A Hospital Children’s Garden

We’ve been at the hospital again, this time for my husband’s long-awaited heart procedure.  Called a Watchman procedure, it involved the insertion of a device that closes off the left atrial appendage of the heart.  The Watchman device should reduce the risk of additional strokes, and over time, will allow him to stop taking anti-coagulants….

View from the hospital

Last week my husband was in the hospital for an operation on his throat. We had wonderful views from hospital windows. Here are a couple of photos looking north before the snow started. Once the snow began to fall in earnest, oldest daughter and I had to stay overnight at the hospital, but that’s another…

Into the valley and back again: My medical emergency

Although I didn’t get to the brink of death, I walked through the valley of the shadow of death and back out again during the past week.  It was a frightening medical emergency, but thank God, I am now on the mend. A week ago today, I began feeling dizzy, weak, and nauseous.  Nonetheless I went to…

My Journey Into the Land of Obamacare, Episode Two: Yippee! I Signed Up

WARNING: It’s an insurance company that’s messing things up here, not the government.  If you are one of my friends or acquaintances who dislikes the Affordable Care Act or, in fact, dislikes everything about President Obama, read at your own risk.  It might change your mind… Back in November I wrote about my need for…