Lifes Dirty Little Tricks

What a month August has been. It started of with my making plans to go to San Francisco for the "Summer Of Love" 40'Th anniversary concert which is being held this Sunday September 2'nd. All looked well for the trip until I found out that I would Have a problem getting a bus home for the last leg of the return trip. I was finally able to arrange for someone to pick me up In Vallejo and bring me home to Fairfield.



Going to this concert was really important to me because when the original concert was held in 1967 I was only 12 years old and my parents would not let me go with my cousin and his friends. One of the headlining bands is "Country Joe And The Fish" This holds a special significance for me because In 1967 my mom was a concert promoter and she hired them to play at the Napa fairgrounds. During a break the Bass player was mingling with the crowd and was attacked by some Local ASSHOLE redneck. This resulted in the famous "Fish Game" on the cover of their next album. The object is to move your game pieces around the board and collect points and Joints and such. There is one space marked "NAPA, YOU LOSE THE GAME. START OVER" About two months ago I posted an inquiry on Country Joe's web page for any info about the incident. I surprised to hear back from the Bass player that it actually Happened to. I was supposed to meet with him at the Concert.



Now it appears that I am not going to be able to go after all. About two Weeks ago My step son Danny was admitted to the hospital with a bowel obstruction, which is an ongoing problem for him. To make matters worse My wife was so concerned for him that she got sick and dehydrated so I had to take her to the ER. While the were treating her for her Dehydration and pain from IBS they over dosed her on Dilaudid and had to admit her to the hospital as well. So she is there for two days and just as I am leaving to go see her I get a call from the doctor that is caring for our son and he tells me that they had to move him to Intensive care because he had developed Pneumonia.



Well the good news is that he is much better and is getting his strength back. The Bad news is that they want to do surgery on his colon to prevent this from happening again which it is sure to happen because of his condition. If it were to happen again as bad as it was this time there is always a chance that it could perforate his bowle and that could be fatal. So we have to meet with the Doctors over the weekend and make a decision as to weather to do it now while he is in the hospital or to wait a month or so. I just hope we make the right decision, doing it now has certain risks because he has been sick for awhile and may not have enough strength back yet. Doing it later has the risk that he may become severly obstructed again and then it will be more difficult to cleanse the colon for surgery, that plus the fact that he is unable to have regular IV set ups and required a central IV line through the groin which is still in place, this is another cosideration for doing it now while he is already in the hospital.



Man I gotta go take a nap, My head is killing me.