It was 1976, I was in my prime as a 17 year old know it all who had just bought the car of my dreams (1968 Chev Malibu with a 327 V-8 and 4 speed!) AC/DC had recorded their version of a song titled Jail Break in 1974, not really my cup of tea those Aussies at the time. Fast forward a couple of years and I got my first taste of Thin Lizzy. For the untrained as of yet classic rocker, Thin Lizzy was formed in late 1969 like many bands after growing up with The Beatles, Elvis, etc. Thin Lizzy was fronted by a Black Irish unfortunate soul named Phil Lynott, who like many rock and rollers of the day developed a drug and alcohol problem. He moved to heroin and died at age 36 in 1986 from sepsis and all sorts of heroin related issues. Once I get past the drugs, Phil and his musical genius (Whiskey in the jar, The Boys are back in town, Cowboy Song) are hard to argue with. I chose the song today because of something Yvonne said yesterday. We were originally told I would be in the hospital for five days, with a different chemo protocol. Yvonne told me we were breaking out of St. Joseph's Hospital come hell or high water today. Being that I've never been incarcerated I can only relate to movies and arts. So, Jailbreak started playing in my mind as we conspired to get this chemo done ASAP. Luckily Dr. Senecal changed his mind to the MOAD protocol which has 2 days of chemo followed by chemo on days 8 and 15. Then... St. Joe's didn't have enough of the Peg-Aspargase, today's chemo on hand. Calls had to be made locally and Swedish had some. We finished at about 2:30 PM today and am now home as I finish this post. We made it home in time to cook some Lasagna for Christmas Eve, and enjoy a big Honey Ham for Christmas. It is all about the food while I can still taste for a few days. While in the hospital we had two different Christmas caroler groups come by and sing for us, a visit from Stephanie and a gift of her rum cake, and a lot of support from the team of nurses and doctors at St. Joseph's. Once again, Merry Christmas!
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Yay! Home for the holiday! I hope you enjoy your food!!! Carolyn Dodd
Merry Christmas, Peace, Love, Happiness and Joy, Now and throughout the comming year.
Hank
Super happy for you and Yvonne that you were able to break out from St. Joe's and head home for a blissful Christmas!! Savor every bite of your food and every sip of your wine!! I totally can see you doing that!! :-) So happy for you!! May you continue to feel Strong and Happy!!!! :-)
What a good present to leave the hospital and land back in your home for the holidays. Put on "Santa Baby" and have a ham sandwich for me, will you?
Merry Christmas.
They make vegan ham substitute Carol!
Home for Christmas! That's good
Merry Christmas to the Econumclaw (as Lois pronounces it) Dymerski bunch. Nice day here in Nebracky, a warm 34 degrees so far. They say it will get into the 40's today. Had the in-laws over night for christmas. Time for another road trip. Will be in touch. BigA
Greg and Yvonne,
A very Merry Christmas to you today. We'll call you in a few hours. Dad and I stayed up late watching the movie "Morning Glory." He'd been wanting to see it. Then I stayed up until 1:30 am doing all the dishes. Was hoping to sleep in this morning but Mom and Dad got up at 7am--
you'd think we had little kids. :-) Enjoyed hearing about your smokin' car and Thin Lizzy.
Glad you had some good food. We were thinking of you--loved all the goodies, great coffee and chocolate stuff in the gift bag-thank you so much! We'll be delivering some things in person in a few days.
Lots of great stars in the sky last night. Wishing you the peace of Christmas.
love and prayers,
Mary D.
A M and C, thanks for the kindness. Remember to be nice to people, give of yourself and accept from others EVERY day of the year, not just at Christmas. We will all be better served and happier in my humble opinion. Can't wait to see you in PDX this week! I made reservations at the Aloft airport, a trendy hip joint that won't know what to think about us Nebwacky and 'Claw folk. Love, Greg
Just fed my daughter some tofu sausages and thought of you, Greg.
Tofu, food of the gods. I like it in a lot of applications Carol, it soaks up the flavors very well. Pumpkin pie first though
Which God, Pandora :-)
Even dogs like soy beans Hank.
The USA leads the world in production of Soybeans too, or will until someone determines that the growth is harming the environment.
Had some good Soy, had some very bad Soy. Someone has to know how to prepair it. The Chinese Restaurant at the North end of the wall does a good job. and their lunches are incredible. even the Chinese mafia go there.
So happy to hear you were out of the hospital for Christmas Eve & day! We had a few flurries Christmas morning - perfect... hoping that was our snowfall for the ENTIRE winter. Happy New Year to all of your family & friends out West. Love, prayers for good health, & happiness. The Chiasson's
Greg, have some fun in Portland. We will see you guys in Jan. Love Dad andv Alice
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