The Sneeze of Death & Chapstick
Before we dig in to todays gourmet post. Let me take a minute to tell you about my good friend Brent. Brent is a super guy I met while volunteering for the Special… Continue reading
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Home, Civil War & Keebler Elves
Well, I was home. Now what? First thing was first, we needed to go over to the Pharmacy and pick-up all my new medications. Which turned out to be a gigantic punch in the… Continue reading
The Odyssey & Steve McQueen – Part 9
Years ago – I remember seeing a little known Disney movie by the name of Song of the South. Today, I couldn’t tell you a thing about it, not if my life depended… Continue reading
The Odyssey & A Good Cigar – Part 8
Being so far away from the main part of the ward & the nurses station had its advantages. For example, I was able to build a rudimentary still like the one they had… Continue reading
The Odyssey & Jello Poop – Part 7
There was significance to this day, over and above the fact that it was now I and not Harry Potter who would be forever named “The Boy who Lived”… I was doing well-ish.… Continue reading
The Odyssey & Eternal Hellfire – Part 6
Where at first I was cold & reluctant to embrace all my caregivers with open arms and puckered lips, now with each passing day I found myself welcoming their omnipresence. You could simply… Continue reading
The Odyssey & Gregorian Chanting – Part 5
Ok well, we’ve made it this far, we’re half-way home… I understand how painful it must be for all of you to have read this far – but in a way, it brings… Continue reading
The Odyssey & Full Contact Shuffleboard – Part 4
I woke up the next morning and things weren’t too bad, as long as I remained perfectly still. After an hour or so, around 7, I received my first breakfast, or food of… Continue reading
The Odyssey & Hiroshima – Part 3
Intensive care was, as advertised, intensive. The first day, the only thing I was really aware of was that the nurse patient ratio was 1 to 1, and she wasn’t swedish – don’t… Continue reading
The Odyssey & Escaping Vietnam – Part 2
Day 2 began with a whimper… mine. After getting in bed just after 4, the nurses do an early morning rounds at about 5, 5:30 so I woke up and then… I was… Continue reading