Update on Ed

I talked to Mom this morning. He's doing better, but they found something else.

Info from Medline Plus Encyclopedia

Polycythemia vera is an acquired disorder of the bone marrow that causes the overproduction of all three blood cell lines: white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
It is a rare disease that occurs more frequently in men than women, and rarely in patients under 40 years old. It is not known what causes polycythemia vera.
The disease usually develops slowly, and most patients do not experience any problems related to the disease after being diagnosed. However, the abnormal bone marrow cells may begin to grow uncontrollably in some patients leading to acute myelogenous leukemia.
Patients with polycythemia vera also have an increased tendency to form blood clots that can result in strokes or heart attacks. Some patients may experience abnormal bleeding because their platelets are abnormal.

This is something treatable, but it will be probably something that he deals with for the rest of his life.

If it wasn't for all the blood work that they've been doing for the meningitis, they wouldn't have found it this early.

I'll be calling him later in the day.

(no subject)

( Tarot Meme- yanked from pgnblade )

time to cross my fingers

and hope that everything isn't screwed up in terms of time off.

We just got a list of what vacation time we have and what we've used. (and the inital balance being more than what we expected). Turns out I might have less than what I expected.

Up until now I thought that I had 10 days paid time off (earned on a funky schedule, but I can use them before I earn them), all the holidays, and 4 personal choice holidays. I found out that I might not have any of the personal choice holidays (I was basically using the personal choice and to cover days that I get sick, since I don't tend to get sick all that often).

If I don't have them, between the days I got sick and the 4 days I spent up in Troy last week because Ed got sick, I might not have any time. And then I have hope I or any other family member doesn't get sick again or have to get out of work for something else.

And goddess knows how I'll have to work out Pennsic.