Dear So and So

[Catrin]

My mom's surgery seemed to go well, and she should get out of ICU today and back to the "step-down" unit. This time she has a drain and THREE chest tubes, she only had 2 last time... Hopefully this will be the real beginning of her recovery. As hard as it is to watch her go through this, it is even harder to imagine what it is like to be the one going through this...

[Biciclista]

Donald had more than twice that many tubes!
good news, they have a plan. if the shunt pump works, he might be coming home next week!!

[Blueberry]

Mimi- I'm crossing my fingers for you and Donald. That sounds like one very nasty original surgery. Here's hoping!!!

Happy Thanksgiving (or as happy as you can make it!).

[Blueberry]

Dear family:

The next person who starts a sentence with "I need you to..." is going to find out what I really think of you. "Could you," "would you" - those are both acceptable. What you need or think you need is irrelevant.

Dear self:

Deep breath. Remember why you're going at all (the family you actually want to see).

[redrhodie]

Mimi, I hope it works! You can have a Thanksgiving do-over when he's home.

[azfiddle]

Dear ER doctor-
Thank you for stitching up my DH's foot with such consideration for his running and cycling activities. I'm sure it helped that you are a cyclist and runner as well. We all agreed that functionality is much better than a pretty foot. (And DH, next time, take out the recycling with your shoes on).

*sidenote- only my DH is capable of stepping on to the glass without a cut, and then getting cut by wiping it onto the top of the other foot!

Dear DH- be happy you're only sidelined from your bike until Monday!! It could have been MUCH worse.

[Desert Tortoise]

AZFiddle, glad your DH is fine now. I thought I read somewhere on here somebody else doing something similar to what he did. Maybe this is a cyclist thing? No matter, don't think he'll do that again.

Happy Thanksgiving