Minutia!

When stuck in a small room for a couple of weeks that is about all there is to focus on. Things like not having frosting on the Mini-Wheats, having orange slices and red peppers coming with your toast so that the toast tastes like red peppers and oranges, low volume on the new TV so that you can't hear it over the dialysis machine, TV with a dark screen and no way to fix it and no view of the mountains become things that a person tends to focus on. Suffice it to say that John is not in love with his new room. They moved it because the guy next door is on dialysis as well and it is easier for his nurse to keep track of them both. It doesn't help that papa bear is not allowed off the floor and that he cannot go in the family room. I think he is starting to go stir crazy.

For me, little things can amuse. I found myself talking to a little bird that had stopped for a rest on the roof garden this morning. I thanked him/her for the lovely song. I asked him/her what kind of a bird she/he was but did not get an answer. I thanked her/him. It was a lovely song and I don't think that these birds live in Saskatchewan. Sometimes a couple of crows visit and sometimes a little humming bird. There are a lot of crows that live in Seattle. I saw a mouse last night outside the front doors of the hospital. I moved out of his way and kept a vigilant watch until the cab came. So you can see that I am just as focused on minutia as John.

John is feeling a lot better this morning. He ate a small bowl of cereal. We went for a walk around the loop. He is having a shower. He will have four hours of dialysis this afternoon. His white blood counts are coming up. Hopefully he will start to feel better and be able to get out of this place in the next few days. The doctors have not said anything yet as to when he might be able to leave.

Here is a picture of the new view:



Well, a couple of pictures, two to be exact.