Okay, it was a 149 slide power point presentation. It took 2
hours and 19 minutes. Tom is meticulous to a fault. There was no possible
option not explored. He needs to work on his presentation, he droned on and on.
Even I started to doze off. Karla was out before the second slide.
It seems he got through to Dr. Sanborn immediately. She
takes calls from my cat before she does from me? She knows the intelligence
structure, but not the power structure. I am the alpha male. Well, unless you
count Max.
Okay, I meant to make this simple, not long and drawn out. I
will not create a flow chart of power in this household. That is relatively
unimportant. As Tom pointed out in slide 47 of the presentation, it is
unflattering to me to do a flow chart, as I am fairly low down on the totem
pole. (Okay, is “totem pole” racist?)
Slide 71: is it 60% or 70%? Depends on the study and the
time span looked at. Both are right, both are wrong. Use 65% if I need a number.
And slide 98: so brutal in its honesty. It doesn’t really
matter if surgery is easier after radiation or if radiation is easier after
surgery. If whatever I chose doesn’t work, there is no back-up except for palliative
care. So I guess this is kind of an important decision.
Slide 114: surgery is no cake walk, but nothing like a year
ago. Radiation, while it can have side effects, it easier that what I had last
summer. I can’t really say as I had any problems last summer from radiation,
other that some burns on my back. (I can’t see my back, I don’t care.)
Slide 136: Max on his knees begging me to do what is best
for him. Although the sentiment is pure Max, the ‘on his knees’ bit is
obviously photo shopped in. He believes in the might of the claw.
Slide 149: you might ask for input. Press “1” if your mantra
is “Pull the plug, pull the plug!!!”, and you think doing nothing is the best
option. Press “2” if you would like to see Mac go through the horrors of major
surgery again. Press “3” if you think he should take the chicken-shit way out
and go for radiation with less misery.
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I remember my Dad coming home from work on an election day many years ago and watching our new President (Clinton???) accepting his 'win' on tv. A few minutes later my dad went off to the polls to cast his vote. I thought it was strange but he insisted that his vote would still count even though it would not sway the election.
Similar situation here. It looks like the "2's" have won! Unanimously! But I'm still casting my vote.
Fortunately I agree with the majority vote.
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Its easy for me to say as I don't have to go through the procedure but I'm voting for the intervention that has the best chance of success, because I want you to have the best outcome.
#2!! Selfishly, I like the idea of having you around for as long as possible, so the better the odds, the more I like it.
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