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Check In

A rough day.  We had the first check-up back at Santa Monica UCLA for the trial.   Getting up wasn’t so bad, and the traffic, while terrible, wasn’t as bad as when you leave an hour later.  Our appt was at 9, while last week we drove to get there at 10.   The 405 sucks.  We got there and checked in, […]

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Emotional Return Home

Happily this day was short at the clinic.   We just came in in the morning, got another dose, and a few more blood collections.  But then we were able to go home, and man, it was a wonderful sensation to know that our own bed was awaiting us, as well as the bidets!  Having no bidet is a […]

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Long Day at the Clinical Trial

This was the long day of the clinical trial – an early start, and then the first dose of the drug, which was two pills in the morning (and that will be the case for each day).  They collected blood samples before he took the dose and then hourly, then every two hours, after that, for […]

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First Day of the Clinical Trial

Monday was the start of my last week of leave.  I finally got the process going for looking for a place for mom to go.  I ended up using links Mila sent me that connected me to A Place For Mom – and I’ve already spoken with some places in Tarzana.  Might go visit next week.  Mom is mostly […]

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Clinical Trial Sign-Up

Man it sucks realizing that my 4 weeks of leave from PwC are coming to an end.  I do have to say that it’s a fantastic benefit – and I think it made sense to take it during this period where Larry is still somewhat mobile and active.  I know that if things go south it will […]