he suffered no side effects at all; required no blood or platelets and maintained eating real food all week.The best news came a few days ago […]
I’m falling back into my habit of the immediate work in the mornings and the afternoons for the longer term projects. Earlier this week I received the go ahead to write the Bataan Death March project and am having a good time completing the research. It’s a painful, gut-wrenching set of experiences to read about […]
Lunacon will be the weekend of March 14-16 and barring an unforeseen complication, I’ll be there Saturday and Sunday. My schedule will be the following:SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH10:00:00 AM – 11:00:00 AMPoplar RoomRaising Fannish KidsThe more things change, the more things stay the same…or do they? Is growing up in fandom the same now as it […]
It’s been a quiet week work-wise. I’ve done a bunch of writing for a website and sort of coasting along on my essays for How to Lose a War. Finished the Six Day War this week and have begun researching my final essay.This morning, though, I received comments on my Outline and Sample Chapter for […]
The stay at home was all too brief. It seemed that everything we did Wednesday and Thursday was in preparation of his potentially being readmitted Friday rather than the hoped-for Monday. As a result, none of us really had a chance for extended rest and relaxation. Still, he loved being at home with the dogs, […]
It’s been a good week for samples. The other day, I received a copy of BenBella’s Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City. While my essay did not make the final cut, I did fact check the entire manuscript and was flattered to see an acknowledgement for the effort. It’s a fun book […]