It had been a few days since our
last sighting of the frog formerly known as “the little one.” Now it is the middle-sized one and we were
getting worried that something had happened to “Noon.” We sat down to eat dinner in the screen house
and Jeff said, “There’s one of them on the rocks!”
I looked over at our little round pond
and said, “It’s Noon!”
Jeff said, “No, it isn’t. It’s 3 O’Clock.”
We simultaneously realized that both
of the little ones were there but not in their usual places. I said, “Oh, do you see Noon at 9 o’clock?”
Jeff said, “Yes, and 3 O’Clock is at
6 o’clock.” He laughed at our ridiculous
conversation and decided it was a little like Abbott and Who’s On First. For your listening pleasure, here is the
classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
Jeff was very tired on Tuesday, the
third night he applied his clown make-up medication for his face rash. He is supposed to rinse it off after 10
minutes but when I suggested that it had undoubtedly been 10 minutes already,
he sat inert. He watched TV through TWO
more commercial breaks and finally rinsed.
The next night he realized he was too burnt to do another treatment.
The dermatologists saw Jeff on
Thursday and agreed he was burnt and that he should discontinue the treatment. Jeff thinks he may use the mask once a week
since it did seem to help. He will,
however, have to use it as directed!
Another medication was prescribed which is often not covered by
insurance for patients past twenty years old.
It is an acne treatment. A second
medication was prescribed in case the first was prohibitively expensive. On Friday, I went to the pharmacy and picked
up the medication. It was $45 which is
more than our usual Rx co-pay but less than the bazillion dollars that the
dermatologist suggested it may cost.
Jeff used it this morning and said it dried his skin. That might be good since pustules continue to
appear. The rash is beginning to appear
on his chest as well although this area does not appear to be infected.
Jeff asked the doctors why this
continues to be a problem for him. They
said it was due to the low dosage of Prednisone he is now taking, “Less
steroid, more rash.” They do not seem
overly concerned.
Kim and I visited Bartram Gardens in
Philadelphia this morning. Then we had
lunch at a bar where Kim had seen Harrison Ford filming on Monday (it’s near
her work), and then we went Shopping For A Cause at Macy’s. Our cause is, of course, the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society’s The Dude Hates Cancer event.
The link to Kim’s team’s webpage is available from their picture at
right or you can link to Kim’s page here: http://epa.tdhc2012.llsevent.org/ng/index.cfm/b340ae/regPages/pledge/KIMLOUX/
While Kim and I were shopping, Jeff installed
a small air conditioner in our bedroom.
It is a wall unit to assist our central a/c on the hottest nights when
the upstairs doesn’t quite stay cool enough.
Our old, old, old, old unit broke this summer and although we have not
needed it much this year, some years we really do need the extra boost. Naturally, the new unit required a differently-sized
hole in the wall than the old unit. Jeff
started this project a couple of weeks ago and petered out. He tried several times to get the job done. This is the kind of project that would have
been a small task for the old Jeff. I
began to worry that the new unit would be out of warranty before we ever
plugged it in. Uncharacteristically,
Jeff had left the ladder propped to the back of the house from start (weeks
ago) until finish. I mowed around the
ladder at least twice. Jeff suggested
painting the ladder white to match the house so he wouldn’t have to take it
down at all. Ha! Anyway, it was a nice surprise to see the
project finished on the outside at least, the siding replaced and ladder
collapsed on the grass. Jeff will need to
have help returning the ladder to the garage.
Week two at 2.5 mg of Prednisone
begins tomorrow. Continued prayers,
please, for a successful taper.
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