A Catch-up Day

Yesterday I spent most of the day at Lutheran Medical
Center in Denver. Susan Wayland was having breast
cancer surgery and I was there for support and to
drive her home. Her friend, Connie, had taken her
to the hospital in the early morning. I didn't
get there until 9 AM. Everything went smoothly
and the lymph nodes are not affected so it looks
good for a complete cure.

Kirsten, Susan's daughter, was waiting for us at
Susan's house when we got there. I had called
her earlier to report. Kirsten doesn't drive
or she would have been there for her mom, I'm
sure. As it was she spent the rest of the
day with Susan thinking up ways to make things
easier for Susan. I talked with Susan this
morning and she is doing fine.

Today was a catch-up day. I had gotten my flu
shot yesterday while Susan and I were waiting
for her antibiotic prescription to be filled.
Flu shots a couple of years ago were $8.00,
then $10.00, then $20.00 and now $28.00. I
had checked with our insurance and they'll
pay for it. I have sent in the forms today.
I talked at some length with Connie. She
was home nursing Meara who had had oral
surgery to repair a gum tissue that had been
torn sometime back when one of her baby teeth
had to be extracted. Now she needs orthodontic
work and they are afraid that her gum tissue
isn't strong enough, hence the surgery.

Jared Polis' campaign manager called earlier
to see if I would attend a brain-storming
session on the 16th. That sounds like fun.
Dinner will be served and after that the
meeting. Robert and I had planned to go
to a conversation at Boulder Book Store
on "The Fermi Paradox." Robert will
go to that and I'll go to the political party.

I find there are so many issues that need
to be attended that it is hard to know where
to start. With limited energy I have
decided that working for Jared is probably
the best I can do. The ACLU has a documentary
they are trying to get people to see and
asking for folks to have a house party and
show the film. I'm going to check with
Allison and see if they would donate the
use of their projector so we could have
a showing of the film at the schoolhouse.