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Arie went to the hospital. Oh, what a ride that was!!!  ...and it's not over yet. August 24- a bowel resection because the colon polyps were much worse than before. It was done laprascopically. Three small incisions. Life seemed good! Unfortunately, his bowel function was not good. September 1- back to surgery. ..infection had set in.  The result was not so pretty. A ostomy bag and a large open incision for drainage!  Life was not so good and he was angry.. ..he did get over it. The bowel function took seemingly forever.   There was dancing when it finally worked on Wednesday. September 9- a guy can't get a break. Ready and happy to going home!!! Surgery to reinforce the wound. It did look somewhat prettier after that. September 11- finally home. It's now December 10.  Three months of  living with a new reality. Bathrooms and ostomy supplies are very important. December 15th is the date for the TAKE-DOWN!!! ...

Tante Tini is old.   Next week she will celebrate her 91st birthday. She had a bad fall and very bad care last year and has been bedridden since then. Her mind is good but the processing is slow. Plus there is a significant  hearing loss that she has to deal with that is exacerbated when the batteries in her hearing aides need changing.  Her short term memory is also going.  Life is difficult yet she does not complain.  Last year we thought she was going to die. She was suffering. Her sister suggested that she should just let the Lord take her home.  Tini replied "maybe after my birthday" !  She wanted to celebrate 90 and she did. Last week one of her oldest friends passed away after falling and getting pneumonia.  I think it shocked Tini. She now wants the Lord to take her home. She is old. She is old, immobile,  very hard of hearing,  and totally dependant on others for her wellbeing. Life sucks and yet, she makes the best ...

I am on a plane going from Grand Rapids to Phoenix.  I decided ro write this JUST for MYSELF so that I would have a record of the very very busy month I have had. Please don't read this and think I am wanting sympathy or praise. Better yet don't read it at all. I have a rental that we refurbished 3  yrs ago.  It's a lovely old 2 story home. One drawback is that the stairs between up and down are extremely steep. They would never pass code today but they were grandfathered in. I was happy to find renters 3 years ago, even though they had 2 dogs and we're in a hurry to move in.  They taught me well. They moved in before we were completely done.  I wouldn't recommend that now. I really liked the couple...very nice dog lovers and gardeners.  Who wouldn't love a gardener, right? During the three years they had few complaints and the ones they had we addressed quickly. So now they have moved out...4 weeks ago today. They were desperate to get their deposit...