Tonight's picture was taken on November 14, 2008. The day of Mattie's second major surgery. This second surgery was over 12 hours long. Mattie had bones removed and prosthetic ones replaced in his left arm and wrist, and right leg. By that surgery, his pain management was more effectively provided because we made it clear that we did not want a repeat performance of the first surgery. Basically the hospital team did not listen to Mattie's surgeon or us and held back the necessary amount of pain meds needed. I remember that first surgery, being up at 3am fighting with the team because Mattie was in horrendous pain.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 47,660,375
- Number of people who died from the virus: 770,691
To say I feel scattered is an understatement! It was a busy day here. I did more chores and I am not sure where I will get the energy and strength to go through closets and things to either donate or pack. I am not sure if this would have been any easier if I hadn't just gone through this for Peter and me this summer. What I do know is I feel like I have been dealing with large tasks one after the other. How I packed our DC home after 27 years there still floors me, but if I could do that, I most certainly can handle this in California. Or at least this is my mantra for today!
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