Day 4 Morning Update

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 29, 2014

We made it to M.D. Anderson in Houston this morning. Thursday fit in with this week keeping the hectic theme in place.

So I visited with a doctor in Wimberley on Thursday. Kendra the three kids and my mom were there for that outing. In the afternoon we got the call to be in Houston at 7am. So here I sit waiting for lab work. Later today I’m set to have a biopsy of my hip tumor. Wednesday of next week I’m back here in Houston for the results.

Thanks for the prayers
-Derrick Perrin

Swing time

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 29, 2014

So I’m on my way to M.D. Anderson on Friday.. well we are on the road now. I’m setup for my party at 7am.

Today I got to swing and laugh like a little boy.

And it was a joy to see my wife’s beautiful smile. I love her.

I Have

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 28, 2014

Well folks I just wanted to let you know what I have.

Perrin Family at Sophie’s Birth

I have an amazing family

I have friends that just wont stop (even if you want them)

I have people praying for me that I have never met

I have doctors scheduling and waiting for my arrival at M.D. Anderson (sometime in the next few days)

And I have a God who created me and knows the what, where, and how of everything around me.

I also have a tumor in my right hip/pelvis area that showed up on my MRI last week. So if I have ever been a pain in your ass the favor has been returned and I now have a pain in my ass. On great days I walk with a limp. The MRI/CT Scan report came back saying,

“Given the patient’s age and appearance, differential considerations would be led with multiple myeloma/plasmacytoma, lymphoma or sarcoma.”

So yea if none of those sound fun it is because they are not. After speaking with Gloria Ragan she said the blood work is steering away from sarcoma. She lost her son to Osteosarcoma this past year and has been an amazing resource. Her son James was simply amazing and although I only knew him for 2 years and being 16 year younger he had an amazing perspective on life and is a role model on how to treat others. Jams, thank your for sharing a part of your live with me.

Today if you ask me how I’m doing you can expect me to start crying. I don’t think its because I’m stopping to think about what we are facing, but the fact everyone is showing me so much love and compassion. I would have never expected it in a million years.

I feel like I don’t deserve it, but I thank you so much for all the love in support. As I’m writing this now I have to stop, wipe tears, and blow the nose.

I’m ready to start this fight and I know I have one hell of a team around me. I will try to keep you posted with the progress and how things are going.

Thanks for the prayers

-Derrick

MRI

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 21, 2014

Today I had an MRI to find out what is going on with my hip. I have had some pain and muscular issues for a few months now.

I also had a cortisone injection for extra fun. They man giving me the shot was great. No pain at all.

I look forward to getting my results and getting my leg back to normal.

Kendra’s Smoothie jars rock

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 20, 2014

Kendra’s new way of preparing and storing smoothies is perfect.
Just empty jar & bag + liquid of you choice and you have a quick smoothie.

Thanks awesome wife.

Yoakum Trash

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 18, 2014

Yoakum, Texas I don’t think you have a grasp on what recycling is. If a refinery dropped this much oil on the ground the E.P.A would slap them with a huge fine. Why are you enabling you citizens to do this? When it rains where does this oil go?

I would quit recycling if this is how bad it makes a city look.

-Derrick

Maximizing my Tripod

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 18, 2014

I’m on an interview shoot today and find myself out at a cemetery. Remember, we get paid to tell the entire story ? So once upon a time there was a Dryer, TX and I’m shooting video near there today. I came with the interview tripod and now need my low profile tripod. I find the Sony F’S 100’s philosophy of giving you a tripod mount on each side of the camera very nice. With a flip of the plate I found a new way for my Tripod to rest on 3 legs/arms.
Derrick

Photo of a Buffalo's DriveStation U35SHF3-AA USB 3.0 - SATA - Broken

Why we triple backup – Buffalo hard drives box break

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 16, 2014

Buffalo hard drives have been the choice for our data at work. When we started to buy their drives it was the only manufacture I could find that were assembling the boxes in Texas. Yes, we knew all the components were coming from China, but we liked the fact someone sitting in Austin, Texas was putting it all together and paying attention to the finishing touches. At that point the only drawback was the fact Buffalo Inc could not tell you what hard drive was in the enclosure. Some were Western Digital Green drives and others were Segate. Most were 5400 RPM some were 7200 RPM. All the tech guys I talked to let me know that W.D. Green drives suck. When I let them know I run triple backups and one of those is not a green drive the said, “that is great man.” So over a three to four years we have purchased 12 drives from Buffalo at our local Altex Electronics store.

This week 2 hard drive boxes have died – Bummer, but we have backups!

Buffalo's DriveStation hard drive # Model HD-LB2.0TU3 and 10 others stacked up. One is open and you can see the USB to SATA adapter.

10 plus Buffalo DriveStation hard drives in a row

After two years of buying Buffalo hard drives we noticed a change. The company chose to have all the boxes put together in China.

Buffalo also went with external USB 3.0 Micro B connection.

So over the last few years we have been a big fan of the computer hard drive company Buffalo. This week we are still proud owners of Buffalo Inc.’s drives. We are not happy that two of our external hard drive boxed have died. The electrical parts have failed. When this happens you can crack the case open and pull the drive. One of our dead boxes lives inside out pc and the other is now handing out in a BlacX external drive bay.

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So if we do the numbers of loosing 2 buffalo hard drives each week we will be cracking cases and saving drives for 6 weeks. Off to the net to look for a rack or bay that can hold a lot of drives.

-Derrick – feeling nerdy today. Happy to have backups of backups.

My town – Corpus Christi

Posted by Perrin Derrick On August 15, 2014

San Antonio Video Shoot