I put my phone down and then, without thinking, pick it back up. On the commercials in between Olivia and Benson, I involuntarily reach for my phone and check the headlines to see if there are changes in the last six minutes, obsessed with the lack of order in this seemingly lawless state we find ourselves sinking into - the abyss of CoVid 19. I read the new death toll out loud, even when no one except the pups are listening. Abrupt text messages from family and friends ding as I become immersed with the details, the changes, the numbers and the lies circulating under these spacious skies. I'm worried about the brotherhood from sea to shining sea because the big white house on the purple mountain is not - at all - majestic.
At least two close family members are on the front lines, heroes, working in hospitals where droplets can run rampant. I want to scoop up all of my loved ones and secure them in our home with locked doors with Colt cocked. If you know me well, you know that I err on the side of ferocious when challenged. The most challenging part of Right Now, for me, is ignorance. But then again, the ignorance isn't any different from any other day here in the amber waves of grain and greed.
I have to admit that I am a bit of a hoarder. No, not toilet paper or paper towels or Purell. I hoard well made cotton socks and good quality linens and I probably do have more hair ties than a person should have in a lifetime. If I end up in bed with CoVid19, I want to be on my own sheets, with my own socks and all of my hair ties in my hair to make a statement. And my statement will be:
Darlin', give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_zaSKZks1A
Okay, seriously, I was thinking that we, as a nation under God, need more information about this particular strand of Corona virus. I have a little savings and I can donate some money for research if the guy on the purple mountain and all of his cronies would go to Wuhan on a fact finding mission. I think they should hit every wet market in China so that they get all of the particulars needed to fight this war. They can get fabulous deals on flights right now; hell, The Donald can take his entire family on Delta for just pennies. I'll kick in some change for them all to have a big, bat bbq - I think we could raise some really great, I mean tremendous, really really important money for that event...it could be so good, really, just fabulous and wonderful and so great, just the best, really.
No, I'm not high. I'm just trying to amuse myself in this age of - you guessed it ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajgeaOt_HTQ
And now, what you've really been waiting for...the update on Jolynn.
Today is Day Plus 38. Jan's donated cells have been homesteading in Jolynn's bones for 38 days now and it's been a smooth transition. The OHSU staff continues to be blown away by her amazing progress and admitted today that she is, indeed, in the high percentile of excellent recovery from the bone marrow transplant. The medication dosages change periodically and that can be confusing as hell but we are managing. The appointments sometimes change and that's a tad frustrating but overall, OMG, we have NOTHING to complain about! She doesn't have a fever, she doesn't have mouth sores or rashes or anything that was predicted to manifest with GVHD. Occasional nausea and exhaustion but, hey, that's not bad! Her nurse manager wants her to get out of bed - to walk - to get some exercise. She spends entirely too much time in bed all day. The weather is sunny - walks need to be part of every day. That's her prescription. WALK. We picked up more meds today - some of which have to be specially mixed with water in a timely manner by the pharmacist - all efforts to help Jolynn be more comfortable with taking pills....whatever it takes to help Jolynn swallow the pills and, eventually, swallow the reality that, yes, she did have cancer but she beat it. This is the dawning...
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
P.S. A special shout out of extreme gratefulness to Trish for cleaning our home while we
went to the cancer center today - what a sweet, wonderful act of kindness!
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