In California, parental care

Prunedale, CA

I flew into Monterey airport on Monday night

after a full day of flying.

No issues, and fairly smooth flights.

My Mom & Dad picked me up,

it is nice to see them!

Unfortunately, with my Dad's condition, he no longer drives.

That makes it tough on my Mom, but now that I'm here,

I can be the chauffeur :-)

For those that don't know,

my Father was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer

in July of last year.

In February of this year, that went into remission,

and he was on the road to recovery from chemo treatments.

In May, he started getting the pains back which led to the discovery

of the cancer last year.

After loads of testing, 

they found that the cancer came back, 

and spread to his liver, lungs, and now his brain.

Fortunately, he was well enough to accompany my Mom

on a cruise up the Maine coast in June to celebrate their 58th anniversary.

He has really gone downhill since then.

He was receiving daily radiation treatments (yesterday was his last one).

I went with them to talk to the doctor a bit,

and got a shot of my Dad with his radiation mask :-)

He's a lot thinner,

and he gets very confused at times.

Last night I woke up at 3 am to find him in his skivvies,

sitting at his desk attempting to 'work'.

I got him back to bed, but it's frustrating for all of us.

He has another CT scan on Friday to find out how the radiation worked.

I'm hoping his confusion goes away when the effects wear off.

He goes to his oncologist today, so some questions will be answered then.

I've gotten to see my son, Adam while I'm here too.

He's been a big help here also.

George is doing fine back in Modoc,

getting things done around the RV.

I miss him :-)