http://www.meyerturner.com the life and times of natasha, mark, zoe, and daisy Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:39:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As this drain issue has dragged on, I have taken on a new mantra. "Be like Birdie." Birdie the puppy lives in the moment swinging wildly between crazed action and sound sleep. So, I am trying to be more like her. Living in the moment. ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2012/02/01/be-like-birdie/ Zoe wanted to start the new year with new devotional books, so we picked up two. One of these we are reading after dinner. It is Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions for Kids. Mark and I would like to rename it: Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions for Kids to ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2012/01/10/jesus-calling/ Mark and I met with Dr. Campbell this evening. We hoped for some clarity on why I have been feeling so awful. We had the results of a CAT scan from Tuesday and tumor marker numbers from a blood test on Tuesday as well. We didn't get the clarity ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2012/01/05/the-battle-of-the-pleural-fluid/ It was the first Sunday of Advent when we sang this hymn in church. It was vaguely familiar. "Awake! Awake and Greet the New Morn." The lyrics go like this... Awake! awake, and greet the new morn, for angels herald its dawning. Sing out your joy, for soon he ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2011/12/23/advent-hymn/ As Mark and I ate dinner tonight while Zoe rested on the couch, we remembered that we had been invited to two Christmas parties tonight. It made us giggle thinking that we could show up, me with my lung drain, Birdie iffy on the house-training, and now Zoe diagnosed ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2011/12/22/here-is-our-hot-mess/ I woke up Sunday morning with the same cough I had on Friday. Thinking that I certainly couldn't have filled up with fluid again that quickly, I took a Benedryl to try to stop post-nasal drip. The rest of the day was OK, though I get a little ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2011/12/19/another-day/ I haven't posted in a good long time. To those of you who still check this cyber-space, thank you. And sorry. Things have been up and down the last few months. We've been figuring out the side effects of different drug combinations, doing a bit of guessing, a ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2011/12/17/overdue/ Mark and I met with Dr. Campbell today expecting two things--finding out where the cancer was growing since my blood counts were up and learning what medicine I would be switching to. I was waiting to learn just how fast the rest of my hair would fall out and ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2011/10/03/huh/ I am writing this from the cancer center where I am unexpectedly spending my day. Mark and my appointment with Dr. Campbell this morning started a snowball of tests. My tumor markers were up again and yet I have no other real symptoms of disease progression. So, ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2011/09/28/health-update/ Zoe bought her first Lego set this summer. She put the whole set together herself (Hagrid's Hut) and then promptly took it all apart. Mark's childhood was spent mostly in his room playing with Legos and listening to a transistor radio. Having put in plenty of time ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2011/09/21/lego-love/