At risk of uncovering people, I feel I must share this quandry I have run into. Here goes.
I wonder at what point a person discontinues their feelings of concern about what people think or how what they do affects others. When does one decide that being rude is ok and the politeness of your youth can be flushed down the crapper. It seems that some never get to a point of being polite at all, but others at some point in their lives, usually when they get older, talk about things and do things that they would not have felt comfortable doing so in earlier years. My dilemma is, is that ok? The elderly are entitled somehow to do whatever they wish becuase they put in their time here on earth. I’m not sure I wholly agree with that sentiment. Common politeness and decency in public situations should be required at all ages, unless the mental capacity is limited. Making others comfortable is important and when time is spent with a person who has abandoned that almost comlpetely, it tends to be frustrating and border on breeding resentment. Is is rude to say,”That is ofensive to me. Please don’t do it” Nothing harsh inteded here, I’m just learning to live life in a different way. I’m trying to grow, but one must ask questions to learn.

Or here’s another thought, maybe it’s just MEN. (I’m sure my husband will chime in here with his wisdom.)
All I know is I am holding to my position, I would really rather not get too old.
75 sounds good.

We saw the urologist yesterday. It was a great visit, if visiting the pee-pee doctor can be great. He confirmed the problem found on the ultrasound, which is that there is a urinary tract obstruction, causing the kidney to become full and distended. He recommended surgery to remove the obstruction and rejoin the tube. His kidney will still function and this should clear up his vomiting cycles. I have been reading that this is very common in kids and so this brings me to, WHY THE H*** DIDN’T SOMEONE SUGGEST THIS TEST BEFORE NOW-6 YEARS AGO!? Anyway, surgery is scheduled for January 3rd at 7:30 am at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in LA. All prayers are appreciated.

Well, I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about this. I guess I want to wait to see what happens, but here’s the latest on Christian’s puking. We got another appointment with the GI doctor to discuss the lack of progress in treating Christian and his “problem”. We had just increased his medication and promptly he began to puke again. So, we mentioned to the doctor for the second time some issues we had seen relating to Christian having to pee. At this point the doctor suggested an abdominal ultrasound. So we had the ultrasound and I noticed as the lady was doing it she made a weird face. So about an hour after we got home the Docotr calls and says the test was positive for a condition called hydronephrosis, which is a blockage of the outflow of the kidney causing backup in the system, and breakdown of the kidney. We go to a urologist next thursday to see what form of treatment he will have. This is very exciting because many cases of this so called “stomach migraine” have been traced to this kidney problem and totally treated with surgery! We can’t wait to hear what’s next. After 8 years of this crap, the end may be in sight! Stay tuned for Part III…

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