Dad was hospitalized yesterday.  His BP was 53/38.  His blood ox sat level was 82.  He's down to 121 pounds. 

Last week his GP basically sent him home to die.

This week we saw his oncologist, who didn't  think Dad was to that point.  He hospitalized him, assured me he'd coordinate Dad's care and had a Pulmonary Specialist performing a bronchoscopy three hours after they admitted him.  Also a cardiologist was to see him today.

How's that for care?

Pulmonary Specialist believes that what was happening was a prolonged (3 week!) asthma or emphysema attack.  Dad's never had either, so duh, we didn't know what was going on.  His GP should have. 

They got Dad on a bronchildilator and boom, within 24 hours most of his symptoms relating to respiration are gone .. his blood O2 sat is back up to 94-96 range.  He's no longer breathing at triple the normal rate.  He isn't gasping for air or fighting to breathe.  He can actually talk in full sentences (and more) instead of struggling to get just one word out.  Amazing the difference in him.

Tomorrow I find out the results of the echocardiogram that was to be done today.

Tags: dad
Reading: home sweet home
Feeling: hopeful
Hearing: fan

I have this weird taste in music.  Some people are hardcore band fans, loving everything their favorite band/singer does.  Others are that way with genres. 

Me ... I'm all over the place.  I go by the song, the beat and the lyrics of it.  I don't care who sings it if I like it, and just because I like that particular song doesn't mean I'll automatically love everything they do.  There is no telling what will pop up on my CD player at any given time.  Especially when I burn my own mixes, which I usually do whenever I get a new favorite song.

Current Mix CD:

Lips of an Angel - Hinder  My current #1 favorite song.  I've damn near worn this "track" plum off the CD.  I think I've had this CD for hmm a week or 10 days and it dawned on me the day before yesterday that I had no clue what the other tracks were because I keep hitting repeat.  LOL

Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry  Bumped down to #2 favorite song by Lips of an Angel.  I listened to this song constantly and still plan on making a tag/letter with some of the lyrics.  Just as soon as I can find a graphic I like.

Hell's Bells - AC/DC  Blast from the past, I guess.  Not my #3 song .. the rest of these are in random order.  What's hysterical is that JD was in the car with me and grumbling about "That screeching shit" (Crazy Bitch, which he was floored by.  Well, either it was the lyrics or the fact that I was listening to it.  lol) and I just looked at him and said "Screeching shit? What's wrong with it?" and he says "You can't understand a damn thing they are saying!"  So, in a moment of retribution/defense I punched the button to track three and Hell's Bells popped up.  I looked at JD and said "Know this song?" and he goes "Oh hell yeah!  Damn good song!" and about that time out comes the "screeching" and driving bass.  I managed to stifle the desire to bat my lashes, but I said "Can you understand the words?" and he just looked out the side window and muttered "Shuddup".  Hehehe, I win.!

Take It Like A Man - Michelle Wright  Old song, but one that I really connected with a few years ago.  Sentiments haven't changed.

Wings of a Butterfly - HIM  Zach got me hooked on this one.  Sometimes that kid has really good taste in music.  Other times, not so much.

Foxy Foxy - Rob Zombie  During a D&D game one night, one of the characters said something about us needing horses to ride, and I asked out of character "would those be educated horses?".  No one said a word for a few moments then I get "I'm stunned you listen to Zombie."  LMAO!  I had to explain that I'm a skater mom, not a soccer mom.  It's so much fun to play with guys.  *g*

Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie  Love the beat and tempo of this one.

Dragula - Rob Zombie  This one is on track 8 because Dragula is ALWAYS on track 8 of every CD I burn.  It  started out purely coincidentally, but  now it's a given.  I  love this song.  Love to blast it and either headbang or  haul  ass, depending on if I'm in town or on the interstate.  I predict that this song will be the cause of me getting a speeding ticket.  You just can't drive the speed limit while listening to it.  I swear.  Try it!

Streets Have No Name - U2  Another of those old ones that I still like.  Besides the fact that Bono is sexy as hell, I love the soaring notes.

??? - ??  Haven't got a clue what the hell this one is.  I think it is the japanese version of Crazy Frog, but who knows.  The boys like it.  They like the bounciness of it.  It made it onto the CD by pure mistake.

Days Go By - Dirty Vegas  I like the smooth voice of the singer, and that's about it.

Love Me When I'm Gone  - 3 Doors Down   This isn't exactly an angry song, but it's got that angry song forcefulness and power to it.   I happen to like hard and driving.  ;-)  *purr*

See, toldja.  I'm all over the map. 

And that's just one of 6 CD's in my CD player.  The only commercial CD is Nickelback.  The rest are mixes that either I or Zach made.

Feeling: amused
Hearing: Nothing at the moment

Off to another doctor's appointment with Dad today. This time it's his cardiologist.

Dad insists that it's just a follow up.

I didn't hear anything about a follow up, other than the one set for December. If this had been a follow up, they'd have set it when we left the last time, instead of just calling out of the blue - and not coincidentally, after getting the results from Dad's 24 hour halter monitor.

Let's review - I go with Dad now to his appointments primarily to be the ears. He is terribly hard of hearing and misses a bunch of stuff.

Sooo he's saying it's a follow up and I didn't hear anything about a follow up.

Yeah, I'm worried.

**Edit: Everything is fine. The doctor just wanted to increase one of Dad's meds and needed to talk to him about it.

Feeling: anxious

Because I'm a sucker for these things, I went to this birthday calendar site to find out all about me.

I've decided (because I'm such a decisive person, yanno) to go with that whole strange phenomenon that a lot of first time mothers have of referring to their child as "__ months old" up until the kid is heading off for college. 

I'm 480 months old! 

Tags: survey says
Feeling: amused

Foley will give archdiocese name of alleged abuser - CNN.com:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Florida Rep. Mark Foley will tell the Archdiocese of Miami the name of the priest he says abused him as a young man, his attorney said Tuesday.

"Mark Foley is intending to work with the Archdiocese of Miami and Greater West Palm Beach for the purpose of revealing the name of the particular priest who is involved so the archdiocese can then deal appropriately with the issue," said Gerald Richman, one of Foley's attorneys.

Richman said, however, he will not press criminal charges against the still-unnamed clergyman because of the difficulties the case would face.

"We've basically concluded that there's no basis to file criminal charges because of a number of legal obstacles, one of which is the statute of limitations," Richman said. "We're talking about issues that happened 36 to 38 years ago."

Richman said Foley decided to be open about his alleged abuse and struggle with alcoholism as a form of therapy.

"This is all part of the healing process for Mark Foley," said Richman. "He thinks it's important to go ahead and bring this information out and hope and encourage other people who have been similarly abused to go ahead and come forward."

Richman said Foley would accept an offer of counseling from the Archdiocese of Miami.

Gimme a break.  Being molested is no excuse for molesting.  First it was lies about the content of the email, then came the damning IM's, then poof, Foley runs off to Rehab, and now it's molestation. 

Yeah.  I'm having a real hard time believing he had an alcohol problem or was molested.

Feeling: annoyed