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Carol Is Coming Home
NMB, Florida December 17, 2001 A.H. Schectman
THINKING ALLOWED
Essays on Issues, Ideas and Reflections on the Times. Published Now and
Then. Opinions Pro or Con Are Welcome.
CAROL IS COMING HOME
Carol is coming home barring any last minute problems with her electrolytes
or iron in her blood. She maybe will have the "port" taken out of her neck
that will show that her system is back to where it should be. We have had
the services of about 7 doctors during her stay in Miami Heart Institute. I
cannot count the technicians and other workers who stream in and out of her
room during the day. We wonder where anyone is when you need help?
In retrospect, Carol's recovery has been good despite problems in her left
leg slowing down its catching up to the required degree of bend that the
right leg has had since the operation. Her determination to cooperate with
the people who bend and flex her and give her directions grimly conflicts
with the need for pain control. This last has been slowing receding and the
dosage of dangerous drugs has just about ceased. Back to Tylenol and her
Viox and other meds that our wonderful Dr. Wald is supervising.
Carol has had a wonderful room all to herself, which was very important for
her peace of mind. She had no roommate to bother her and she bothered no
one. The room overlooks the Miami Beach skyline and waterways along the
intercoastal. It is a beautiful sight and we have had nothing but good
weather in which to enjoy it.
If you know Carol you must have guessed that even from her hospital room
she has continued to write thank you notes, write checks and send them out
when due and remind me of the myriad of things she does that I could if I
only bestirred myself.
We miss going together to Choir practice and attending services. I have
gone twice to "Ruach" class or Bible Study and without Carol it is not the
same. Her Bridge friends miss her; the Board of Trustees at Temple Sinai as
well the people in our Building G at the Moorings. But, this shall change
when she comes home. We expect several weeks of rehabilitation work with a
nurse here at the apartment and then we will be free to go as we please.
She is doing quite well with a walker. A cane is next and then on two new
straight knees.
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