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[elfs]

36 hours after surgery

Omaha's surgeon had given her his personal cell phone number in case there were any complications. He didn't think there would be any. The newest generation of machines, he said, cost $10 million and the county could only afford one, so they shipped it around on a van from hospital to hospital, each one getting the machine on a daily basis. I got the impression that, other than for repair and transport, it was in use 16 hours a day, working on 6 to 8 patients a day. But, he said, the machine was so damned accurate and effective he doubted he'd ever have to open up a patient ever again.

Saturday, I got a call from the hospital. "We just wanted to see how Omaha was doing." I said I'd have to go find her, she was out in the garden getting the tools cleaned up and ready. "Oh, then I'll just mark down that she's fine."

We went to Kouryou-chan's school, where I did the gutters (yeah, yeah) and Omaha did the hedge trimming. It took about four hours. When we got home, Omaha was exhausted enough that she lay down and we both took a 90-minute nap. Then Omaha went out to a girls-night-out event with some other women from the neighborhood, and I took Kouryou-chan and Storm to the mall to hang out and do a little shopping.

Dinner was mall food, at least for me and the girls. I discovered that the mall burrito place at southcenter will substitute extra refried beans for rice, so I dropped the carb count a bit and upped the protein, which I count as a win.

Omaha was exhausted and hurting when she got home, but otherwise fine. She went to bed early.

Pasty slug Elf.

Sunday morning was gorgeous, so after a breakfast of pancakes we went out to the yard and cleared it of all winter's debris. I took care of the composting and the vegetable gardens while Omaha climbed up into the trees and cleaned off bushes and trimmed. Hard to believe that just last week, all week, she was in so much pain she couldn't move and so stoned she couldn't think.

There was just enough sun that I wanted a 20-minute vitamin-D cascade, so I took my shirt off and pitched and shoveled, and didn't feel all that cold at all. It was rather astounding. I so need to get physical more often. But we have a good 30 gallons of compost, I think, and Lisakit pointed out that I could get the second compost bin up and running if I wanted, I'd just have to dig a starter ring.

I made the girls egg salad sandwiches, but I had quinoa, bacon and salsa as a salad. It was tasty.

Comments

Elf Porn

[pandakahn.livejournal.com]

Ok, so...

nice. So very very nice. any of you in some summer shorts? or a leather gladiator harness? Just asking, you know.

MPK

ps. I am aiming for "Elf Hot" as a late new years resolution. I think it is a possible goal by next year with some gym time.

Re: Elf Porn

[lisakit.livejournal.com]

There's a delicious pic of him in a kilt somewhere in his Flicker.

nom Elf nom!

Re: Elf Porn

[pandakahn.livejournal.com]

oh god! I had plans today!

Day wasted going through flicker....

wait! if I can find it then the day will not be wasted and it will be totally worth it!

Thanks sweety!

MPK

[lovingboth]

Given the cost of the machine and the way transporting it around so much is unlikely to do much for its reliability, why not ship the patients instead? Or does that go against the grain of US 'health care'?