Not too much craziness happened in February, except for two family medical emergencies. Connor got the stomach flu and was vomiting and had diarrhea for two weeks and lost about 2 1/2 pounds of weight and Grandma Hong ended up in the ER at UCSF because of a possible blood clot in her right leg.
Connor’s trip to the Pediatric ER at CPMC was just concerns of his lack of urination and his ongoing fever. Doctor’s were able have him drink enough fluids that he was able to urinate so they discharged him within a few hours. It took about another week after his discharge for him to get over his vomiting and diarrhea. But the little guy has been pretty resilient and has probably gained all his weight back. He’s got his chubby cheeks (both on his face and on his bottom) back now!
Grandma Hong had pain in her right leg when she got up off the couch, but thought she just strained her calf muscle on a Tuesday. But by Thursday, she was having some really bad pain and there was bruising and some swelling of her right foot. On Friday, she said it felt better, but by Saturday afternoon, it hurt so bad she couldn’t walk without discomfort. Elaine’s boyfriend Ed, who’s a plastic surgeon, looked at Grandma’s leg and thought it looked like she had a clot. We took her to UCSF’s ER and sat there for almost 5 hours before she was seen and it was another 2 hours before her first ultrasound on her leg. We ended up going upstairs to use the higher def ultrasound machines and they didn’t find a clot, but based on what they saw, they believe she had a cyst and that it had burst, hence the bruising and fluids. Some codeine and feet elevation for a week seems to have resolved that problem and Grandma Hong is up and about, none the worse for wear!
On the personal front, Femmie, Connor and I had a late Valentine’s Day buffet brunch at the Garden Court located inside the Palace Hotel. Nice, relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere and the servers there were very courteous and nice. I had a few glasses of champagne while Femmie and Connor stuck to orange juice. It’s not too bad there and most of the food was pretty good. The ribeye with horseradish sauce and oysters on the half shell were two of the more memorable items I consumed, while the grilled mahi mahi was a bit dry, probably from sitting inside the chafing dishes for a little while.
We also did our annual Oscar’s party at my former boss’ house when I was at Oracle. Loren and Philip were great hosts and we all had a great time. I finished midpack in the Oscar’s vote though, but it was expected since I hadn’t seen many of the movies that were under consideration. The surprise hit of the year was Slumdog Millionaire winning 8 awards from the Academy. Guess I should go rent it when it’s out!
Other than that…beware the Ides of March! Well…maybe a little after the 15th of March. According to the SJ Mercury website (http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11240039?nclick_check=1), it looks like SUN Microsystems has scheduled the next set of “Reductions in Force” aka layoffs on March 23rd, but I’ve heard through the rumor mill it could be as early at March 19th. 550 in California look to be affected with 175 from the Santa Clara area, which is where my office is located. Guess we’ll see what happens. Just keep working my escalations, try not to miss updates on some that were in monitoring status (whoops…had two this week, ugh) and see what the end of March brings…
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