Hello all.

Well, it's been a pretty stable month or so. I've been going to Cleveland for 'bronchs' now and it's surely a quicker drive and less time off of work. A few weeks ago I had a 2 day appointment and the second day was a bronch. They won't do the procedure until they see you have someone with you that is going to take you home because of the sedation. So the day of the bronch I met a man outside the front of the hospital and paid him $20 to act as my father. I think it would have worked just fine but it hit me that he was black right when I introduced him to the nurse. Crap. So Mom and Dad drove up and they picked me up, we went to lunch, (which I don't really remember but they tell me I probably picked one of the most expensive restaurants in Little Italy) and drove home. It was a flexible bronch so I wasn't sore much at all and recovered quickly. This last Thursday, I had another bronch scheduled. This time it was a rigid. Marin and I left Wednesday night after work, stopped in Columbus and treated ourselves to some sushi then got to Cleveland around midnight. I went for my bronch the next day and I had a couple of problems. After the procedure, they had trouble waking me up. (So what- I was tired) Then, after finally waking me, I stopped breathing on my own. They intubated me for around 5 minutes to help me (So what- I'm a little lazy) and I started on my own. This really is no big deal to me because I don't remember but only a few seconds of it.


I'm still fighting this long term lung infection which causes a little shortness of breath but besides that I'm doing good. Marin is of course a champ about the whole thing and Annie is just having a fantastic time. Period. (Though she is learning to resist a little, sneak, pout, and show some good anger. But she can't for long because she ends up finding something to get into and have some more fun.)


The last blog rang true with me and I agreed with Marin's thoughts. As I'm sure it makes sense to most of you readers. The funny thing is, is one of the people that could have used it as an excuse to go ahead and bite the bullet and make contact, didn't. People who know me at all, know that I'm not a dramatic person but I have had countless times in the last year or so that have scared even me. The fact that I'm here is a bit against the odds. This person has and probably always will, think they have time on their side to deal with things in life on their own terms. Well, they don't. None of us do. We all have to deal with things that aren't always on our terms and that makes it uncomfortable but I think we need to get out of our comfort zone to have any kind of meaningful life experiences. We don't have months and months to think about what we want to say to someone we have lost contact with. We don't have weeks and weeks to think of a way to make sure we don't look vulnerable when we finally do go to them. Time is not friendly to anyone.


Well everybody, that's all. Also, just out of curiosity, I would like to know how many people still read. If you can, just scroll to the bottom, click on 'comments', scroll to the bottom, and leave a quick word. Just a 'hello' will do. Click either anonymous or name/url and then click publish comment. Even if 1 person is still reading we'll keep updating but like I said, I'm curious.

Have a wonderful day,

Jerid