Sorry I’m Late

It’s like you’re in the hospital, but you’re also at home. That’s how it’s supposed to work.

It’s also how I wind up at 11:00 before I make my first post of the day.

Sounds like something that ought to work, doesn’t it? After all, we’re safer at home. My wife came to see me in the emergency room, various people coughed all over her and sneezed at her… and now she has a cold.

Anyway, one nurse visits us in the morning and another in the afternoon, couriers come to our door throughout the day, the visits can take up to an hour each… Come to think of it, it’s very like being in the hospital! Several people asked me why I didn’t write while I was in the hospital for six weeks. Well, because it would be impossible, that’s why! Way too many interruptions and distractions. (The Game Show Network playing loudly in the opposite room–who can concentrate?)

It’s sunny here this morning, but also quite cold. I wonder if I can sit outside and have a cigar.

Our Hospital at Home

Please don’t ask why I’ve posted this particular video. Salute the girl in the white robe for not freaking out.

Okay: instead of keeping the patient in the hospital, you send him home. Sounds like it ought to be a good idea.

So we’re knee-deep in medicines, electronic doo-dads all over the place, a visiting nurse in the morning and another in the afternoon, couriers… It takes up tons of time and we find it increasingly overwhelming.

I’m not criticizing the nurses. They’re good people, hard-working, competent, pleasant: I have no complaints. I’ve been sick since summertime and I’m really, really tired of it. (“No mas! No mas!”) And it’s wearing out my wife.

The morning nurse has come and gone, here for almost an hour, there’ll be another one this afternoon. Couriers deliver my medications one pill at a time. (I’ll bet that’s hard to believe; but it’s true.)

It’s still better–mostly better–than being in the hospital.

Please, folks, keep those prayers coming. We need them.

My Day Is Starting Late

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Wake up in the morning–and first thing, medical procedures: difficult, time-consuming, I hope they’re doing some good.

Immediately after breakfast, the visiting nurse dropped in for almost an hour.

And suddenly it’s 11:00.

(Work harder, Lee. Work harder!)

And Patty’s just about running on empty after the past two months; so please, everybody, pray for her. We both need your prayers.