Surgery--Again

Welcome back to the land of the living, Roberta. Aloha (which means 'love' in Hawaiian.)

Land of the living? Moi?

Thanks, Andy (you ole Litvak/lanzman, you).

Well, you ain't dead.....and that little kid is some fighter.

Happy to read you are out of the hospital and back home

Things are not going well in the breathing department. I'm worse than I was yesterday.

I'm doing exactly for myself what they would do for me in the hospital. I just took a dose of steroids. And I'm about to turn on the Nebulizer. If things don't improve in and hour or two, I'm going to have to go back (AAAARGH!). This time I might go to Mount Sinai. An excellent emergency room, especially for asthma. And closer to home.

I'll keep you guys posted.

If I had more breath, I'd be muttering more dirty words.

PS: The Nebulizer makes my blood pressure go up.

PPS: I haven't slept in two days.

TWO DAYS.

Good grief.

Hope you don't have to go back but glad that you will make the right decision, whatever that may be. (Me, I can't tell from here.) I heart pragmatists.

Yes, two days.

The nebulizer helps, but the help doesn't linger. Right now I'm feeling a bit better. I'll take another shot and then try going to sleep.

I'm also regularly checking my peak flow. It's lower than it was yesterday, but higher than it was an hour ago. I'm doing everything they do in the hospital. And I do it for free.

Well, not everything. I've never been intubated, and I don't wanna be. And the doc at Bellevue said he was reluctant to do it. Sounds right to me.

I'm remembering listening to my grandparents' discussions about their health (mostly my grandmother). How could anyone possibly talk that much about health? Then it moved to my parents' generation? An entire phone conversation about health. Couldn't believe it. And now it's become my life. Another of life's little ironies.

Hey. life. Enough with the ironies.

Lots of Litvak landsleit around. However, that you need a like a lochenkoppe.

Hope todays a better day for you.

Hoping you don't have to go......but glad you're ready to!

Breathing a little easier. I'll have one more Neb treatment and try sleeping. I'm also gonna have to make it from the living room to the bedroom without panting. Couldn't do that an hour ago.

Nuttin' wrong with landsleit, and I already have a lochen koppe. Two I don't need. Also I'm only half Litvak, I think.

dayum... oh goil... do hope you will manage to fall asleep

I need to go zzzzz too so shall be chanelling zzzzz zones across the poind.

((((((Boida))))))) x

I nebbed. I hope there's nothing wrong with my machine. It used to sound like gregorian chanters. Today I heard a tenor or two.

Feeling better enough to try sleeping.

I got scared.

we cross posted...

sleep goil... sleep


ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Hope you sleep dollink.

I hope it worked and that you're zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing away.

<shhhhhhhhhhh... pops in.... very quietly... do you think our goil is managing to sleep? shhhhhhhhhhhhh> hoping so

Awake and breathing in one and a half directions. Slept for about 12 hours. Breathing is a tad better today so far. A small tad. A ta.

Couldn't make the tax phone calls today. Maybe manana. Quien sabe.

Gonna neb. Somewhat concerned about the tenors. They don't belong in Gregorian chanting.

Rest well! I need my assistant to help me raid the Pig Heaven.

The raid is on hold, Thomas. But just temporarily. Dem pigs better watch out.