Sea Change

As I mentioned in my earlier post from today, I had an encouraging meeting this morning with the medical team. When I got to the hospital at 10:00 this morning for the meeting, Mary Elizabeth was out of bed and seated in a chair.  She was alert and looking around.  I fished her glasses out…

Well-Deserved Rest

Mary Elizabeth was sleeping when I arrived this evening after work, and slept right through my visit.  I learned from the nurses that she was “in the chair” for four hours this afternoon, and likely had visits from the physios and the occupods.  That, combined with the fact that she had a fenestrated tracheostomy tube in…

Knowing and Not Knowing

That title sounds like a philosophy course but perhaps I’m feeling philosophical because I had dinner tonight with Michael, who’s writing a paper right now on John Locke. At any rate, “knowing and not knowing ” pretty much sums up my life right now. It struck me today that each time I walk up the 200-year old steps…