Good morning, Barb (@bjk3)

The home health nurse who changes the dressing on my foot was just here and told me that a request will go in today to my insurance begging for a fresh ‘episode’ ( I guess that’s what they’re calling it), chiefly so I might some short-term PT to show me how one goes about walking in shoes again. Today is Day 158 since I’ve worn shoes. (Whenever I quote numbers of days like that, I imagine myself a prisoner who scratches the passing days on the wall of his cell with a rusty nail.)

Patience? Ah, yes, patience! I do believe that patience is the key. I’m no paragon of patience. I did a so-so job of being patient when all I had was my PN, but then when my sepsis came along, between my PN symptoms and my sepsis symptoms … Oh, boy, that proved to be a real challenge!

I have to keep this short. I have a deadline breathing down my neck. The deadline is 9/26. 9/26 may sound like that’s a long time from now, but … but … I may not be a paragon of patience, but I am a paragon of procrastination. 🙂

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)