Hello Harv. Hope things are going well with you.

Kim is improving and we hope she’s over the hump. An appointment next month with her neurosurgeon will shed more light. Until then we try and make the most of things on a day-to-day basis.

Appreciate your thoughts and prayers.

Harv

Yes….making the most of our situations. I think at some level, they’re learning opportunities, albeit unwanted ones. Unfortunately in the middle of them they just feel sucky. Here’s to an uneventful recovery and finding something reasonably safe for the pain.

Debated whether to post anything at all. Sometimes it’s good to unload what ails me here. Like saying things out loud.

Kim’s condition is rare alright. She feels the universe is out to get her. And the pain is bad. Pain isn’t something you want to have in the current pain medication frenzy. Simplification doesn’t allow much room for things off the end of the bell curve.

You’re right about there always being someone in worse shape. Kim had a roommate at the hospital. A 30 year old woman who had open heart surgery, got endocarditis followed by a stroke and now may lose a leg because of it. And outwardly you would have thought she was a healthy, outgoing person.

I suppose the lesson is to make the most of our situations however messed up they may seem.

Thank you. Taking things as they come day by day.

It was scary. Imaginations can run away with things. Now that we’re home and going through the antibiotic treatment the situation feels more focused and concrete. That’s a good thing.

Thank you for your prayers. We appreciate them.

I am endlessly grateful for Penn State forcing me to pay into a pension for all those years. Left to my own choices, I would not be retired right now. Can’t imagine how difficult all this would be if I had to work. Would mean losing a lot of money if not a job.

Right now — full speed ahead. Time to go and make the 8am infusion.

Thank you Rusty. Our fingers are crossed that the antibiotics will eliminate the infection.

Say hello to Emily and Amy for me. And I think someone told me you’re a grandfather now? Not sure where I heard that. As a retiree I run into all sorts of Ag Science people in the grocery store and catch up on all sorts of news from alumni and the college.