All Star Weekend

Tonight will be Taf's first All Star Game, ever. This is the first year he has made the All Star baseball team and the last year he will be eligible to play because of his age. I think he really deserves to be there and we are all really excited about the games. His first game is tonight at 8:00pm.

I am hoping my Dad will have an All Star weekend as well. He is hanging in there, in ICU, yesterdays report from my Mom was not good, although I found a few things to focus on that were positive and I am sticking to that because it works for me.
His pnuemonia was worse yesterday and so they suctioned a sample and sent it to the lab and then after those results changed his antibiotic to fight this particular strain of bacteria. I am grateful for that. The right meds for the job is always a good thing.

He is still on the vent and the doctors have kept him sedated since his surgery on Tuesday. They have also added some nutrition to his routine, prior to surgery, he was nibbling and drinking ensure.....now they have strapped on the automatic feed bag! I am grateful for that.

I keep telling myself that he can get better, because after all this is not the cancer that he is fighting. The tumor in his lung was small to begin with and the spots on his brain were even smaller, he had hardly a symptom from the cancer, just a winter cough which had lingered a little to long. This battle is one against the treatment. The poison (chemo) which was used to kill the cancer and give him some more time, bred an infection which has stolen his summer. It is hard to accept that these are the cards he was dealt but again, I still feel as though if anyone can come out of a situation like this it would be my Dad. He is an All Star.