Weekend Update

Weekend was kind of wild; Friday afternoon my dad was transported, via ambulance, from Falmouth Hospital to Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. He had a Bronchoscopy done in Falmouth where they found a tumor obstructing one of the airways going into the lung...there was a danger that if they let things go and he was to catch an infection that he would risk serious damage. Unfortunately he ended up sitting in the hospital for the entire weekend with no progress; he wasn't even on antibiotics or anything. He is scheduled to go into surgery shortly, 10am Monday, and should be able to return home to rest for the wedding this afternoon or tomorrow at the latest.

Kristina and I went up to visit him yesterday for Father's Day and he was doing pretty well - in good spirits considering everything he had been through. Kevin flew in last night for the wedding and Mike picked him up at the airport and they went over to catch the end of the U.S. Open with my dad. Not an ideal Father's Day, but through the last year I think our family has learned a lot about making the best of things and I think we were all happy enough to be able to spend some time with him yesterday and celebrate Father's Day with our dad.

I felt pretty well over the weekend and got in a lot of activity...Friday night Kristina and I headed out to a benefit for the Alzheimer's Association of the Cape & Islands, then went to a comedy show with the Cape Cod Young Professionals...it was a late night for me but I ran into a lot of people and was happy to be out and about. Saturday I played golf in Easton with a group of guys I play with once a month, and had a great time. I was having a nice round until the 15th, when I wanted to curl up in a ball and go to sleep in the fairway...I just flat ran out of steam - shot +9 on the last 4 holes and ended up with an 87. I was in great position to have a great round - but I blew it. When I told my brother he said, "sure, blame Chemo," tough crowd in my family - but obviously we all still have our sense of humor about us. Saturday night we headed out to dinner with another couple and Sunday was Father's Day in Boston, and then our weekly beating in softball...this week we managed to drop both games of a doubleheader - couple of late inning rallies fell short - oh well, we'll win one someday.

So, our thoughts right now are with my dad and we're very hopeful the surgery will be a success and he'll recover in plenty of time to tear it up at the wedding. I'll update when I know more - thanks for coming by and Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there! - Gary