Russ Newton
Update, all good! (Graphic photo warning for those gentle readers out there)
This is me in the recovery room. This is the recovery room. And this is now how I access the tube. Much better in my mind. Almost flush...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 30, 2020
- 1 min
Hospital again today.
I am going in for "minor surgery" again in hopes of replacing this dangling 16 inches of tube from my stomach tube with something...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
There are still Saints in this world!
For those of you who have visited me in San Antonio, I probably dragged you out to the 2M Smokehouse for Beef ribs. The best I have ever...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min
More Oly Pictures
Seems to be a popular item so here are some more. This was her mother, a female collie mix that came and lived in our parking lot at...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Foods I can still eat.
Foods I can still eat are narrowing but I am discovering several things I can still get down. Chinese food is one example. Most dishes...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Dreams
Well ALS has really got its hooks into me now. Last night I had a dream about it. My dream started with me in bed with my ex-wife Sue. I...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 19, 2020
- 1 min
What is death?
As you might imagine it, I have had the opportunity to think hard about this subject since I was diagnosed with a 100% fatal illness....
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Russ Newton
- Dec 17, 2020
- 1 min
Sorry for getting a little political here, but this was too good to not re-post.
"I don't need the vaccine," they said while enjoying life without polio, tetanus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rubella, measles, whooping...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 16, 2020
- 4 min
Follow up on Life Lesson Number 5.
So promised in this earlier post I would finish the story later. Not one of my proudest moments either I am ashamed to say. I have...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 14, 2020
- 2 min
More on Oly.
I think enough time has passed and the raw feelings I had over her untimely passing have faded enough to talk about some of the good...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
Here is a picture of my feeding tube.
I hope you can appreciate why I desire a button access vs. this dangling 16 inches of tube hanging out of my body. And please note, I am...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
Good News! (and some bad news)
The good news is I made an 856 mile trip by car from just outside of Nashville, Tennessee to my home in San Antonio. Did it in one shot,...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
Change in plans
So I told you all that we were heading for Brownsville, TX. But we decided to skip it and ended up in Galveston, TX. On the water, at a...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 6, 2020
- 1 min
Big Bend National Park, Again.
Made my way back to Big Bend with my son this time. Still an amazing place. If you have not been, put it on your bucket list please. It...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Random thought I recalled sharing on this blog but looking back I didn't.
So here it is. Getting the stomach tube was described to me a "minor surgery" Indeed, it was an out patient (meaning I drove to the...
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Russ Newton
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
My son Matthew Newton will be....
visiting me this Friday. My last hurrah with him will be an epic road trip (following Covid restrictions of course). Our first stop will...
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