“The RoseBouquet”

Today it is a month since Dad lost his voice. He does speak, but as a hoarse whisper, which costs him about as much effort as if he were trying to shout. Yesterday we finally got to see the specialist we were being referred to. That’s a long story, but I’ll spare you the details. Enough that I was sure it was an answer to prayer when Dr. Spafford’s office called on Monday afternoon and asked if we could come in to see him at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. That suited me perfectly as we were already planning to go into the city for a bit of shopping, and in the evening I had my Board meeting to attend at WTM, which comes once every other month. We could do it all in one trip!

It didn’t take Dr. Spafford long to get a little camera down Dad’s nostril and he had a good look at his larynx. He did not find the mass or growth that Dr. Bishop had seen on the 5th, but he said Dad’s left vocal cord is paralyzed. No nut down there, and he didn’t believe the chocolate Dad ate had anything to do with this. Mere coincidence.

However he couldn’t tell what caused this, or what to do next until he had the results of two other tests. He sent us to a lab on Wall St. hoping we could get in without an appointment. Happens they like to accommodate Dr. Spafford whenever they can, so we got in and were done in half an hour! One was an ultra-sound of Dad’s throat and I was allowed to watch. The other was an x-ray and I had to stay out of that room - naturally.

So I’ll call Dr. Spafford’s office this afternoon and see if he’s got the results and when we should come in again. Meantime I had some keen interest in the pictures of our storm last week - the worst in 51 years! Unfortunately, not everyone on the ezine edition mailing list saw my apology email the next day in which I gave the link to the pictures on the blog site, so I’ll give that here again, Watching Last Week’s Storm

Now here’s a link to see the pictures I took last Thursday, the day after the Big Storm of 2007. In my hurry yesterday I was only able to pick a few. The temperatures got so bitterly cold (i.e. -29 C) that it was hard to handle the camera outside. Yesterday and today we’re at -5 C which is much MUCH more comfortable, but of course so much snow removal has taken place, that the landscape has changed since the storm aftermath. After the Storm of 2007