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Final Update From Friday

Well, the week is over. It’s Saturday morning and I’m just trying to get my stuff packed before heading to the airport. Dad is already at Hobby, taking a different flight home. It suddenly dawned on me that I have staples in my head so it will be another fun experience in airport security with [...]

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Surgery Was Successful

After waking up at 4:00am and getting ready for the long day, we left for surgery. We arrived a bit early even though we thought it would start late. Surprisingly it was like clockwork. I was in the OR by 7:00 after all the screening, prep, and “cocktail hour” of a relaxation drug they gave [...]

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Biopsy/Surgery Tomorrow!

Dad and I made it to Houston safely yesterday and spent the day in appointments to prepare for tomorrow’s surgery/biopsy. I met first thing with Dr. Weinberg. The first step was to get a new set of lifesavers on my head (see above). It was a bit of deja vu having them added again. And [...]

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Five Week Update

Dad and I flew down to Houston on Sunday. We spent the day watching football waiting for things to get started on Monday. (For those of you that know me I’m not a huge football fan, so clearly I was already feeling the nervousness of the appointments!) Monday morning I started with bloodwork. I then [...]

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The Plans for Houston

Just wanted to post a quick update to let you all know that I finally have plans set for my visit to Houston. Dad will be joining me this time. We’ll be heading down on Sunday the 18th, with appointments starting on Monday the 19th. I’ll be starting with standard blood work and moving on [...]