The word has been given. Surgery will take place on Wednesday, May 6th. Yes, that’s this coming Wednesday and no other. My lovely lady will be hauling my sure to be comatose self to my “local” VA at the wee hour of 4:30 Monday morning so I can catch the 7:00 AM VA shuttle to the Boston out of my “local” VA down in White River Jct, VT.
Now then, I was going to write a much longer post about all this and all the calls that I received from Boston that changed my plans 3 times in just one day however, I decided against it. The first paragraph sums it up nicely and I plan to post a short note before Sunday comes to a close so why repeat myself?
One thing though. I don’t like the fact that I now have to pack for a two day stay at the Huntington House (the VA lodging facility on the Boston VA campus) where I didn’t initially but what the heck, might as well go with the flow rather than try to swim upstream when the current’s too strong. I see massive boredom ensuing though.
Ever watch basic cable? I mean really. You can only watch Hell’s Kitchen so many times you know.
Perhaps the VA Canteen sells netbooks? Nah, probably not. And if they did they would most likely charge too much.
Edit: Looks like I won’t have time to write up another post as it’s getting late and there’s still some of the packing to finish amongst other things like printing out copies of the med schedule, checking food items, medications, this, that and the “other thing”. And making double sure that one of the cats didn’t decide to hide out in my carry all in hopes of coming with me. Can’t ever trust those guys not to pull a fast one.
So wish me luck all. I won’t be able to post any updates to the blog while I’m there since I’m not “mobile” in any way shape or form but Laurie will be posting updates to Facebook for those of you that have accounts and have us as friends (Sorry–no Twitter). I’ll ask her to update my account as well. I’m afraid there’s no current way to publish these updates to the blog or no way I could find anyway, Sorry about that.
Until then…
All my prayers for u and yours. Stand strong (or lay)as it may be,you’ll be better than ever before you know it.Sorry dear one that you have to go so far from home to receive the care that is needed.Suggestion: If you get access to puter go to this sight,sign in as one of u’r friends and post a reply in their spot but letting us know that it is u as a guest in their reply box. I don’t know if that can be done but I’m sure find a way to keep us posted.May the good Lord be with you and bless you mightily! Thank you for your service to our country. Sandi
Hi Sandi – And thank you for your thank you! Not often us Cold War vets get thanked for our service out of the blue. It’s okay though. Most folks don’t know what went during that period of time and that’s the way it should be for now. They do need to realize what the men and women who served/have served over in Afghanistan and Iraq are going through though.
The IT folks here have installed a computer in the first floor lounge of VA lodging here in Boston since last I stayed here. So I decided to make use of it. After surgery tomorrow I’ll have no access at all for awhile but I’ll let you and everyone know what’s up once I get home.