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Cathie G

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Good morning Carol! At the moment, he’s like a chicken with very ruffled feathers... it’s just past 4am here and we are just up and fixing to go check in at the hospital.. the hotel is right down the block and is a medical suite chain for extended stay guests. They will actually begin his surgery in around 3 hours and expect a 3-5 hour procedure.. I will have to drop him off and come back here to wait due to Covid.. They will be removing the cancerous tumor and the upper lobe of his lung along with some lymph nodes.. everything will be checked in the lab during the procedure to determine the need for any additional surgery while they are in there.. no complications are expected . Thank you for Checking on us..by noon, this will hopefully all be behind us and he will be in better shape ?.
Hope he did good!
 

Lyn W

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I am 75 yrs old and got my first check book ever in 2000. I still write checks, because of my then life style I never had a checking account, but now I do have one and sometimes it actually has money in it. I love writing checks. I have a lady who handles my finances, but I handle all the stuff pertaining to my car, so I write 2 checks a month, could I pay on-line? Yep, but writing checks makes me feel normal and adult...I think lol
I still use cheques too when I send money to my nephews and nieces in their birthday cards. There have been incidents of cards being lost and don't trust the post enough to put cash in.
 

Cathie G

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Thankfully they don't seem to like the taste of my blood so I'm rarely bothered by them or other insects. Mind you if they were desperate I'm sure I could be on the menu.
I'm kinda blessed like that too. That was really nice when I lived in Florida. I always thought it might be my herbal shower gels. They would bite but not like they did everyone else.
 

Lyn W

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All caught up - missed joke and bad poetry day so I'll combine both with an old one of mine.

My boyfriend and I had a water bed,
I loved him with all of my heart,
I thought we'd be together forever
But sadly...........we..........drifted..............apart.


Good to see you are all OK or at least on the mend.
Lola is having an early night - he hasn't wanted to go to bed this week and has been up and about all hours for some strange reason, even when it's dark and he's exceptionally well fed. He's been outside quite a lot and has been really tucking into his clover patch. Time for a poop test I think to make sure he hasn't picked up any parasites.
 

Cathie G

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EllieMay

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Last night I was surprised to actually be able to see the physical sun in the western sky when I went out in the late afternoon to take care of my evening chores. It was quite a pretty sight, and the first time in my memory that I've actually seen the sun itself. I wondered if it were smoke or clouds that made it so easy to see that beautiful orange disc in the sky. Then later, when I was getting ready to turn off the TV, and had it on the news station, I heard that there are over 100 fires across California and our fire fighters are spread very thin. I wish I had gotten a picture of it. I just now tried to get Google to show me, but nothing about last night's sky came up in the results.
That’s so sad... I hate that you saw such beauty just to discoverevil behind it ;-(
 

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EllieMay

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Thank you all for the good thoughts about Dad! Surgery went great.. lasted almost the whole 5 hours so my nerves were shot but there were no complications and he’s moved from recovery to a room now. His surgeon said that he is now CANCER FREE! I am so relieved and grateful for life in general... I have no idea yet when we will get to go home but I won’t complain no matter what;-). Tonight, Cinder and I are celebrating with Prosciutto, Mozzarello, and Roscato ?
 

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Thank you all for the good thoughts about Dad! Surgery went great.. lasted almost the whole 5 hours so my nerves were shot but there were no complications and he’s moved from recovery to a room now. His surgeon said that he is now CANCER FREE! I am so relieved and grateful for life in general... I have no idea yet when we will get to go home but I won’t complain no matter what;-). Tonight, Cinder and I are celebrating with Prosciutto, Mozzarello, and Roscato ?
I'm so happy for you guys!
 

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