Family...

Carol is making so much progress we are all pleased.
She can eat anything she wants...and she does.
Her lungs are getting better. Added oxygen at only 4L.
She gets physical therapy 3-4 times a week and now
is able to use a walker.
Her fluid output is back to normal. No IV fluids.
No idea how much longer she'll be in re-hab but we
are all looking forward to the day she can come home.

Ann's journey is just starting.
We met with the surgeon and he has scheduled her
surgery for July 31. In the meantime she has a
gazillion blood and other tests to get done before she
goes for the pre-surgery consult on July 9.

There are no good shortcuts in life.

As I was saying...

 I will gladly wave good-bye to the year 2023. Did.

Actually, the past two years were overwhelmingly stressful.

Carol has been through many procedures and a few 911 events.
Still going through chemo...probably never-ending... but she
continues to fight. No thoughts, ever, of giving up.
Sometimes, I wonder where she gets her strength. I have no
doubt that it helps that her two sisters are with her every day.

Ann has been dealing with her own health concerns. Couple of
eye surgeries, maybe another coming up. Biopsy that, thankfully,
was negative but waiting on the results of another (thyroid).
Scheduled soon for an MRI that may result in attention.

Our youngest sibling, a special needs guy, had broken his collar
bone, then broke his hip that required surgery twice, months in
rehab. Had to move to a new home after spending 25+ years in
the same place. Stressful adjustment period that still isn't quite complete.

Me? I'm fine...except for dealing with my damned primary care
doctor who refuses to understand why a colonoscopy is not on the
top of my priorities list. She's a control freak fighting the wrong broad.

No wandering allowed...

It's been four years since I moved back to Ohio.
Sometimes I hate it. 
Then I feel guilty for not appreciating what I have. 
Emotional roller-coaster is exhausting.
Sunshine helps, even if I only see it through the
windshield.

Happy Thanksgiving...

Wishing you much

of what you want

and all

of what you need.

Doing the priority shuffle...

It isn't about me any more.
It's about what one of my sisters needs now.
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here

Missing someone? Loving someone? ...

The mugs also have Pondering....... printed on the back.

Go to the Pondering....... store.