Blogging about the Beast

At least, I HOPE I’ll be going home today. Everything is set up, the discharge papers are being processed, all my doctors are in agreement, and the home healthcare companies are approved and ready to go. All we’re waiting on is for one of the home health nurses to arrive with the portable pump and…

GRATITUDES:1. Going home tomorrow!2. My PCA, Racquel3. A nice, quiet afternoon I have done absolutely nothing today other than watching “Stranger Things” on my iPad and snacking on Cheezits. The nurses have begun saving me bags of the little crackers when they get their snack deliveries and I’m most grateful! I’d just about kill for…

GRATITUDES:1. Late afternoon light2. A tidy room3. Chinese food Welp, it’s official: I’m going home on Monday! The Powers That Be have decided that Rory is no longer an imminent threat to my health so I get to pack up and get the heck out of Dodge. I’m not sure what time yet but we’ll…

GRATITUDES:1. Enough laundry soap2. Afternoon coffee3. The sound of my family’s voices4. The quiet soothing “whoosh” of the AC Yep, I skipped yesterday’s blog. I didn’t feel the slightest bit inclined to pour my boredom out through a keyboard. I did, however, pick up a pencil and started drawing my frustration with forced incarceration –…

GRATITUDES:1. A good set of colored pencils2. The smell of a good roast in the oven3. BACON4. The way hills appear in the distance (pale purple fading to blue) I’m being a kitty again, curled up in my recliner in my sunbeam. The day was, once again, quiet and uneventful other than a welcome break…

GRATITUDES:1. The possibility of going home soon2. A good cup of coffee3. Live guitar music in the unit While I’m not 100% sure exactly WHEN I’ll be going home, I’ve a feeling that my chances of being home by this weekend are improving by the day. Of course, that may just be wishful thinking but…

GRATITUDES:1. Hot chocolate2. A good night’s sleep3. Interesting dreams4. A soft, cozy warm blanket 4th of July. In the hospital. Wheeeee… Yep, it’s the second holiday I’ve spent “behind bars” this year and I’m getting mighty tired of it. Like I mentioned in the photo caption though, I should be able to see at least…

GRATITUDES:1. New colored pencils2. The smell of wood shavings3. A person’s laughter from the next hospital room4. The smell of clean laundry that’s dried in the sun I’m a week into my blincyto round, a week into my stay in the hospital, and the blues are beginning to close in. It’s right about this time…

GRATITUDES:1. Another day of life2. My morning cup o’ joe3. My little Herkimer diamonds sparkling in the morning sun4. The color green No, they aren’t REAL diamonds, and I certainly wouldn’t leave them out on my hospital window sill if they were! Herkimer diamonds are a type of double-terminated (pointed at both ends) quartz that…

GRATITUDES:1. Rory’s relatively mild Covid (fingers crossed)2. No more headaches or fevers (more fingers crossed)3. Sumatie and Adriel, my two nurses ❤️ It’s weird being referred to as a queen, but that’s what Sumatie called me this morning during shift change when Adriel came to take her place. “Take good care of this queen!”😆 Never…