Being this be a time when lots of us gather together with family and friends to give thanks I thought I would share me own family tree ...

 Happy Thanksgiving to all

 Enjoy! . . . . . . . .

And remember....

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Johnny Depp is playing the role of The Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland (to be released in 2010).......

...ok, Not exactly what I expected - but he definitely looks a bit *mad*!

* (Thanks for the pick Rosie!)

* A site where you can read more about it - including news that there WILL BE a FOURTH Pirates of The Caribbean movie! ARRRRRRGH!!
 -  http://www.timburtoncollective.com/labels/alice" title="http://www.timburtoncollective.com/labels/alice" target="_blank"http://www.timburtoncollectiv...%20in%20wonderland.html

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 Ok, this is NOT a bashing of  Wyoming&nbs p;  - But it IS a funny pic!

 *LOL!*
(OS will love this one!)

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 Well I wanted to write, but I don't eve know where to begin...I saw Captain Nemo today... It was kind of a bad day for him - Consistantly asking what time it was - he did that a little more often that usual today - fogetting he had breakfast and where he was when he woke up from his nap - all somewhat normal these days, but seemed to me to be more-so today - and having trouble breathing - He didn't want the oxygen, but Mom finally made him take some -
We have an oxygen tank now in the house for him, just in case he needs it -
 
 Captain Flint, (my Brother), called me later in the day, as he was headed home from work - we talked about our Dad - Truth is that with Glioblasotma most people don't live more than six months - some only three after being diagnosed - and of course it depends on how far along it is - The nurse care we now have for Captain Nemo is hospice - but - we were told that alot of people come off of hospice and that the reason Captain Nemo qualified was because of the type of brain tumor that he has - they figure for most people it is six months or less, so that's why he qualifies -

After today, I felt like we could loose him at anytime - I don't understand why the doctors don't tell you more of what to expect - I mean, I don't expect them to give an exact time-line - no one knows that - no one ever could - but something of what to expect sure would be nice -  anyway - we hope to find out more when Mum talks to the doctor and once Captain Nemo has another M.R.I. to see if the treatments helped at all - oh yeah - the nurse said that most of the time the week after treatment - and sometimes two weeks after - is the worst - worse even than during the treatments themselves - yeah - that would have been nice to know -

 It has been three months now since Captain Nemo was diagnosed -

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 Hey SZ - sorry this is a day late, but all best wishes are sent your way....

...  "Hammy the hamster", ( yeah, he's a hamster, but at heart he's alll squirrel!) - and the "Nuttones" , and all of us Tbloggers want to wish you a Happy Happy Birthday!!!!

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You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too, yeah
(ok, not really, but it's part of the song)
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
(WOOT! -WOOT!)
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you
(WOOT! - WOOT!)

Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party.

I would like you to dance
(Birthday)
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance
(Birthday)
I would like you to dance
(Birthday)
Dance

I would like you to dance
(Birthday)
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance
(Birthday)
I would like you to dance
(Birthday)
Dance

You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too, yeah
(What I said before yeah)
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
(WOOT! - WOOT!)
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you
(HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!)

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 Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted an update on Captain Nemo - and thank you to everyone who has been asking about him. - Captain Nemo had been complaining for some time to his doc about having trouble breathing at times - he said his doc would only smile at him when he mentioned it. ...later on, there was a call to the peramedics one morning due to Captain Nemo being very short of breath, and having a great deal of trouble catching&nbs p;his breath - the peremedics gave him oxygen, but would not leave any, saying his level was 90 something instead of 80 something, and that he should be fine, and that insurance would not cover it unless it was in the 80s - nice -
Still later, Captain Nemo wakes up another morning with pain in his lower back - Mum calls the doc - doc is not there, so she talks to the "on call" doc, who tells her to get him into the ER, because he needs to be assesed - ok - so Mum calls 911 and they come and take him to the ER - we stay all day to find out that Captian Nemo has a blood clot in his lung - yes - a blood clot in his lung - nice - (after they finally do a scan) -
 So....then they admit him and give Captian Nemo heprin.....the next morning his arm where he has the IV, is black - yep - black - they take out the IV in that arm and put it in the other arm as well - it too turns black - the problem? not enough platelets - someone gave him the heprin without doing a platelet count first evedently - nice -  So - They stop all heprin, take out all IVs and order platelets for Captain Nemo - he needs ten units - 10! - ..... they also change what they are giving him to thin his blood for the blood clot, and give him cumidin instead - that seems to work... he is in the hospital from Thursday until Tuesday the following week. This of course postpones his last week of radiation treatments, however, on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday, before he goes home, he is able to resume his raditaion treatments - Captain Nemo then gets the go ahead to go home - ( I don't think they did another scan to see if the blood clot is still there or not before he went home ) - again - nice -
 So Captain Nemo is now home, and we have had a nurse come to the house to talk with Mum and Captain about them coming in and helping - (it's about fah-reakin time!) - anyway - it will help Mum, when myself, and or Captain Flint, ( me bro), and/or his wife, ( SIL #2) can't be there to help.-The nurse was very nice, and very supportive and we hope, will be very helpful as well. They will be an advocate for Captain Nemo, which is good, and doesn't come all too soon for what he's been through in the last week!

 - Also - Captain Nemo's bro and Nephew came up to visit - it was a really really good visit, although the whole time,  (with the exception of the first day they were here), Captain Nemo was in the hospital - they all did get to visit though, and Captian Nemo remembers it all. :)

 Now that Captain Nemo is home, and seemingly to be doing better as the treatments are slowly getting out of his system now, we wait for the swelling to go down, and then for Captain Nemo to have another scan to see how things went with the treatments, Prayers prayed and continue...

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