This is in reply to several comments on the 24th Chapter of my Duty Honor Country Family story at Stardust. An anonymous commenter keeps asking repeatedly where my next chapter is. I originally wrote this on September 4th at Big Closet.

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There are just too much going on at my home right now. As I previously blogged, my mother-in-law's thyroid cancer has recurred. It has metastasized to her spine and Nanay underwent 10 radiation treatments. Doctors talked about surgery, but she is 75 years old and no family member thought Nanay would do well with that form of medical treatment.

Nanay went back in the hospital yesterday because she was having trouble swallowing and was becoming dehydrated. It was also discovered her blood pressure was very low. The swallowing issue may have been caused by the radiation treatments burning Nanay's esophagus. Tests are being done to determine this.

I don't know how long she will be in JFK hospital. Right now her two daughters and one granddaughter are taking turns staying in the hospital with. While I'm not doing the back and forth hospital shuttle, I am having to take care of the house much more than is normal for me. Remember I have my own health issues. Nanay's health is bad and I think it won't ever be good again. At present I don't feel much more than spending my free time watching Hogan's Heroes, writing an occasional blog post, and playing Minesweeper. Sorry I got too much going on at present to focus on my writing.

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Nanay's health is WORSE since I wrote this post 18 days ago. I'm not going to catalog everything that is going wrong, but her oncologist said today that if one issue wasn't resolved, Nanay would be best to go to hospice.

I have a sick mother-in-law, two kids at home now, my wife either working or spending almost all her time at the hospital, and my own health issues. The distractions make writing impossible right now.