a Red Wings moment of beauty

Darren Helm, with his speed and puck handling ability, will someday be one of the deadliest players in the NHL. Great little player, who has been brought up from the minors the last two years in the playoffs to cover for injuries, and who deserves a spot in the regular season lineup as soon as one is available. (I could see him replacing Maltby or Draper on the checking line when one of them retires, for example).

an amusing moment from Franzen

An amusing moment from Wings/Blackhawks game four.

With all of the injuries (especially Datsyuk and Lidstrom) I am afraid that the Wings will have a world of trouble beating the red hot Penguins in the finals.

nice morning

I lay in bed for a while after dawn this morning, in that border land between sleep and wakefulness. Dan's sleeping warmth was next to me. A steady and gentle rain drummed on the roof. I felt so safe and warm, in a cocoon of comfort. It was one of those moments when you are filled with joy just to be alive.

finally the results are in!

All twelve of Dan's biopsy samples came back clean and cancer free. They now think that he has inflammation of the prostate, which is why it is enlarged and his PSA blood levels are high.

Thank God.

and still waiting!

Still no word on the biopsy results! It will be two full weeks tomorrow!

In the meantime, I have been feeling increasingly tired the last week or so, to the point where all I have energy for is going to work (the dirty laundry pile in my room is nearly as tall as I am) and sure enough, the blood test they pulled last Friday came back with my thyroid levels too low, and they will be increasing my synthroid dose. Hopefully I will be feeling better soon.

At least the Wings have a commanding 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals against the Blackhawks.

still waiting...

Still have not heard the results for Dan's biopsy. It should have been 3-5 days according to all of the medical articles I googled. It is now over a week, and this is getting old very quickly.

At least the Red Wings are still playing and keeping my mind off of more serious issues. They won their game seven against the Duckies, and won their first game in the Western Conference finals against the Blackhawks. I missed being able to watch both games due to work. Let's go Red Wings!

waiting for the biopsy results

Waiting...waiting...dreading...hoping.

In the meantime, both the Tigers AND the Red Wings lost tonight. Bah. Humbug. Now the Wings will have to play a seventh game in their series against Anaheim - and ANYTHING can happen in a game seven. You can end up losing the series on a bad bounce of the puck or a bad call from an official. I hate game sevens.