Friday, August 15, 2008

WTF!?

I'm up way too damn early. Its about 6 now here in SF. Been up for about an hour. I ate way too much food last night, and for being in SF that sucks, cuz I gotta watch what I eat now. Double Damn. Oh well, no big deal. Sis is in town, and today we need to go and buy some trinkets and stuff for my kiddo and for some friends that wanted stuff from SF.

I'm off, gonna try and sleep a little more. Shoulda brought something warm to wear. I'm off to buy a cliched SF hoodie ;) hahahahaha

peace

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Sitting. . . waiting

So I'm here in the airport in Harlingen, just waiting for my flight to start boarding so I can get to Houston. After that its a short wait for the flight to San Francisco. Should be there by 3pm SF time. No worries. I was up all night and am tired. I should sleep the whole flight. Which is cool by me. Makes it go faster. I can't remember what I was supposed to by for whom, but I'll try to put it together.

Laters, will up date tonight from SF

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Eh

So I'm up now.... still sleepy. I"m going to pack a bag for the trip, get my carry on set to go, and take my ass to work. One more night then I'm off to SF. I'll update from there, or from work tonight if anything interesting happens.

peace

Back in Town

So I got back in town Sunday night... I actually made it all the way back here to McAllen without getting stopped a single time. I was impressed with my own good fortune.

So anyways, left grampa in the hospital for one more day. He was in good spirits so I didn't feel as bad. He was itchin to get the hell out of the hospital. He hates it there. He went home yesterday and had to go see the dermatologist and the oncologist for the stuff on his head. Today he went to the cardiologist and did his stress test. We will know in a few days what is up and if he needs to be catheterized again. We'll just sit back and wait. He's at home so he's cool.

I have to get home this morning and pack my bag for SF. Small bag, and a carry on. All i need is shorts, T-shirts and maybe something to wear in case we go to dinner somewhere in the city. Other than that, its gonna be laid back central. Luckily I work Wednesday night so I will sleep on the flight out to SF.

Not much else going on. Just here at work and I'm bored. Not much going on.

Giselle's cookies were the bomb. Thanks again for the treat.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Grampa

So grampa is in Tele, he was telling me he was cold and so I covered him up. He's been in pretty good spirits and wants to go home really. But alas, he gets a heart cath on Monday.

this is him after I covered him up.

And this is him covered in a pillow and blankets after I told him they were coming to draw more blood on him. hahaha. All in all, he's been a hell of a trooper.

oh yeah, his troponin is up at 5.8. Not good.


The drive...

So we were supposed to leave around 11 am - 1 pm. Yeah... RIGHT!!! Like that was ever going to happen. Actually mom had a long day at work and I had some running around to do. So it all kinda worked out. Got to see my kiddo before I left too, so that was bonus. Couldn't find my Ipod and I was hella pissed. Finally found it after thinking I had left without it. It was in my backpack (yeah, I'm a dumbass and forgot where I put it). So we get cash out of the bank, fuel up and get ice for the cooler (taking tortillas up to gramma) and get rolling. We're 20 minutes out and I'm already pulling a Natasha (my kiddo) "are we there yet?" WTF!? I'm tired.... I don't wanna be driving for the next 10 hrs, but mom has worked all day and I've been sleeping so there is no way I ask her to drive. Chit chatted off an on, and then finally got pulled over outside of Alice, Tx. Troop came up and told me I was doing 81 in a 70. The suck. He took my ID and walked back to his car. Came back with a warning and asked me to slow down. Warning #1.

Traveled on and got to Austin. Stopped for a fatass Whataburger as we are somewhat in a hurry. I don't want to roll into the grandparents house around 5am. Just outside of Austin, in the Round Rock area, is Troop #2, and my radar detector goes off just as I look to the side of the highway and see him pulling out. I don't even bullshit. I pull right over, put the truck in a police cruiser tilt and open windows, turn on lights, hands on wheel and radio off. "yes officer, good evening". "I'm trooper so and so, I stopped you because of your speed. Lic and Ins please" Handed him both Lic and my ins. "do you have your weapon on you sir?" "yes, I do". "Well, without touching it, could you tell me where it is?" Me: "yes sir, right hip, in a holster". So yada yada yada back and forth and he asks me, so who do ya work for (my id picture is of me in my EMS uniform and my radio mic can be seen on my shoulder, so I look like a cop) and I just said McAllen ( I failed to mention in what capacity I work in down there) so he just brings me a warning and lets me go. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, warning # 2.

Got to Tyler finally and drove up to the grandparents house. Wanted to be real quiet and get in and crash out... nothing doing. Grampa is up. "Marcos, come in here" So I go and he proceeds to tell me that he's been having chest pressure and pain to the arm (kinda like when he had his heart attack) for the last 2 hours, but he was waiting on me to get there so we could call an ambulance. If I hadn't been so concerned about him, I woulda chewed him out. Anyway, Bolance shows up, he gets a ride to the ER, Troponin is at 0.4 and he's got A-Fib c RVR. 10 of Caridzem and a 5cc/hr drip later and we're in Tele for the night. Hopefully the Troponin goes down by the next draw and we can go home. I swear I didn't drive 10 hrs for a hospital stay.

On another note. There is no word on his cancer. Just that its a squamous something or other (yes, I'm going to google when I finish with this). There is a circular pattern of skin removed from the back right side of his head and its about the diameter of a grapefruit, not pretty at all. But he's tough and shows it. We all are I guess.

So anyways, here I sit, in the tele room, listening to grampa snore. I'll knock out soon when mom, gramma or Edna get here to take over.

I'll update again later today.

Peace

Thursday, August 7, 2008

So There I Was...

... Crashed out and getting my (much needed) beauty sleep. I wake up and take a gander at my cellular communication contraption. Turns out I have 7 missed calls and about 8-10 text messages. The ones I noticed were from mom. Started looking at them and although I was aware that my grandfather was having a mole/growth removed from his head, it seemed like there were too many texts on my phone for things to be normal. So after reading them all I realize that its a bit more serious. Turns out that the simple procedure to remove a mole/growth turned into a long session of removing a tumor the size of an orange and all the way down to the skull from his head. I've only gotten preliminary reports but from what I'm hearing, its cancer and it has gotten into the skin, the blood and his lymph nodes. I'm leaving tomorrow around noon for an 8-10 hr drive to go and see him and gramma and find out how everyone is doing and exactly how long they are going to give him. I had told myself about a day like this many times, always wondering how I would take the news that there was something really bad happening, or that he was gone, period. Right now, I'm in a holding pattern on feelings and emotions until I find out exactly what is going on. I'll be back on soon enough to report as to what is happening. Mom is going with me tomorrow so that should make the trip a little more bearable as its a long one.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Another day

Last of three, hopefully they won't call me in tomorrow night. If they do, its cool, more OT for me. Can't wait for next week where I can get the hell outta here for a while. Chill in SF for a couple of days, watch some racing and hope my dopey bro don't wreck again. Anyway, shower and work time.

Must... have... FOOD!!!!!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

SF part deux

So obviously I didn't make it out to SF and L.A. last month like I was supposed to, but that is going to be remedied. I'm headed out next week for about 4 days. Not as long as I'd like and I wish I could go more often, but its what I got to work with if I want to make Reno for some snowboarding (yes, to see how funny I can look busting my ass the first time out there) in January. I fully intend on taking my kiddo out there for her birthday so she can try her hand at it as well. We'll see how all of that goes.

Anyways, my brother has a race next weekend and I'll go cheer him on in return for him taking me out in SF for a couple of days. No, not the freaking Pier 39 or whatever, the real SF, hopefully we can snag an extra bike and ride the trails in GGP. That would be the tits, as I've started riding again down here. Some decent trails, but I can't wait to hopefully hit the ones in GGP.

Also need to find my kiddo some gear from SF as she has requested a scarf with the word "California" on it and maybe a hat of some sort. Something cool, not just a baseball cap (yeah, that was her request, not me saying that) Anyway.. Be there in a week or so.

GLF, let me know if you're going to pick me up or if I'm taking the BART, and if so, where I'm taking it to.

I should really update this thing everyday for the 1 or 2 people that actually look at this thing, but I'm lazy and tend to get sidetracked. oh well, I'll try harder.