Michael's Blog

Okay,

Where do I start.  If you've been following my blog you will have noticed that on January 27th my father passed away from respiratory failure and cardiac failure.

My mother has been battling colon cancer and was in remission.  Keyword he is was.  We saw her oncologist for the results of her recent PT/Cat Scan.  It turns out not to be good.  We are going to be having to go for some more additional chemotherapy.

So, I have blocked out all Wednesdays on my calendar for her treatments.  This will be the third round of this chemotherapy.  We have learned so much from the last rounds.

Dehydration is a very big nasty enemy in this fight.  Her appetite is also something that we have to tackle. The doctor promises us that this medicine will be gentler on her.

I am dusting off my gratitude rock, getting one for mother and we will lick this thing and give her a great life when we see the other end of this trial and tribulation.

So, how do I turn this temporary bad situation into a something to do with real estate.  Well A while ago I blogged about taking care of the care givers.  Well, now is my chance.   Every Wednesday at 9:00 am till noon I will be sharing time with the other care givers while their loved ones are getting their infusions.  So every Wednesday morning now I will be in Castro Valley at Eden Medical Center

My S.O.I. will be growing.  I am sure that in some cases these poor souls will be needing to liquidate some estates.

I could stop by with some chicken soup and drop it by for them on occasion.  I will be able to give out the gift cards for dinners to the care givers to give them the breathers that they really could use.....does anybody have a good chicken soup recipe for cancer patients?

So what's in my future?  Who knows, I may forsee selling my home in the near future and moving into mother's house which is just down the street.  I could always rent it out to my neice Lindsay and her friends. 

When Life gives you lemons make Lemonade.