It’s been so long since I was here, so much has happened, my whole world has changed in the last few weeks. I’m not sure where to start…
Ok so I’m alive, not back to my usual self but getting better each day. It took a long time to figure out what caused the recurant weakness . In retrospect it seems so simple. For some unknown reason, I stopped absorbing sodium so I kept getting weaker and weaker until I couldn’t stand it anymore and would go back to the ER for sodium and steroid. They would keep me under observation for a while before sending me back home and it would start over again a week or so later I’d be back in the ER. It went on and on for what seems an eternity.
While I was fighting to stay alive, my grand-mother had an heart attack which caused a blood cloth in her brain which left her unable to speak. As if this wasn’t enough my mom had broken her leg a week or two before. We had to care for my grandmother and mom so whenever I got out of the hospital, I would take my mom to visit my grand mother in the hospital. It was heart breaking to see her like this. There wasn’t much we could do for her except making sure she was comfortable. Mémé passed away quietly on November 10 2002 she was 99 year old.
Following the funeral mass there was a reception. I wanted to cater it, make every little canapés and petits fours but it was unrealistic to think I could do it all under the circumstances. Yet I wanted to do something for her, a cake that would be as elegant and sophisticated as she was. I made a cathedral cake, a chocolate chiffon cake covered in gold dust and surrounded by white and dark chocolate curls set in a silver pedestal plate. I think she would have approved.
And life goes on....
How are you all? Anything new and exciting? Some new cookbooks I need to know of? A new gadget you can't live without? Any recipes I have to try?
It's nice to be back, I've miss you all...
Ok so I’m alive, not back to my usual self but getting better each day. It took a long time to figure out what caused the recurant weakness . In retrospect it seems so simple. For some unknown reason, I stopped absorbing sodium so I kept getting weaker and weaker until I couldn’t stand it anymore and would go back to the ER for sodium and steroid. They would keep me under observation for a while before sending me back home and it would start over again a week or so later I’d be back in the ER. It went on and on for what seems an eternity.
While I was fighting to stay alive, my grand-mother had an heart attack which caused a blood cloth in her brain which left her unable to speak. As if this wasn’t enough my mom had broken her leg a week or two before. We had to care for my grandmother and mom so whenever I got out of the hospital, I would take my mom to visit my grand mother in the hospital. It was heart breaking to see her like this. There wasn’t much we could do for her except making sure she was comfortable. Mémé passed away quietly on November 10 2002 she was 99 year old.
Following the funeral mass there was a reception. I wanted to cater it, make every little canapés and petits fours but it was unrealistic to think I could do it all under the circumstances. Yet I wanted to do something for her, a cake that would be as elegant and sophisticated as she was. I made a cathedral cake, a chocolate chiffon cake covered in gold dust and surrounded by white and dark chocolate curls set in a silver pedestal plate. I think she would have approved.
And life goes on....
How are you all? Anything new and exciting? Some new cookbooks I need to know of? A new gadget you can't live without? Any recipes I have to try?
It's nice to be back, I've miss you all...
When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food.
- Desiderius Erasmus
- Desiderius Erasmus
