Been wheeling and dealing on bikes all summer and fall. So I ended up with a Honda 750 Shadow for cruising (love it). and a Honda CM400 fast light weight bike for running around town. And a yamaha Majesty 400 for the wife. I have been rebuilding and tuning carbs till I am blue in the face. But Finally everything is running great. I got some time to ride them just before the cold weather hit. Now they are all parked in the garage until next spring.
Now for a personal update. During most of those 5 years I have been in very poor health. I was hospitalized 3 times in Guangzhou due to bursting blood vessels in my stomach. I never mentioned before now that I have been in end stage liver failure for a long time but I have only known about it for about 4 years. Since returning to America I have had to have many chemo treatments to try to keep cancer from taking over what was left of my liver.
On November 10 I received a call from Porter Adventist hospital. They said that they had accepted a donated liver on my behalf. What a shock, surprise and ominous call to answer. I called my wife and told her to come home immediately we rushed to the hospital and I nervously waited for the surgeon to declare that the liver was a good match for me. As they rolled me to the operating room I looked at the doctor and said I place my trust in you. Please make a thorough check and make sure that I live long enough to repay my wife for all she has done for me.
The next 2 weeks were horrible. Paranoia, hallucinations, and severe pain , mostly due to the medications they were giving me. I have lost 30 pounds and I think I look like a ghost. But most everyone else says I look good. I am feeling weak, short of breath and faint but the Doctors say it is normal and that I am doing great. It will be 6 months before I feel "good" again.
Today is my five year marriage anniversary. Yep, December 10 2010 we went to the marriage bureau in Guangzhou and tied the knot. Through all these ordeals Fiona has been at my bedside the whole time. always there, to lift me, turn me over, hold my urine bottle, clean my mess, hand feed me and change my clothes. I could see in her face how exhausted she was, how utterly overwhelmed she was. But she never faltered. Take me to the toilet, put me in the shower walk me to the car and take me to the Dr appointments. She deserves a very good vacation.
Wife, lover, friend, confidant and nurse, I could search for a hundred years and not find a woman that compares to my wife. I mean that with all my heart.
