Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005
6:45 p.m.

Everett made a rather unique snowman today, while I slept off a migraine and Emil and Scott -- what were they up to? I don't really know. They didn't go anywhere, of that I'm fairly certain.

We had a bit of a scare yesterday when Mom called on the cellphone while on their way to the emergency room at the hospital. She'd had middle-back pain in the morning, but it had gone all around her chest and she couldn't take a deep breath without pain. She phoned her doctor, who advised her to go in and make sure it wasn't a blood clot or something else going on. Like a heart attack.

Scott and I went down to sit with her while Dad went home for supper. She still hadn't had any tests when we arrived at 7:30. But within the next two hours she had a c.t. scan and a chest x-ray, and both came back clear of whatever it is they were looking for. So chances are that the cancer has spread into her bones again. She'll go for a bone scan early in the week, and is not too thrilled about that. "I thought I was finished with that stuff for a while," she said, disappointed.

Cameron was flying in at 11 last night but the airport in Kelowna was too foggy for landing so the flight was sent back to Calgary and the passengers spent the night in a hotel. He got here early this morning.