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Basal Cell Carcinoma

Posted by: redmenace on: June 20, 2009

PLEASE BE WARNED – DON”T READ IF YOU GET QUEASY EASY.
They cut out the bad area with about a 1-2mm radius around it. He then immediately cauterized the area (nothing like the smell of burning flesh early in the morning), put a bandage on it and sent me out to the waiting room while he took the sample and analyzed it. It took about an hr(standard time for this) before he had the results and he hadn’t gotten it all.

The prognosis is: She’s a keeper!

Posted by: redmenace on: April 19, 2009

The Doctors are in

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Well, after a thorough exam from Ava and Bryn, it has been determined that Akela is a keeper. We got to pick her up on Friday and bring her over to the house. We’re still waiting for a visitor to drop by and do a house visit [...]

Harley Cat

Posted by: redmenace on: March 13, 2009

He lived a nice long 12+ year life, but as of about 9:15PM tonight, Harley has moved on. He hasn’t been eating well lately and last night he was moping around more than usual. This morning when we got up, he basically was barely moving. He would stand, take one or two [...]

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Skin Cancer – A strong likelyhood

Posted by: redmenace on: March 12, 2009

Well, I’m feeling even more old now.  My body is falling apart.  For anyone that has seen me lately, the small spot (about the size of a thumbtack head) on my face still hasn’t healed. I finally broke down and went to a dermatologist yesterday. He thinks the same as I (and stuck [...]

Birthday Party

Posted by: redmenace on: March 12, 2009

What a fun time. Last weekend we had a combined birthday party for Ava (now 4) and Bryn (now 2.) Kim did an incredible job organizing and getting it all pulled together.
Since Kim didn’t like the thought of a large number of folks at the house we decided on having it [...]

2009 – A New Year

Posted by: redmenace on: January 23, 2009

Wow. August. That was my last post. I’m such a slacker. But I’ve been having such a great time with the girls, that I haven’t really given much thought to writing down what’s happening. Work is depressing, so I’m not going to linger there.
Bryn has really developed over the past [...]

CRASH!

Posted by: redmenace on: May 1, 2008

Well, Ava got a huge knot in her head yesterday when she decided to stand up in the stroller while Kim went inside the garage and then proceeded to tumble head first into the concrete.  Let’s just say she hasn’t quite perfected her face to concrete technique as the concrete won in this instance and [...]

Disney – Day 4 – Animal Kingdom

Posted by: redmenace on: March 5, 2008

Well, we’re finally starting to get in a groove.  We got up and had a nice breakfast in the room – although of course Ava and Bryn didn’t eat much (they ended up snacking all morning instead.)
We arrived at the Animal Kingdom and got a few signatures on the way in.  There are always a [...]

Disney – Day 2 – Magic Kingdom

Posted by: redmenace on: March 3, 2008

Well, it was a LONG day.  I went out late and got groceries so when we got up, we were able to fix some breakfast (and hopefully save a buck or two.)  Of course Ava didn’t eat anything, but Bryn decided she would eat a little.
Then we were off.  We packed everyone up and arrived [...]

First Snow of 2008

Posted by: redmenace on: January 20, 2008

Well, January seems to be the month for snow.  We actually had enough
this time for Ava to build her first snowman.  We also learned that
while Ava doesn’t mind the cold and loves to play in the snow, that
Bryn doesn’t care for it in the slightest.  When I got out her coat to
go outside with me [...]