Really looking forward to Thursday

Mary has an appointment with one of her Oncology doctors on Thursday. And, we are both looking forward to that visit. The directions Mary received during her call to Stanford about the pain on Thursday was to make sure she reported her symptoms during the scheduled doctor visit this week.

Monday was a haze for Mary. Her regular medications regimen is the 24 hour fentanyl patch for pain, two diuretics to avoid bloating, Celebrex for pain, a pill for blood pressure and pepcid AC for acidic stomach plus something for her intestines to keep working properly. She then has the option of Zofran or Compazine for nausea. Compazine is stronger but also puts the patient to sleep. And, that is what Mary did yesterday. When I got home, I woke her up. We talked about dinner and before she finished her menu request, she fell asleep mid-sentence. Later, when I went to get her to come to the table, she was sound asleep again.

I serve a small portion now called a Mary portion. She ate about 60% of that last night. I wish I could get more food into her. She says it tastes fine, she just doesn't feel like eating. Foods that were her favorites simply don't taste good to her right now--no fish or pork on the menu. Chicken and various forms of beef seem to work ok: Hamburgers, sloppy joes, cube steaks, etc.

Our friend Terry has agreed to take Mary to Stanford on Thursday. I will meet her there and bring her home.

Our neighbor, Bill the hunter, managed to shoot a wild pig recently. He gave us some shavings from the results of his smoking of the meat. While Mary isn't into pork right now, I have no problem. Thank you Bill, it is very tasty!

OK, on to the silly stuff.

"Pants on the Ground" is an original work by General Larry Platt and he first sang it during the broadcast of the American Idol auditions last week. Larry is a well regarded civil rights activist from the 60s and 70s and now he seems to be pursuing a career in music--he is just a little bit over the 28 year maximum for American Idol. The word is that is has gone "viral" much like Susan Boyle did last year. (Viral means the internet community is spreading it like a virus but its friendly, not damaging.) The highlight performance of "Pants on the Ground" is shown in the second clip taken in the Minnesota Vikings locker room on Sunday after the win over the Dallas Cowboys--led by Brett Farve. Enjoy!

From American Idol:


From the Vikings locker room:

And here is a link to the St. Paul paper and a related article

http://www.twincities.com/vikings/ci_14217440