Sam: February 2005 Archives

he's hanging in!

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Sam was still pretty under the weather today, but the staff is sure he's just got a tenacious bug. He's still on oxygen, and they're going to put him on a second round of antibiotics. Sam said he's been "up" and "down" since last week. He was in bed when I arrived with pepperoni pizza; I could hardly understand a dang thing he said while he was laying down. Once he was up, it was better, but his speech really improved when Tom Zopf showed up after I'd been there an hour or so.

I did call before going to check on whether or not pizza would be a good idea. Kevin said Sam hadn't been eating very much. Sam said he usually doesn't eat very much. Tom said and its a good thing too, about time Sam lost some weight! :-)


mortality

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Sam's ok, but he didn't look too good when I got there. Hooked up to an oxygen tank and his face looked drawn, tight, like he'd aged a lot in the past two weeks. I diddled around with replacing the battery in his Bose remote before sitting down and checking in. He just about lunged for his standard hazelnut black (we always have this issue about letting it cool down enough so he doesn't burn himself), so I knew he was "ok" in general, but I worried something "big" had happened. I said,

"Looks like its been a rough couple of weeks since I've seen you?"
"Yeah."
"Sonofabitch."
"Sonofabitch."


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