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Life near an Iowa Cornfield…

Cancer Crisis: the Aftermath

25 May 201025 May 2010

As I write this it's been less than a week since Virginia's funeral. I've spent the week at work, mainly because I needed to get back and spending the time…

Life near an Iowa Cornfield…

Cancer Crisis: 11:30 at the Conrad Hospice unit.

Virginia left the UIHC at 12:00 noon on Tuesday. It was exactly on week ago from that moment that I picked her up in Waterloo for a three-week check-up regarding…

Life near an Iowa Cornfield…

Cancer Crisis: Counting Down the Hours.

It is 11:20 in the morning Tuesday May 11. I am sitting in the chair that I have basically occupied for the past 48 hours. Yesterday Virginia's dietary intake went…

Mrs. Vulcan Stev's Fight

Cancer Crisis: an update

9 May 20109 May 2010

Updated 6:00 pm 5-9-10 This is an update of what I know as of right now. Yesterday J.V. (Virginia's best friend in the whole world) came and sat with Gin…

Mrs. Vulcan Stev's Fight

Cancer Crisis: Spending the night at the UIHC

Tuesday May 4, Virginia and I both took off early from work to transport her to Iowa City. We had the three-week follow-up after her first round of Xelota, a chemo…

Life near an Iowa Cornfield…

Cancer Crisis: A New Hope

1 May 20101 May 2010

Yesterday, Virginia went to a see Naturopath. She spent two hours with the doctor while he poked and prodded and asked her questions. I'm getting this all second-hand as I was…

Life near an Iowa Cornfield…

Cancer Crisis: Maybe Encouraging News, Maybe Not

Today we got the results of the most recent urinalysis and a liver function test. The urinalysis is showing traces of blood in the urine. The liver function test shows…

Life near an Iowa Cornfield…

Cancer Crisis: So Doctor, what exactly is causing this?

I'm sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday, but we had friends stop by to help us with some house cleaning. It's kind of difficult to sit on one's butt…

Mrs. Vulcan Stev's Fight

Cancer Crisis: The doctor is hiding behind his notes

Honestly, I was going to post this last night. Not being at home for most of the day followed by an uncooperative 'net connection kept me from posting last night. …

Mrs. Vulcan Stev's Fight

Cancer Crisis: A late night at the ER

Good morning! Given the somewhat worrying Tweet I posted last night, I thought it would be a good idea to give everyone a short update. Virginia was taken to ER…

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