Monday, February 11, 2013

Blizzard

The Blizzard of 2013 hit Tiverton on Friday. Due to the impending storm, Mom's doctors moved up her chemo treatment to first thing that morning.  However, after her blood test, they told Mom that her white blood cell count and her platelets had dropped even lower so that she would not be able to get her chemo treatment that day.  She was undoubtedly disappointed, but tried to focus on what the doctors were saying - that chemo was certainly having an effect on her, and that potentially it was having the same negative effect on the cancer.  It helped that this news was delivered by Sue, an extremely kind, wonderful, compassionate nurse at the oncology center.

 As the snow started to fall, Mom and her sister Patty decided to have a Downton Abbey marathon session starting at the beginning with season one.  As they became fully immersed in the stories of Mary, Matthew, Carson and everyone, the winds began to really blow.  At 9 pm, Mom and Dad's house lost power.

 The next day they woke up to about two feet of snow.  Katharine, Michael and I worried about how they would fare with just the fireplace to keep them warm and Patty's car cell phone charger.  With the roads closed and impassable, we knew we could not go and help.  (In Connecticut, Michael had about two feet of snow and Christiana about two and half feet of snow.)  However, by 3 pm on Saturday, friends and neighbors Jay and Mike plowed their long driveway, replenished the wood supply in the house - and then the power came back on!  

 We are having a family Valentine's party at Golden Pond this weekend (hopefully the weather will behave).  Katharine and her daughter are there now, spending the week. For many, many years our family used to create handmade Valentines for each other.  We thought this was a great year to revive the tradition and share it with our kids.  The following week Mom and Dad go to Florida to enjoy some well deserved sunshine.
Golden Pond during the Blizzard

Sunset One Day Later


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  1. Greg and JoyceFebruary 14, 2013

    Hi Denise,

    We're thinking of you. We tried to write sooner, but the blog is not Mac friendly. I'm at the library on a PC, which I thought was worth a try to get through. We'll keep you in our thoughts, and we'll keep an eye on the blog.

    Greg (and Joyce)

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