Thank you so much for sharing.

We had similar experiences — 10+ hour surgery followed by an inability to eat and massive weight loss — except that my other major complication was paralysis from the ribs down rather than a coma (I eventually recovered a reasonable amount of mobility over the next three years).

People might wonder how we can still find life joyful after (or while) going through something like that. True, I cried a lot too, but joy is always there if you're open to it.

And I know we both have the one thing billionaires will never have — enough. ♥️

Your kitty, Jazz sounds so wonderful! Being there for you when you needed him when you were so sick. Kitties seem to know when we need them. Recently my husband of 30 years died. The neighbor's cat has become close to us in the last year. He came up with his usual visit and stopped and looked at my husband's empty chair; like where is my friend? Then, he came over to me purring loudly and loving me up, rubbing up against my legs. I picked him up and held him and told him my husband was up in Heaven. It helped me. However, "Kitty" kept coming up for the next 6 days which he has never done. It's usually only once every 2 weeks just being a good neighbor cat. He kept loving me up every day and I kept holding him. He knew I was lonely. It was so sweet!
I'm glad you have your wonderful Jazz there for you!
PML

Meows 😻🙏🏼
Sweet fur babies are best friends