Waldo the Chrysalis, Day 2

Christmas Eve I didn’t get out of work until after 6:00. Other years the management let us out early, but this year we hung in there until the bitter end of the day. I felt sorry for the clean-up shift that came on after we were done; I imagine most of them were not out…

I got the call for the new liver at 6:00 in the evening, just after I’d eaten. There *might* be a liver for me, how did I feel, had I been sick or running any temperature recently, was I interested? Uh, excuse me? Am I interested?????? The guy on the other end, whose name was…

Tomorrow I was to have had two doctor’s appointments – one with my primary and one with the specialist who did the marrow biopsy. The specialist’s office just called to ask if they could postpone the appointment until next Friday. The nurse at the office explained that there is a meeting of something called “The…

I’ve been listening to a lot of PRI radio these days. I go through phases of it. Eventually I get tired of listening to music radio, especially when none of the recent new releases grab my attention, and I’ll drift over to Terry Gross and Todd Mundt and Marty Moss-Coane. Then the time will come…

It was bothering me that I didn’t know why this freaking ailment was called “shingles”. This annoyance probably should not have been anywhere near top of on my “Nuisance Items Of the Moment” list, but I allowed it to drift toward the top because it distracted me from other things that I have no ability…

I went outside to inspect the results of a week’s worth of storms on the balcony. The cactus that the guys in my vet school class had given me when I was in the hospital is rotting from the base. I don’t know if it is storm related or if it was starting to happen…