Not one to disappoint, I had to come up with a second milestone. This has been a bad day. I am in a filthy mood. It has rained all day. It is windy and blustery and I do not feel like doing anything. I slept really badly last night. I drive Janet to work so [...]

The title is optimistic. There will be others. Thursday is Devin’s day off. My cousin, Soheil, is here visiting to cheer me up. I decide that we should keep the car so we can drive around. And so, I drive Janet to work, along with Soheil. Then we go shopping for some food. I have [...]

Good friend of mine. We were quite attached to one another. The separation was painful. The Jackson-Pratt bag refers to this bulb that is attached, in my case, to the stomach area by a tube. One end of the tube is inserted in the stomach area,  the other end is attached to this bag. The [...]

My bunkie. A charming older gentleman from the Calabrese region of Italy. Spoke 2 words of English, which along with my two words of Italian meant instant communication and deep conversations. Seriously. We looked at each other and shrugged at each other’s predicament, and smiled a lot. The thing about being sick in hospital is [...]

My brother leaves  a happy man. I am in better shape than he thought I would be in, and he is already making plans to come back. Our house looks like a hotel of sorts. Beds in every room to accommodate one and all. The day after he leaves is a disaster for me. I [...]

I am excited beyond belief. My brother is coming up for a visit. He arrives around noon. I cannot help him unload the car, which feels a bit weird. Big hugs all around. I cry a bit. Fo’ad and Barbara travel together all the time.  We spend a lot of time talking. He spends a [...]

Oh, what to do? All these people bringing us food. All these people visiting. Eat, drink and make merry as it where. Janet tells me the freezer is fuller. The fridge is fuller. We have nowhere to put all this food. Kali and David brought dinner and themselves over. He is an amazing cook and [...]

Dr Shawyer is sending me home. I call Janet at home and can barely talk as I cry into the phone. And home we go, right after we see the nurse who arranges for home care nursing visits. She shows up at 2:30. I slept quite a bit while waiting. Janet showed up around noon. [...]

I had a lot of visitors while in hospital. And a lot of nurses. These work in 12 hour shifts starting at 7 in the morning. They run the gamut of nice to really serious and strict.  Some appear to treat the whole thing as a job, and why not, we are all transient after [...]