This post won’t be terribly long. It’s been a while since I updated everyone on mom’s status. There really hasn’t ben a lot to tell until now. Mom has been in ICU for over two months now. If you remember from my last post, Mom suffered a setback when the vac on her belly, meant to help close the wound, caused […]
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Ditching the Soda
October 6, 2010 
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Yes, you read the headline correctly; the Sparks household is officially soda-free. It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally made the transition from sugary, caffeine-laced, unhealthy drinks to more healthy teas, juices, and lots and lots of water. I grew up on soda. Every week, my mother would buy a slew of 2-liter […]
Continue readingUpdate on My Mother
October 1, 2010 3 Comments
It’s been a month since Mom went into the hospital. I wrote a blog many of you enjoyed – describing her plight and why this dangerous surgery was necessary. Since then, the ubiquitous Facebook updates I was posting have slowed down, but Mom’s care has been a constant roller coaster of good days and bad […]
Continue readingUnited HealthCare & Florida Hospital Dispute Almost Cancels My PET Scan
September 16, 2010 0 Comments
I had my six-month PET scans this morning. If these scans come back clean, I will officially be two years into remission. I am, as you can imagine, terribly anxious to get the results. I should get a call from my doctor’s office tomorrow with the result. Until then, I will be one big bundle […]
Continue reading My Hero: My Mother
September 2, 2010 8 Comments
My mom is the strongest, nicest, most compassionate, most loving, and most tenacious woman I know. She is, simply, amazing. Right now, she’s lying unconscious in ICU at Florida Hospital, Celebration Health, near Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. She endured six long, extremely high risk, hours of surgery yesterday and, despite the odds, emerged […]
Continue reading It Galls Me To Tell You This
June 25, 2010 8 Comments
My gall bladder is functioning at only 3%. This is apparently not uncommon for someone who went through chemotherapy and lost so much weight so quickly. The extreme punishment my body endured through cancer treatments was not without consequence. My gall bladder was damaged and has since deteriorated. Lovely. Let me start from the beginning. […]
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The Binary Biker 