A Belated Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone, and Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish friends! Been busy with family things the past few days. Christmas was nice, although different with Dad in the hospital. Every day he seems to be doing better - much more coherent now, but still suffering from the effects of the fentynal patch and the morphine. He's now classified as allergic to opiates, with a warning about any drug that could cause hallucinations or major confusion as a side effect. It's not really an allergy, just hypersensitivity, but classifying it as an allergy will stop any future doctor from trying to administer such drugs in any amount, however small, without serious consultation. Dad's been essentially out of it and unable to eat for a week, so our biggest thing right now is feeding him enough orally to prevent having to insert a feeding tube. Slowly but surely he's eating solid foods again. I'm heading down now to feed him lunch. With a little luck he'll soon be strong enough to feed himself.

Much to comment on - I'll try to start posting again on current events later today.

Also, my friend Dr. Cathleen London is on Fox News' Dayside again this afternoon between 1 and 2 talking about keeping the holiday weight off. Please tune in - she's fantastic (and obnoxiously smart and beautiful, too!)!