My View from the Couch.....and, We have Progress.

As most of you know, I've just spent more than a week at LM's house recovering from pulmonary embolisms subsequent to having the flu and pneumonia. A lot of that time was spent tucked in to a quilt on the couch with LM next to me in his chair.  A certain gray furry critter spent a lot of time on his lap staring at me.  Once in awhile I was graced with her presence, but she's pretty loyal to her man.  At night she did give us equal opportunity cuddling. Sweet girl......and today when I packed up my things and came back to my house, it was really bittersweet to leave her special brand of love.  Many of you may not know that years ago, Ms G was my cat, before LM came on the scene and stole her heart. We'd lived together for about 7 years, when she went to stay at LM's house while I attended a reunion of my sisters in Seattle. When I returned, the love affair had intensified to the point that I couldn't in good conscience, take her back to my house. With struggle to get her into a carrier, the ensuing howling and hyper-ventilating, and loving my dear LM so much, plus knowing I spend 2-3 days a week at his house anyway, I let her have her way.  LM still feels an element of guilt (faux), but there is no doubt that no cat could be loved more. Today when I left she was nestled under the quilt in the spot where I slept last night.

It is nice to be back at my house - really only a short drive from LM, but is easy for me while I remain working full-time so near my house.

After a weekend of rest, I felt pretty energetic this morning and was nervously excited to be at the morning appointment with my physician to hear her news about my health status, and the results of the ultrasound done last Friday. The news was mostly good, and the test showed my spleen is working extra hard to process the large blood clots in my lungs. By 11 am I was nearly out of energy, so her news that I may not return to work for at least two weeks and must continue to rest, was not a surprise. She's also anxious about what the pulmonologist will have to say on March 4 - me, too. So that is my news....continued rest and monitoring!!  Fingers crossed that LM and I will be resting on a beach on Eleuthera, as planned, a month from now!

After a lovely warmish weekend that brought me the opportunity to be outside a few times and breathe in approaching Spring, we now have Winter returning full-force, but I will be doing what I'm told and resting at home - maybe sewing. I am planning to sew some valances for my sitting room from a nice remnant someone gave me a while back.

Ever grateful for all the love and caring, I wish you peace, love and maybe a glimpse of Spring.