Spectacularly Bad Timing

Who doesn't love the holidays? Cancer patients waiting on lab results, that's who!

So, yeah...that all important EGRF test we've been waiting on is something we're going to have to keep waiting on. It's a long convoluted story but it basically boils down to this: the test is not done at our hospital's main lab so it is sent to another lab. That bit of logistics coupled with holiday disruptions means that we aren't going to get word until December 26. This means that Karen will not be able to start treatment until the 27th.  The delay is maddening but there isn't much we can do.

What we can do is complain about the bit of miscommunication that led us to believe we'd have an answer today. I took very thorough care of that and I think that we aren't going to run into that again. If I learned anything during my tenure at CGW it was how to put together a string of words to forcefully deliver a point. Granted, the answer is whatever the answer is and finding out now or later isn't going to impact the course of treatment (just the timing of it). But Karen was distraught to find out she wouldn't, uh, find out. Tom Petty had a point: the waiting is indeed the hardest part.

Fortunately, we have moved forward on another front, securing an appointment so Karen can get her medical marijuana card! It took about 50 years but this little straight arrow is about a week away from rampant pot-fueled hedonism. She'll see music! She'll hear mountains!

Leading experts have created this computer generated image of Karen about two weeks from now.

By the way, the Festival of Pies photos are posted on my Facebook page. I was going to post them here as well but that seems kind of redundant. Not redundant: our gratitude and sheer delight in all the people that showed up and made the 10th Annual Festival of Pies a rousing success. A number of people traveled from lands far away to gorge on pie and let Karen know they care about her. Just from me to you: thanks.