The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey January 29, 2012

What Happened to January?

Yeah, I know what happened. Surgery, school, work, life. Funny thing, that. I have lots of stuff I'd like to work on, and comment on, but I have no time, so I don't, and I don't. Marcia's doing really well, though. Tonight is the last of the rat poison, and tomorrow is the last day for the by-now-truly-hated compression hose. I'm not personally a huge fan either, because I assist in the changing thereof, and wash each pair once a day, to keep them in rotation. But I'm still glad I haven't had to wear them. Also, with the Coumadin…

Brian Bilbrey January 23, 2012

My Bad...

Yeah, I know it's Monday. The weekend got away from me, and evenings aren't as free as they once were, or will be again. Marcia continues to make great strides (relatively speaking). * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin B. Wise, 34, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died Jan. 15 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of injuries sustained on Jan. 9 in Balkh province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire. Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman, 22, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died Jan. 15 conducting combat operations in Helmand…

Brian Bilbrey January 21, 2012

Catch-up Time...

Weirdly, the other night (Wednesday?) both of the touch lamps we use as bedside light broke and would no longer light. The proximal event was a light-bulb blowout on Marcia's side (one of three small bulbs). I've observed in the past that the touch lamp circuitry, while incredibly convenient, seems to be terribly fragile (at least in consumer-grade gear) to spikes and dips. So yesterday evening I trundled down to Lowes and picked up a couple of three-way manually switched lamps and a pair of three-way CFL bulbs. Bloody profit-taking on the LED "bulbs" keeps those prices too high. *…

Brian Bilbrey January 15, 2012

Physical Therapy with a Chance of Walking

Marcia continues to make stellar progress with her PT exercises - straight leg lifts that could not be done without an assist four days ago are now done on leg strength alone, and twice as high as before. Rockin'! She's also doing 10-15 minute sessions of laps on the main floor of the house with her walker, and pain management is improving daily. Some neighbors dropped by today, with conversation, balloon, and chocolate to share with Marcia - she enjoyed the little bit of company, I think. MLK day tomorrow, then I'll do some work in the ensuing four days,…

Brian Bilbrey January 13, 2012

JoCo Artificial Heart Package

Among the contents therein is the signed CD, which I most incautiously tore whilst attempting a manual decoupling of the liner notes from the case. Sigh. So I used an obtrusive and intimately personal repair method: thin strips of electrical tape. They seem most appropriate, given the title and image of the album. The good news is that it also arrived in Vinyl!