Because some of you have expressed an interest and offered good thoughts & prayers…the current status is that my husband is home from his cardiac catheterization with two stents in arteries and some limitations on activity for the next several days.\u00a0\u00a0 When the cardiologist finally clears him for the next surgery (and we don’t know exactly when that will be) and the GI surgeon is happy with his status (ditto), then comes the “big” surgery.\u00a0 Sometime.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I’m spending a lot of time driving to and from hospitals, doctor’s appointments, and pharmacies instead of writing.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I would like to be able to report that I am thinking of the book and preparing what to write in a rush, but in fact…no.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Although I did have a bright idea on the way down to the city to pick him up from the hospital today (no, Character A cannot accept opportunity Y.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s not in Character A’s character.\u00a0\u00a0 And not accepting opportunity Y will leave interesting problems for both A and whoever takes it on.)\u00a0\u00a0 But the idea remains unwritten (which means it’s vaporware–I could forget it)\u00a0 and the word count is stubbornly unmoving.<\/p>\n
We are both short of sleep (the hospital staff pulled the catheter out of his femoral artery at 2 am, then woke him again at 4 to take vitals….and he found it impossible to sleep flat on his back with his legs flat anyway.\u00a0 That is not a comfortable position for people our age!)<\/p>\n
I’m still recovering from con crud (better but not well yet) and have a headache the size of Texas.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The horses are OK, the cat is OK, and there are toads singing in the pond.\u00a0\u00a0 The bluebells (local name–big purple gentians in actuality) are gorgeous still, all up and down the gully system of the west end of the 80 acres.\u00a0 Ironweed (another purple flowered plant) is beginning to flower, and the first few Maximilian sunflowers are blooming, at ankle level (due to earlier drought.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While Richard can’t do it, my daily round includes checking the wildlife waterers at Fox and Owl, and that takes me past the gully system and the flowers.\u00a0\u00a0 Though it takes time, it gets me out into the natural world for an hour or so, which is always worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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