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Mom suffered several seizures this weekend.  The  doctor on call upped one of her meds.  She will let Dr. Nolan know tomorrow.  Hopefully, he can speed up the MRI results and we can see what the deal is.  They are very scary to watch.

I had a visit with a doctor today who weighs me every time I go – I’ve lost seventeen pounds in three months!

Tony Vila
tvila@peer1.com

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Sincerely,

Tony Vila
Data Center Manager
PEER 1 Managed Hosting

Mom is getting her MRI today so that is good.  I have been dealing with her finances and doctors, etc.  in between signing up for COBRA and working on my resume.  My hard drive also failed so I have been backing up like crazy and dreading the reload process.  It’s pretty stressful.

Boston was a wonderful distraction, especially being around David who is always positive and sure that things will all sort out, but now I am back to reality.  My anxiety about Mom and my finances is off the charts which is causing some insomnia.

I bought a bunch of makeup and am getting my brows and chin waxed on Friday.  I’ve also been doing well on my eating.  I need to get to exercising but my bike is in the shop.  I am spending the night with Mom on Thursday and Friday so I hope to get some kayaking in at some point this weekend.

I have been in worse situations.  This too shall pass, right?

Here are the highlights:

She has epilepsy – scar in her head causes short-circuit.  Hep C not helping either.

She had two tiny strokes which caused her white matter (I guess this is diseased).  This was news to me.

Upped Neurontin because of seizure.  If she has another one, he wants to go a totally different way on her meds.

No driving for six months by law (thank God).

Cognitive issues first appeared around 2006 – memory problems.  He said he doesn’t think she’s getting worse but does have a problem.

MRI not done since 2006 – I advocated for one and they will call to set up appointment.

She is to go back in three months.

was UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!  Here David and I are at Kingfish.  We ate here twice

as I loved the sushi so much.  It was called Snow Mountain – shrimp tempura with lobster on top!  Delicious!

One night we ate at Bella Vista.  The owner, Luccia, was the third generation owner.  We got to talking with her after David asked her for a jalapeno (I know).  She came back with a jalapeno and a habanero and tried to talk David into having the habanero.  He said, “I know what that is – I’m not that stupid!”  LOL.

Her daughter is crazy about all things Texas and ordered a full longhorn head which she named Darrell after the guy she bought it from.  Next she wants cowhide furniture.  It takes all kinds I guess!

I ate this guy the last night we were there.  I guess my expectations were too high – it was good, but not off the charts.

This is hands-down one of the neatest things I’ve ever experienced.  You can just feel the history!  We caught a trolley which allows you to hop off and then they come back and pick you up.  First we went to the Old North Church.  But there was a hill to climb to get there.  Looks are deceiving.  I didn’t stop to rest at all, so I was proud of myself, but David was laughing at me.  It did prove to me that Dr Martens are the best sandals ever.  I wore them the whole time and not one blister!

The HILL:

The Old North Church:

One of the really neat things about this church is that it is divided into cubicles.  The church then sold hot rocks to put in them to keep the parishiners warm.

The pulpit:

Copps Cemetery.  It was amazing how young many were that are buried here:

Old Ironsides, so called because cannonballs never put a dent in it.  The line to wait was like thirty or forty minutes so we bagged it.

The tour included a forty minute boat ride around the harbor.  Here you can see the whole ship:

And the Boston skyline:

Another neat thing we saw was Paul Revere’s house.  It is the only wooden building left in Boston.

An excellent day although we probably walked about five miles!

Not sure what the significance of this was, but then they played Taps and hung a wreath so one of their own must have been killed in the war. 

This is a festival they held in Little Italy that we ran into.  Pretty neat.