July 27th, 2018

Naturally, calmness only lasts so long. We had a pretty chill day. My colleagues borought over loads of food, we visited Vincent at work to seranade him with h Happy Birthday on voice and sax, and then kicked back on the porch with some beverages. We were hitting the hay at midnight when my mom, Susan, showed us her ankle. Yikes! A zombie bite! She's been on two courses of antibiotics, but it's flaring up badly. Off to Emerg! We're bracing ourselves for a long night.

3:52 am
Finally made it into the ward. The Emerg staff, from registration, Triage and many of the ward staff, really love to yap and play on their phones.

4:15 a.m.
The doctor got in, examined my mom, and suspects cellulitis. The concern is that the infection may have moved into the bone or blood. He's setting up a course of IV antibiotics right now, preceded by bloodwork, as well as an X-ray of the left leg.

6:20 a.m.

No bone or systemic infection, thank goodness. However, there's a nasty infection. A dose of IV antibiotics has been given, enough to last until Saturday, when mom has to report to the Cellulitis Clinic at St.Josephs, at 7:30 am.

2:25 pm
Back at Victoria Hospital, this time in Radiation Oncology with Nick. The plan is to deliver an intense and highly focussed radiation dose over five days, and fry the four small (<1 cm) brain lesions. 

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