Just a quick update on my last post: Coaster passed away last Monday afternoon (about twelve hours after I posted), after being diagnosed with severe lymphoma. We only got the diagnosis this afternoon, actually. Apparently, one of his kidneys had shut down entirely, and it was only when the other one started failing that he began exhibiting the symptoms for which we initially brought him in. The cancer had already spread to the rest of his body by this point. He wasn’t in any pain, we were told.
I was able to sell my PowerBook to another Ars Technica poster, so we should have no trouble covering his hospital/cremation bill. We’ll be going to pick up his ashes this Friday, and will decide what to do with them at a later date.
I should be back to updating more regularly this week; I’m finally getting over what I now suspect was a troublesome case of sinusitis.
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