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manner of other names, as my dad did, but ultimately it is just some cells in your own<br />
bodies making the horrible mistake of thinking that they should keep on reproducing. It<br />
isn't an intelligent enemy or even a powerful enemy. It is nothing more than a biological<br />
mistake. This isn't to underplay how virulent it is -- it took my dad, a powerful, determined,<br />
brilliant man. But this isn't an intelligent enemy or even a particularly crafty enemy. It is a<br />
mistake of biology, and it will be beaten. I know it is disheartening to see a warrior like my<br />
dad lose his battle, but it would be a tragedy if his death were to do anything but<br />
strengthen each of your resolve to beat this thing.<br />
I know that this group has been very civil and avoided language that wasn't family<br />
friendly, but in the heat of the moment, waiting to be let in to see my dad, I posted<br />
something to facebook that captured my feelings about MCC. In the law, we make an<br />
exception to the hearsay rule for an "excited utterance", under the theory that when<br />
somebody is experiencing an enormously emotional, critical moment, they aren't going to<br />
lie and they will speak what they're really thinking. So here is the post, which expressed<br />
in no uncertain terms what I was thinking at the moment: "Just had the surreal experience<br />
of following an ambulance carrying my dad to The hospital. spO2 well
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