Yvonne’s Challenge

Beth and I have had a number of requests about when “the story” by ABC 13 Medical Reporter Christi Myers would actually be posted.  It aired last night on the local Houston ABC station here in Houston – Channel 13 – so if you’re out of town you won’t find it on your local ABC [...]

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It’s hard to imagine that it was two months last week that Beth and I were at St. Luke’s together.  In a word, all is great with both of us.  Beth and I had lunch on Saturday, which was wonderful.  It’s such a treat for the two of us to get together … the conversations [...]

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There are certain dates — whether they’re actual days or particular years — that have left indelible marks and make me stop to reflect.  In every case, they represent significant moments in my life.  While some are outrageously happy, some are sad and others represent great lessons in patience, endurance or humility.  Even those that make me ouch have offered lessons.  What I know is that if they hadn’t happened, [...]

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Yvonne asked me a couple of weeks ago if I would like to write a blog, and I politely declined.  She is so eloquent with the written word, and the intimidation factor was too high!  However, the time has come for me to write because there are simply too many people who have touched my [...]

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Mondays are hospital days, so that’s when I get the latest readings.  In a word, everything is great again this week.  I feel terrific, and all the numbers evidence how I feel.  AND, no more masks … freedom from the face accessory that’s been a constant companion.  I’m not complaining since I understand why they’re important.  But how [...]

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How happy I am to tell you that Beth is doing really well!  That’s the best news I could possibly report.  She’s up and around, moving better, and even walking three miles in her neighborhood with David.  Beth says she gets an occasional ouchy reminder, but David believes they’ve turned the corner.  I know everyone who’s reading joins me [...]

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Glory be, as my friend Fahy often says.  In Texas, that translates to yippee oh ki yay.  Or as Jackie says when she’s excited, “I’m doing backflips.”  All that said, for the second day in a row Beth hasn’t needed pain meds when she awakens.  Progress at last! Oh how happy that makes me! She’s still [...]

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Today Beth and I both had appointments at St. Luke’s.  It was great to see her, and for Susie — the latest gang member to join me here in Houston — to have the opportunity as well.  Our sweet Beth continues to have significant discomfort, which the docs say will go away with time.  Nonetheless, like all of [...]

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For many years, I’ve lived by three mantras:  1) there are no accidents in life; 2) the universe provides; 3) possibility exists everywhere if you just open your heart and your mind.  Now I don’t always like the lessons, but I do know that the messages are often instructive reminders.  Like when I don’t want to be somewhere and [...]

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Beth and David spent a long day on another follow-up visit to St. Luke’s.  She continues to have abdominal pain that the docs couldn’t figure out, so they did a CT scan today to get a more definitive look.  The results show she has a hematoma — essentially a really bad bruise — on a muscle in her abdomen, [...]

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