Oct 20, 2008 | Hal, Medical Care, RYAN
The great news is that this morning I walked into Ryan’s room at around 5am because there was a funny noise. He was sleeping with his MOUTH SHUT and sorta snoring through his nose. The tamponas have a tube running down the middle of them to help breathe. THEY...
Oct 18, 2008 | Health & Wellness, Medical Care, RYAN
It couldn’t have gone better today. Except for the backless gown. That was a surprise to Ryan. While I was answering a few questions, they took him behind a curtain… a couple minutes later, the curtain opens to reveal Ryan laying on a gurney, covered in...
Oct 17, 2008 | Faith, Food, Geezer Band: Harmony Roads, Health & Wellness, Living-In, Medical Care, RYAN
Helloooo. It’s been a wild two weeks over here. I haven’t been sitting around on my shrinking butt doing nothing. Mostly I’ve been busy freaking out because Ryan’s surgery is in the morning. Adenoids out, septum straightened, you-know-what...
Sep 25, 2008 | Health & Wellness, Medical Care, RYAN
This is Ryan’s CAT scan and the blue circle is the mass. And, no. It doesn’t look like "nothing." It looks like a big massy scary-looking something. Actually, it’s not nothing. It’s snot. Yeah. SNOT. In all my wild imaginings, snot...
Sep 20, 2008 | Health & Wellness, RYAN
[MOO-e een-kee-ET-ah, very worried] Ryan has a mass in his nasal cavity. We had it biopsied today. That was fun. Actually, it wasn’t too bad. The doctor was great, very gentle, numbed the inside of his nose topically, asked if Ryan felt anything. A lovely man,...
Aug 21, 2008 | MORGAN, Rancho Mastatal, RYAN, Summer Vacation, Teenagers
Ryan is a lovebug. Spontaneously affectionate, huggy, sweet. Morgan, although he adores me (of course, who wouldn’t?), is not spontaneously affectionate. When the boys are away, Ryan calls me to chat probably once a week, sometimes a few days in a row if there...
Jul 13, 2008 | MORGAN, RYAN, Summer Vacation, Teenagers
Budding Mafiosos, from the look of ’em. Mo gets special mention as a Cuban narcotraficante lookalike. That ‘stache adds to the mystery, eh? Wonder how much money one of those narcotraficante guys make? Just kidding… drug money could not be worth it.*...
