Wah! Poor me... - Page 2

GB · #21 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 12:43 PM

DD,
I wish I could give you a quick spin in my cobra to help alleviate the need for a cobra fix. Maybe someone in the local area would be willing to take you out for a ride to help take your mind off things for an hour or so. Sometimes a ride can help clear the mind and energize you. My prayers are with your family.

Greg

khansmith · #22 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 02:57 PM

Doug:
You are handling this well. Sometimes you need to just put some stuff on hold but I understand how the cobra work is like therapy. Maybe you should just reign in your expectations for completion and just enjoy the little details of the build? That mental escape will help keep you strong for your boy.

Kudos to you and prayers for your family.

Khan

olddog · #23 (**permalink**) 08-02-2008, 09:40 AM

Doug,

I too have said a prayer.

Us men tend to want to go into our cave (garage it this case) and just be left alone for a while, when stress is high. Women on the other had, want to talk. They really do not want you to solve any problems, they just want you to listen and understand. Do not forget your wifes needs. You do not want her to feel you abandoned her, in her time of need, to work on the Cobra. The Cobra can wait. Spend more time with the family.

I hope some local Cobra owners come by.

Dangerous Doug · #24 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 09:44 AM

Thanks, guys. Just spent the weekend in the hospital with Cameron. This round went pretty well, as he didn't react badly to the medication (Prednisone usually makes him pretty anxious and easily frustrated). He'll likely be able to come home today or tomorrow, and that was our last round of inductive chemotherapy----it's all out-patient treatment from here...for the next 1-3/4 years.

It was me and Kim's 10th wedding anniversary on Saturday. Not exactly how we planned to spend it, but nothing is more important than getting Cameron back to health. Once Cameron gets back to being his normal, chipper self, we'll take a couple of days to celebrate our 10th and also celebrate completion of the inductive chemotherapy.

I took a little time on Saturday morning to pick up a few items I needed for the Cobra. I'll probably get to work on it a bit later this week, in the evening after Cameron crashes for the night. Snippets of time.

Long weekend. I'm exhausted. Driving home last night I caught Eric Clapton's live version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Really fit my mood as I drove home alone last night, Kim and Cameron still in the hospital. At the Lucile Packard Children's hospital there are so many parents going through some sort of medical trauma with their child. It's staggering. We couldn't ask for better care than what he's getting there. Tough to watch such young children going through such terrible things...

DD