Saturday night was the fifth and final night of Sharon's chemo cycle. Once again, she seems to have handled the chemo well. Now we just have to hope the stuff does its job. Work hard, Temodar!!More generally, Sharon's health has been a mixed bag. Sharon has had some nasty headaches lately and a nagging pain in her neck (literally, not figuratively). The medical folks haven't been able to explain these problems or provide solutions, and she's a little frustrated with that. Sharon's balance has been shaky at times lately too. Allergy season seems to have arrived early; maybe that accounts for some of her symptoms. My balance has been off a bit due to allergies and my ears are popping a lot. This made Sharon hopeful that allergies may be bothering her too. On the plus side, Sharon slept for about 6 1/2 hours straight last night. Reducing her steroid dose has helped her sleep, but the headaches have increased since the dose was cut.
Seeing what her wildlife camera captures continues to be a daily highlight for Sharon. Deer are frequent visitors, as are those strange looking creatures known as opossum (or, as some people around here call them, 'dinner'). The above shot of two foxes gives Sharon hope that we may see some fox babies at some point. Wildlife folks call fox babies 'kittens,' even though foxes are much more closely related to dogs than to cats. This makes no sense. Then again, in my experience, wildlife people and logic seldom go hand-in-hand.
Speaking of a lack of logic, this video will either make you laugh or cry. Maybe both!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg
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I should point out that fox babies are actually called "kits" not "kittens". Don't blame Dave for this error. When he asked me on the way home from yet another dr's appt., I told him I couldn't remember if it was one or the other. And that pretty much sums up the usefulness of my two degrees in wildlife science.
But Dave is right..I am hoping the "dog" and "vixen" will bring their "skulk" to our backyard and join the list of regular visitors, which includes a "gaggle" of geese, "murder" of crows, "charm" of goldfinches, "knot" of toads, and "dray" of squirrels.
Who comes up with this stuff?
Especially "murder of crows" . . . seriously, did Edgar Allen Poe or Alfred Hitchcock weigh in on that one?
And how about "clutch," "brood" and "school"? Could they honestly not come up w/ names for such groupings without using words that had totally unrelated other meanings? I mean, "herd" is a perfectly good word. When you use the word "herd," people always know what you're talking about.
You scientists may be a brainy bunch when it comes to math-y stuff, but you should leave the linguistics to us liberal arts types -- we tend to be better with words.
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