My Battle with Merkel Cell Cancer

Here is a photo of Alex and yours truly. She slept in my arms for about half an hour. You
never forget how to hold a baby.
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An Innocent Man
Thursday, April 21, 2011
I read a book by Gresham, not a novel, about innocent men convicted of murder on death
row. It was called "An Innocent Man". I think in some ways I am the Innocent Man. I may
be on death row. My team of attorneys is my medical care providers. My appeals are
through chemotherapy. The judge is God. I committed no crimes. I may be on my final
appeal.
After a trouble-free day of travel, I am home. I will have pleasant memories of this trip. My
Mother is frail and weak, but seems to be very stable for somebody who will soon turn 94.
We had an unexpected visit from Willie Kravitz and his daughter Meredith on Monday.
Willie is "the 4th son". He and his wife Elaine became very close with my parents when
they lived in adjacent apartments. My parents baby-sat for Meredith when she was an
infant, but she is now all grown up.
We had no Seder to go to because of issues which my brother's wife Gertie has with my
mother, so we had dinner at Place Kensington. They did serve Matzah-ball soup, Gefilte
fish and "Matzah Bread".
We saw an interesting movie called 'Gentleman's Agreement" with Gregory Peck, from
1947 about anti Semitism. A Christian writer pretends to be Jewish to research an article
on anti-semitism. If you have a chance to see it, it is worthwhile.
Here is the countdown:
5. Today,
4. Friday. PET scan in the morning, CPA for my audit and to prepare my belated 2010 tax
return in the afternoon
3. Saturday
2. Sunday, my last day of reasonable comfort
1. Monday. 7:00 AM to St Agnes for insertion of a port
0. Tuesday. Chemo begins.
I hope to be able to continue this blog through my chemo.
Posted by David Shuster at 12:05PM (-07:00)
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