Saturday, October 1, 2011

I went to Dad and Clara's house on Thursday.  It wasn't Clara's bridge day, that's next Thursday.  I went there to help him with setting up some financial things that would go faster on line.  Since Dad doesn't have a computer, I went there to go online and be sure to setup the accounts properly, the way he wanted them set up.  He was supposed to have gone to chemo on Wednesday, but again, his blood cell counts were way down.  So he got the shot and will have to wait until next week for chemo.  I'm concerned about the increasing amount of times that he's going in for chemo and it's being postponed because of his blood cell count.  It used to be just now and then, now it seems to be almost every visit is postponed because of it.  On the good side, he's still very active and alert.  He tells me that he really doesn't need me, or anyone else, to be over at the house with him when Clara's gone for the day.  But, I tell him that maybe it's more for me, than for him! It's at these times that you have to prioritize a few things in life.  When he's gone, I won't have the liberty of taking a weekend here and there to go see him.  So I'll do it now while I can.  I believe this weekend he and Clara were going to Greenville to see their friends the Ralstons.  They were going to watch a play or theater thing, and spend the night.  Then come back home on Sunday.  The trip from Arlington to Greenville is about an hour and a half, maybe hour and 45 minutes.  He should be okay in the car for that long.  I told them to take a break in Rockwall and visit with us for a while.  We'll see if he's up to it or not.