39 dgrees outside at 0700 this morning! I’ll be buttoning up the garden today and perhaps mow the lawn one more time. We had a cord of fir delivered last week to augment our stack of alder (we didn’t cut down any trees on the property this year). Yesterday I dropped the truck off at Les Schwab for new tires as it’s been limping along with “slicks.” I figured we’ll need to be able to drive two vehicles in the rain this winter.
Our metaphysical reading group started up last night after a summer break and we all shared what has been going on in our lives. We’ve been together for a couple of years now, currently finishing Awareness/A Way to Love by the Christian mystic Anthony de Mello. I picked up a love for his writing while at Seattle University.
Dad had two tests this week. The one on Wednesday was a pulmonary test, which I think we’ll find out about on the 19th. The Friday test was a PET scan to see if the cancer has spread.
This week he has a Thallium heart study on Monday and an endoscopy/ultrasound on Thursday. Both will be very tiring. I’ll be driving him to both procedures and spending Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights with him.
The following week we have another consult with Dr Louie on Monday the 22nd and Dr Gold, an oncologist, on Wednesday. Surgery is still scheduled for Thursday. I’ll be at his house except for Tuesday.