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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Wednesday Weariness

So I was an election judge from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm yesterday. Long day. Glad it's over.

In the afternoon I couldn't help but ask myself, "Why am I doing this?"

Everyone should do it. Yes, it's a little tricky, a little nerve wracking, a little boring...

Yes, there's this elephant in the room....Voter Fraud.

We're there to make SURE that doesn't happen, and it didn't. New machines help with that, but also a good team of judges.

But it isn't fun.

Today we saw Ed's psychologist. We hadn't seen him for four months. A little blip called leukemia interrupted our regular schedule!

Ed's ability to roll with the punches and take things as they come impressed the psychologist. He told Ed that he had "grit." These little things help as we assess the whole picture of Ed's situation.

Interestingly, the psychologist at the hospital informed Ed that he was her first bi-polar patient ever. Mostly she deals with depression in her position. She's very interested in getting to know Ed. On the other hand our original psychologist hasn't dealt with leukemia before. Ed presents them both with a new opportunity.

Today, after visiting the psychologist we drove downtown to the clinic for the three chemo shots for today.

All went well.

I'm tired this evening, but glad that we are 1/3 of the way through this two-week-long chemo phase.

Ed has learned that leukemia may cause problems temporarily with his feet as well as his back. So many new symptoms to deal with.

Twelve hours at a time....right?

In other news, it was a beautiful day today, and when we got home from the clinic I sat by the fish pond and soaked up the sunshine. Beautiful August.


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