Uh, not exactly. More like MRSA, which stands for something along the lines of methicillen-resistant stapholococcus something-or-other. It is a particularly nasty staph infection, highly resistant to all the usual antibiotics, and it lurks in, of all places, hospitals. And it is what I have been coping with ever since September 6th.
Yes, [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Mrs. A., I Presume?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 24, 2006 | 6 Comments »
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2006 | 3 Comments »
…before I will ever see the back of this affair. After the latest examination, the wound-care specialist said, “What was my original estimate? 4-6 weeks? I probably shouldn’t have said that.” “Meaning,” I said, “it’ll take longer.” “It’ll take longer.”
Actually, it’s beginning to look a lot like never at this point. I think I will [...]
Moving Right Along, or In, or….
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2006 | 1 Comment »
An anonymous poster to my blog asked about the reasons for my father-in-law’s moving in with us, whether for health reasons or practical. The short answer is, yes.
It’s a little of both. He’s 94 years old, for one thing, with macular degeneration and substantial hearing loss, and he should not have been living [...]
