CaliforniCancerCation: March 2012

Monday, March 12, 2012

Happy Birthday, Kia!

From Coast-to-Coast and across all dimensions: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIA! Thank you for continuing to bring us all together, surrounded by light and love. Hope you enjoyed the shows ;)

Happy Birthday Success!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2XXL62LFRs

Happy Birthday "Fire":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoKOaBH-xiE

Prologue

The hives started two weeks before my trip—the tail end of Februrary—followed very soon after by night sweats, headache, fever and a mystery lump in my groin. I lost my appetite, dropped a couple pounds, moved the bed into the living room and did nothing but watch 3 straight seasons of Grey's Anatomy. (A depressing and foreboding choice, it now seems).

When March 11th rolled around, I somehow managed to scrape myself off the floor-bed and onto a plane for the vacation home I'd set up months before.

My parents—Dad's a doctor, which is helpful—instantly perceived that something was wrong-er than the common cold, and started finagling for blood tests.

By St. Patrick's day I felt like I'd recovered enough energy and stamina to continue in a more vacationy manner, and carried on as planned to San Diego to hang with my best friend.

Whatever was wrong with me, I thought, I'd get the test results and deal with it when I got back to Northampton.

But that's not at all what went down.