My days are filled with data spreadsheet projects for soon-to-be published medical papers on Myeloma & related disorders, and meeting patients. It's a fascinating thing to observe folks' differing responses to their physical plight: Patients with Middle to Upper class backgrounds nearly always lower the shoulder & attempt to take as much control as possible by becoming educated about all they can do to keep themselves healthy. Some folks with lower-class backgrounds appear angry and very distrustful in the beginning, but then grow to accept it and then become nearly too compliant, not asking questions, simply having given up that they'd ever know as much as a Dr. or Nurse.... It breaks my heart to see such lack of hope in some people. Speaking of which, yes, indeed. Molly and I are about to undergo a transition into a new phase of life: I will become a Resident Assistant for a new program called Immerse Arkansas ( seen here: http://vimeo.com/12093077 )--set up to assist teens who have "graduated" out of the Arkansas Foster Care System immerse themselves into adulthood. This new venture will require Molly and me to move into an older apartment complex in a slightly less affluent part of the city.
In other news, we're excited about also "immersing" :) ourselves into parenthood come Febuary 3rd, 2011. Once our move settles in, we expect to focus a bit more on that new thought. Our commitment to the R.A. position with Immerse AR is for 1 year. After that time we'll re-assess and see how our 788-square-foot apartment fits our child's needs as he/she begins to take his/her first steps.
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