Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
I can’t sleep. It’s 12:45 am November 17, 2021 and I can’t sleep. I did sleep. For about an hour and a half. Then I woke up to go to the washroom and now I can’t sleep. Continue reading “I can’t sleep”
“So, you can’t swallow even your meds!?’ Lugo, our neighbour across the street, seems shocked by the discovery. On a lovely November afternoon, we sit on our front porch, Continue reading “Regimented lives”
“I feel different this morning! I feel good. My head is clear. The cloud following me around is gone.”, Alex announces coming down the stairs after his morning wake-up routine.” Continue reading “I feel different this morning!”
It was a lovely autumn day, a year since we last were in Kleinberg with Doranya. And exactly 3 weeks after Alex came home from the hospital with a G-tube Continue reading “Out with Doranya and a G-tube feed”
“Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness…” (J. Keats)
There are many reasons we started this storyline – Continue reading “Why Thinking in Autumn Colours?”
After the mad rush home, I parked Doranya in our driveway and for a few days forgot about it. It stayed completely abandoned for about 2 weeks. Continue reading “What about Doranya?”
Life is a savage joker. One day you are on the top of a mountain enjoying the beauty of the waters below with twinkling sunrays’ sparkles and crags reflections. Continue reading “Life as a wild joker”
These days I cry my heart out. Tears are pouring days in and days out. Although we hope Alex’s swallowing can be fixed eventually, Continue reading “Three teaspoons of clear chicken soup”
Although today, October 16, is not his best day it is now 10 days since Alex has been home. Continue reading “The swing of 10 days at home”
No, not really but it for sure is overwhelming. In the hospital Alex had 3 shifts of nurses, 3 shifts of patient assistants Continue reading “Ontario Home Care sucks and I wanna quit”
Wed, Oct 6
Exactly a month since his admission to the hospital and over 40lb lighter, Alex is finally home. Continue reading “He is home at last”
It’s been a rollercoaster. A wonderful September weather pattern that we missed enjoying, with Alex in hospital and me between home and hospital. Continue reading “A ray of sunshine ever so evasive”
I’ve been fed. So has Alex, just in a very different way. Continue reading “Thai green curry, thanks Renee!”
Bureaucracy exists in each and every country. In some, one can talk to people and sometimes run into a helpful person. Continue reading “In Covid times Kafka is still laughing”
There are so many things that are not in one’s sight when younger and even less when one is running on the survival treadmill. Retirement is one of them. Continue reading “Kafka is laughing in his grave”
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