Attended by Cats

An hour left of the REAL mlk day! We are back in Spruce Cottage, Kitty Nation. (We = 2 humans , 5 cats.) It’s good to be home and attended by cats! It’s good to wake 2 mornings in a row with Frida on my hip, and to dream at night of Black Cats.

Of course Luna was a bit disappointed. After a week as Queen of room # 23 . . . The Others are STILL HERE??

Greetings to all. Happy soon-to-be-new regime, & good shabbes again. (Steve will post this Friday morning from the community college after Spanish class.)

The week has been long, slow, and restful, except for the 2nd half of the drive home. There’s no way to avoid a mini blizzard caused by a passing 18 wheeler in the left lane, when you are driving cautiously in the right, and it is snowing, is there?

Special thanks to Colleen for feeding us and then demanding that we take her cell phone with us for the last 25 miles.

Mayo has a good policy: release the patient but advise: stay in the area for a day.

I received lasix to take off the water that sat on my lungs. I needed heparin injections twice a day. So, we went back and I was an outpatient.

Friday (1/9) I showered, dried, and dressed and we drove to a lively synagog service: lots of music, a well spoken rabbi, friendly congregation. My energy was up, heart in rhythm, the moon was near full, and cloud cover made the air gentle. We walked to gaze at the giant 13 part Dale Chihuly in the Gonda Building: wow! Moon this way, Chihuly that! And then walked 1 block north for infusion (of heparin), very nice nurses, of course, and in the lobby, a most interesting box. We had no details about it but the nativity scene was evident, as was the beauty. We assumed the handicraft work was done in Jordan, but a call from brother Adam, in which he had enough lines to Google and talk, revealed surprising news. Find out more about this gift from King Hussein and Queen Noor and do stop and see it when in Rochester.

Today’s the first day I didn’t have a severe headache! Some people get a headache from the heart catheters. “They” don’t know why

After care instructions were a bit vague , and a call to Nurse-who-seems-like-a-doctor Dean was most helpful. Getting on the floor and doing crunches is NOT ADVISED. No abdominal isometrics. Really 2 weeks of rest is needed. Gentle walking is good, but that’s not possible in this arctic air and icy land, so stay indoors . . .

Gentle’s the word. Be gentle to yourselves, you few readers, and let us know if you’re taping the inauguration (or who is, and how to watch later the same day). Gentle furry wishes from Kitty Nation! All the best,

RR – etc.