Looking for suspenders

My mom is looking for some clip-on suspenders for my dad.  His pants aren't staying up very well.  I thought it might be fun if he had some nifty designs on them like smiley faces.  I'm looking for suggestions on stores that might carry these.  (Plain ones would also do the trick.)  Email me using the link on the right or leave a comment with your suggestions.  Thanks.

The puppies are gone (except one)

Today is a sad, but necessary day.  The last of the puppies went home with his new family this afternoon.  My mom really enjoyed the experience.  Last week was the only hard part because my dad had a rough week.  When I wasn't helping my mom with the puppies, I was chauffeuring my dad around.

Everything worked out well enough though.  My parents were here for a long stay to help me out.  I had periodontal surgery on Tuesday.  My dad was feeling stronger by Tuesday and my mom was down one puppy.  My kids got to spend a bunch of extra time with Grandma and the puppies because my recovery was slower than expected.

There is a great picture of my dad with one of the puppies on the puppies' blog.  Check out the blog at tillyspups.blogspot.com, if you haven't already.  My parents are keeping the puppy pictured with my dad on Day Fifty-One.  She was the only female in the litter.

The update including a blood transfusion

Over the past month my mom has struggled to get my dad's weight up with limited success.  The dietician at the Cancer Center made several suggestions recently which have helped.  However, on Tuesday my dad experienced another GI blockage.  He vomited several times and couldn't keep any food down.  This was a major setback in the struggle to get my dad's weight up.

My dad had blood work and a CT scan scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.  Those tests showed his blood levels to be fine.  (They are always checked before he receives chemotherapy treatment.)  Also, the CT scan showed no change in the size of the tumor.  This was the first CT scan done since switching chemotherapy drugs.  (The last CT scan showed the tumor growing which is why Dr. Ritch switched drugs.)

Because my mom was out of IV fluid, my dad received IV fluids at the Day Hospital in the Cancer Center on Tuesday.  On Wednesday, he was back in the Day Hospital for chemotherapy treatment and more fluids.  My dad was again at the Day Hospital on Thursday to have lab work run to determine if he was bleeding internally.  He had been having symptoms of bleeding within his gastrointestinal tract. The results indicated a slow bleed that seemed to be healing.  A complete blood count (CBC) revealed that my dad's hemoglobin level was around 10.  Another CBC run on Friday shown a slight drop in the hemoglobin level.  Therefore, Dr. Ritch ordered a blood transfusion for my dad, and he received two units of blood at the Day Hospital on Friday.

And if all that wasn't enough to keep my dad busy, on Thursday I took him several places including the dentist for his teeth to be cleaned!