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The value of a work ethic
Sadly, I must record once again: that Karl left his chores and tasks to the very end of the day because his priorities are playing games on his computer allday without the slightest concern for his future. This is the second blog entry that I ... |
Jun 21, 2010 8:50:00 PM |
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Karl returns from camp (fcdrycreek.com)
Today is the first installment on my blog surrounding Karl's activities. The reason I must blog about Karl is I am worried about what he plans to do the rest of the Summer. Karl does not seem worried at all about his jobsearch or anything else he ... |
Jun 14, 2010 8:54:00 PM |
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Karl Graduates From Mag West
Today I saw Karl walk across the stage and get his so-called Distinguished Achievement announced diploma. I'm not sure what that means but I suppose it helps in some small way. Overall the commencement was very good but there were no extra ... |
May 29, 2010 10:00:00 PM |
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Dean's Memorial Day
Today was 2 years since Dean died on the futon in the game room from a deadly cocktail of prescription pharmaceuticals. May all of the big pharmaceutical companies burn in Hell. I placed new flowers in Dean's vase and pointed them toward his Mom ... |
May 27, 2010 10:51:00 PM |
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Mother's Day
Today was the first Mother's Day without Helen. And, it was the first Mother's Day for Karl without his Mom. Helen does not have a marker yet and so all we can do is put some flowers in the ground with a plastic sleeve to hold the water. I ... |
May 9, 2010 8:47:00 PM |
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Helen's Service
Initially I will not publish this blog until later today. As I cannot predict my day with 100% accuracy I will leave the finishing of this blog to our Lord as all things are left to be determined by the higher power. Helen's Memorial Service ... |
May 1, 2010 6:28:00 AM |
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Preparing for Helen's service
Melissa has been the real trooper in preparation for Helen's burial service @ Klein on Sat. 5/1. Without Ms. M the house would not be in very good shape for the hoard of people coming to the house after the service. Karl and I will need to make a ... |
Apr 30, 2010 8:13:00 AM |
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Klein Funeral Home
Meet with R. Reed @ Klein today. We worked a very amicable contract for Helen's burial on: Sat. May 1. Melissa was present at the meeting and showed me and the funeral director Helen's funeral shroud. Melissa also selected the flowers. Helen's ... |
Apr 26, 2010 5:04:00 PM |
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Helen suffers no more
I got a call about 2:52 this morning with a word from the Hospice nurse Lori that her breathing was a sign. I woke Karl and we left for the Woodland's Healthcare Center right away We were too late by about 5 minutes; she had passed very ... |
Apr 25, 2010 8:28:00 AM |
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Helen & Woodland's HealthCare
We were able to pull off Karl's faux grad. ceremony today. It was sad that Karl's highschool was not actually represented at the ceremony today. Helen was relatively pain free today but I was not happy with the Odyssey nursing staff ... |
Apr 24, 2010 10:40:00 PM |
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Odyssey Hospice keeping Helen comfortable
A triage RN showed up yesterday for so-called hospice care. Helen's condition degraded markedly after getting the phenergan medication from the first RN. She was not at all responsive. The nurse in the first bullet was replaced by a new RN ... |
Apr 23, 2010 10:00:00 PM |
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Helen @ HealthCare
I was early for a change last night (around 6:15 PM). I stayed for a little over 3 hours. She has grown quiet as I suspect she does not like using her voice which is very weak. Karl visited her today and left just b4 I arrived. He bought her ... |
Apr 21, 2010 8:56:00 AM |
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Helen in Nursing Home
I did not get to see Helen until after 7:30 PM (1930) because of the 3 stops to get her some ice-cream in cups and a spiral notebook. Melissa left around 5:00 PM and messaged me. Helen was in fairly good spirits and ate half a cup of ... |
Apr 20, 2010 8:24:00 AM |
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Karl's 18th b-day
I barely made it to the HealthCare Center b4 Karl with Ariel in tow came in the door. In spite of the rushed nature of getting everything together for a Nursing Home birthday part for Karl I sucessfully got a photo of Karl blowing out his ... |
Apr 19, 2010 8:21:00 AM |
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Call from Helen's doctor
About 5:30 PM (1730) I received a call from Helen's doctor. I was a few miles down FM 2. I pulled over to the road shoulder. The Dr. explained that Helen is dying and has only 2 months max to live. The Dr. has her in the Nursing Home to help ... |
Apr 16, 2010 11:31:00 PM |
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Woodland's Healthcare
I visited Helen again until a little before 10:00 PM (2200). She was ill again and threw-up considerably. The resident nurse gave her a dilaudid 4mg but she threw it back up. She asked an received a 4mg from her own meds that I brought last night ... |
Apr 15, 2010 11:20:00 PM |
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Woodlands Health Care Center
Last night I followed the EMT to Woodland's Healthcare Center from Hermann Memorial. The move made her ill and she threw-up several times Her primary care doctor will not be seeing her there. The staff in the Healthcare Center seem nice ... |
Apr 15, 2010 6:20:00 AM |
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Hospital revolving door
Helen was out of the hospital only one day when on Sat. Apr 1, the Home Health Care nurse came outside to tell me that Helen needs to goto the hospital right-away. She was throwing up and dehydrated and the nurse helped us to get in the ER faster ... |
Apr 12, 2010 11:01:00 PM |
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Helen back to Memorial Hermann ER
Helen was admitted to the ER last night and was put into 5241 in the hospital proper today @ 1:00 AM (0100). The doctor in the ER ran a cat scan on her and she has considerable fluid retention in the area of her abdomen. I messaged her this ... |
Mar 11, 2010 10:13:00 AM |
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Verizon Suck's!
I received a postcard in the mail today from Verizon stating that I had not included the original UPC code from the box that contained my Verizon USB modem. What a rip-off and slick come-on to customers: Lure them in into making ... |
Mar 4, 2010 8:50:00 PM |