8.06.2008

it's been a while...

it's been pretty busy round these parts.

i started my new job on july 14th and it's been nothing but chaos. the first week was AWFUL. we stayed in our old building from monday until thursday afternoon. on friday we showed up to our new "office" and nothing was set up. no network connections. nothing. we spent 6 hours of the day working with IT to ensure our network connection as well as making sure our applications were all in tact. the second week was absolute hell. i don't even want to discuss it, it was THAT bad. last week, things got better, and i am beginning to feel comfortable with what i am doing and producing quality work.

having said all of that; we have had some bad news as well. john's dad was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in the beginning of july. last wednesday, he underwent surgery to remove the mass, a layer of lymph nodes and 70-80% of the underneath of his tongue. at this point, there is no prognosis but the doctors are confident that they got all of the cancer. he was moved out of icu yesterday and is improving on a daily basis. once he's released from the hospital, he will have to undergo chemo and radiation as precautionary measures. the surgeons indicated a 50% chance of reoccurance and they want to do everything possible to ensure that it doesn't come back.

as you can tell, it's been a long month. i will try to update more regularly within the next few weeks.

please keep john's dad in your thoughts and prayers.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

oh wow. best of luck to you guys and i hope he recovers quickly and completely. give john a hug for me.