The Catelin Watch.

.....After today's festivities at the A&S Geekfest, I went over to Harrison to pay a visit to Ross and Catelin. I was a little anxious after the news of a day or so ago that Catelin had only one to three days left.

.....I am really thinking that the doctors involved need to take into account Catelin's true depths of stubbornness. She's not ready to go on that final journey just yet, and nothing is going to speed that process any faster than Catelin will allow through true grit and will power.

.....Catelin is under heavy duty drugs at the moment. Her kidneys have basically stopped functioning. But she is not yet on a ventilator and is taking strong, deep breaths. That was a good sign to me. A nurse came in at one point to check her vitals and condition. She was adjusting some of the instrumentation actually connected to Catelin and Catelin basically took a swat at her. It surprised the nurse, and almost made me want to laugh at her discomfiture. Catelin is going to be ornery to the end, whether conscious or not.

.....Ross is more the worrisome at the moment. He's pretty wrung out. But still going on sure and steady. He's actually set up a daily schedule on Outlook on his laptop. He has everything scheduled, from daily hygiene (brushing his teeth, taking a shower, etc.) all the way to running home to take care of the critters. The alarm on there is constantly sounding with the next chore to be done. I'm sure that it has become a mindless thing, more ritual than life. But rituals can be good to the soul, even those as mundane as daily activities. So I think that this is a good thing.

.....I don't think that the outcome is going to be determined tonight, or even tomorrow. So I'll go to sleep and hope for her to have as restful a sleep as possible as well.

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Exodus from Live Journal?

.....First it was Anne Brynley (centaur11, now it is Morag (birdmatrix). Are people starting to think that Face Book is the way to go and Live Journal should be abandoned? I hope not as I actually prefer Live Journal to Facebook. LJ is a lot more detail oriented, and moves at a little slower pace. Face Book is almost ADD to me. I like reading details about what is happening to people and what they are thinking. I suppose that this means that I should get off of my posterior and actually POST more than I have. It's been a rough couple of months though and it has been hard to dig up the energy reserves to put some thought into it. Maybe I should think of it more as a good mental exercise instead, something to make my mind just a little more flexible as I age (rapidly, it seems).

.....Here's hoping that those still on my Friend's List continue to stay there. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.