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Dad, another day in the battle at LLUMC – Day 5

Up north and not able to visit Dad. Dad tends to not answer his phone. For an update I talked to his nurse. I found out that Dad was up today and walked around the nurse’s station with Eric, my brother. His pain is has been better and his white blood count has dropped. Things […]

Road Trip with some Geocaching

On our trip to Oakdale, we did a little geocaching along the way. We made a quick stop at Kraamer Junction to grab one hidden at Kramer Junction. I figured that there would be one hiding there. When we passed the county line into Kern County, I wanted to get another one. I saw LA […]

Dad, another day in the Battle at LLUMC - Day 4

Janet and I stopped by to see my Dad this morning. He was in relatively good spirits. I did my usual morning opening of the curtains. We had a good chat and talked about several things. We talked about the addition of more art on the door. He is getting a rather large collection. He […]

Shave of the Day - Arlington

Arlington

Today is an Arlington day. I will be going on a road trip and needed a soothing fragrance and Dr. Harris Co. Ltd does a great job with Arlington fragrance. I have also noticed the fragrances I have from England have tended to be a little more on the floral than those […]

Dad, another day in the battle at LLUMC – Day 3

This morning Dad looked good. He said he slept well. He had no problems with the ice cream or jell-o. That is great news for someone who loves ice cream. I asked about pain and he said he was doing good as he held up the button. I am glad that he is able to […]

Shave of the Day - Akro Commando

Akro Commando

The Commando shave – Arko has a new shave cream and the accompanying after shave cream. For application of the shaving cream I used a new Omega setola (boar hair) brush that I had just shampooed a couple of times. It still had the fragrance of, well a new brush or […]

Doctors, Cancer and Vanilla Ice Cream

Tonight we met with Dr. Reeves, the cancer surgeon. Dad was there along with his wife.My brothers Wayne and Eric were there and Alan, my brother that is in Utah called in and was talking to Dads wife. As we waited dad was in a little pain. The doctor was running late. More time passed […]

Dad, another day in the battle at LLUMC – Day 2

Stopped by this morning to see how Dad was doing. It took over an hour to get there because of an accident on the 91 at Barton Road. When I arrived at his room, I noticed that he looked a little better than yesterday and the day before. He was not in that pained look, […]

Dad, another day in the battle at LLUMC

I am writing this with an understanding of the peculiarities of Palmers as opposed to any medical background which I do not have. I will defer to Dr. Eric for that. If I want an expert in Palmer peculiarities, I will defer to my son Eric, who seems so have several.

Yesterday when I went […]

Shave of the Day - Akro stick and Varon Dandy

The typical Tuesday shave is a little different. You tell the boy to get up and you turn the shower on for him. Then you strop the razor on the linen and then horsehide side. hen you check on the boy and tell him to get up – again. Back to shaving, you wet the […]

Dad - ER Continued

Stopped by to see Dad this morning in the ER. He has been there since Saturday night. He seems to be doing better. When I came into his room, he was sitting up. He smiled and we talked for a few minutes. He did not sleep well last night and he was tired. I got […]

Shave of the Day - Gentlemans Refinery and Arlington

Gentlemans Refinery 2 Standard Shave Cream and Dr. Harris & Co. Ltd’s Arlington Aftershave

A wonderful shave today. The Gentlemans Refinery 2 Standard Shave Cream worked into a rich lather with the super badger brush. The Dovo slicked of the whiskers with quick work. I do love the sound of the razors edge […]