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I was away for about 10 days.  First I went to San Francisco and visited with my son and his girlfriend.  Then I came home for a day and went to Minnesota for work, and was able to stay with friends.  It was great to get away and not have any responsibilities in regards to my brother, a real vacation, even though the Minnesota work part was kind of stressful, I would take that any day in exchange for not having to be responsible for someone else's survival.

When I got back in town, I called my brother from the taxi that was taking me home.  His speech sound kind of slurred, and I couldn't tell if it was because he was tired (sometimes that happens) or if he had another TIA.  I wrestled with myself the rest of the week about whether or not I needed to go out and check up on him.  I decided not to because it didn't seem that by the time I found out, there was little that could be done. I was into avoidance big time, something I am not proud of.

I went and visited him today, wondering what I would find.  He looked good, his speech was clear (well, clear for him, at least).  He has lost a lot of weight and I think he is not dragging around as much.  But I was really surprised to find out that he had an EKG scheduled for today, a Sunday.  When I asked why, they said it was run of the mill, and they were doing it on a Sunday because of the upcoming holiday.  I'm not sure if I can really believe the nurse or not.  I figure I will call the nursing home and the doctor later tomorrow and get the results of the EKG.

I have invited my brother to come to my house for Thanksgiving, it's the first time he will have been there since we have moved.  There are a bunch of steps he is going to have to maneuver, which concerns me a bit, but I figure we can just kind of boost him up and down if we have to.   I am also thinking about how I am going to protect my furniture in case he wets his pants.  This is a little disconcerting, but I don't think it's a reason to not have him over.