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2016 Archive

Aug 03

When I first started this post, let’s just say I didn’t get very far. Ill take you back to last week, Thursday 7/28……………. “Right now I am sitting in a Starbucks in Fort Collins, Colorado and there are two things about this that should strike most as odd. #1- Fort Collins is  1+ hour drive […]

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Jul 18

Yikes….dont judge me….I cant believe it has been so long since I have been able to post! I have the typical excuses of most working people so I wont bore you with those. The good news is the past month has brought lots of good stuff to the Hank/Piotrowski/Oklesh household. I am a list person […]

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May 25

Once we started to get in the swing of the whole chemo thing (hmmm…..that rhymes….new song idea?), it became evident rather quickly that again, I had no idea what I was doing. I was functioning on the idea up to this point that when it came to physical therapy and rehab for Hank post-amputation, that […]

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Apr 21

By the end of our first day at CSU,  several things had happened. Hank was examined by what seemed like 10 people (students, interns, residents, oncologists, surgeons, probably a custodian or two), his records reviewed, treatment recommendations discussed, prognosis relayed (this was the only time during the day that I cried) and then they asked […]

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Apr 06

I’d have to say that I knew from the get-go that Hank’s recovery from surgery was not going to be easy, but it was more of the logistical stuff I was worried about. Like the four flights of stairs in our house, plus the flight of stairs leading down into the backyard; getting him in […]

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