Lunch

The last few days I’ve been a ghost.

I don’t like hospitals – trying to work from one is not too fun either.

The complications from mom’s surgery required an extended stay – and meant more trips back and forth between Pannera Bread (to buy three dollar coffees to check my email), Barnes West (to sit with mom), Mom’s apartment (to tend to “The Need”) and home.

The jumps in improvement every day between Tuesday and Thursday were profound. Yesterday she was released and I shuttled her home after stopping by and picking up a small vat of shi-shi chicken salad which would be her first gal-bladderless meal.

Since Sunday she’s had nothing but a steady diet of Broth, Jello, tea and popsicles.

Hardly appetizing – but I dared not obey her demerol-slurred requests to smuggle in Pad Thai.

I’m catching up on sleep and work while I can.

Thankfully I don’t blog – otherwise I’d need to catch up on that too.