This morning I woke up to a tobacco-colored world.   Looking north from my home   The air outside is ten times worse than anything I encountered in Los Angeles.   Looking south from my home   Our county has asked us to remain indoors because the air quality is dangerous.   My back yard…

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Here’s a short report on various and sundry stuff:   Deaken Contest: Deaken remains in the running in his category at America’s Favorite Pet, but I’ve let my friends who have been voting for him know that I’m not expecting them to keep doing it.   I didn’t realize there are four rounds, or I…

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I saw the surgeon yesterday for my one week post-surgery follow up.   As I feared, one of the drains has to remain in place until the fluids being drained by it decrease quite a bit more.   But other than that, the incisions are healing nicely and the nipple grafts look viable.  It sounds…

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Still feeling fine.   I notice that, first thing in the morning after being in one position all night (prone on my back because I have drainage tubes coming out both of my sides), when I get up the first time, there is a feeling of “ouch-ie”/extreme soreness while my chest interior (where the surgery…

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I am immensely saddened to learn of the passing of actor Chadwick Boseman, whose talent was as enormous as his heart and his being…   My first memory of Boseman was seeing him portray Jackie Robinson in the motion picture 42.   Because I’m a lifelong civil rights advocate, I had read Robinson’s book about…

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This morning Jackie captured an image of my purr-sonal “home care team” as they ministered to my recent surgical “wounded-ness.”   Cats are truly amazing animals. They can sense your wounding, whether it’s physical or mental/emotional.   This image shows what my cats are doing any time I get prone since I came home from…

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Dr. Goldsberry-Long’s office called today to find out how I’m doing. When I said, “Great! No pain medications at all in over 24 hours and I feel just fine! No redness of  skin near the drain tubes, drainage down a lot and less bloody. No fever at all.”   Lucy said, “That’s wonderful! You’re our…

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I’m beginning to peek beneath the bandages to see what I can from there.   The doctor said I can remove the ace bandage today or tomorrow as long as I leave the other dressings in place over the incisions, but it’s keeping me safe from kitties, so I may not do that.  I have…

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Does this shirt make me look flat? hee hee hee hee hee   I’m back home post-surgery. What an amazing adventure that was, and will probably continue to be.   The doctor told me the numbing agent that she used during surgery would start to wear off in a day or two, at which time…

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Yesterday, I “inherited” a small aquarium courtesy of a friend of Lisa’s who’s moving back east by car. Meet ECHO and FOXTROT and their friends!   In this shot, the evening “blue” light is on overhead.I turn all the light off when I go to sleep so they can hunker down and sleep, too. (I…

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