To bring you up to date, I was put in the hospital around the first of January with a diagnosis of congestive heart failure with complications. One of those complications was fluid retention. I entered the hospital at 362lbs and began losing weight. Six weeks later I weighed 250lbs. An effective way to lose weight but not recommended. I finally got home from the hospital two days ago. While in the hospital I laid in my bed and stared at the ceiling and the walls interrupted occasionally by gorgeous nurses drawing blood and taking vital signs. And now I am home and away from that.
So here I am laying in bed at home with no gorgeous nurses but instead have the best nurse of all. I was awakened the next morning by hugs and kisses and smiles. I never had that at the hospital. That was as close to heaven as I thought I would come in this life time.
And now to the theme of this writing. When you are in the hospital for six weeks your routine changes. For several years I have enjoyed one martini every day. So, on my first evening home my wife prepared a plate of cheeses and right in the middle of it is a martini with a straw. Wow I thought. Is this heaven or what? So I anxiously picked up the martini, took a sip and almost gagged. It was the worse tasting thing I have had in my mouth in years. We concluded that my taste buds have been truly messed with over the past few weeks. So, martinis are going to have to wait until I get back to my normal self. In the meantime, no martinis and no wine with a straw.
Regarding my nurse. Most of you know that my nurse is my beautiful wife, Linda. I always thought she was a gift from God but never more than now. If you have someone in your life who might be called upon to take care of you as I have needed, thank God for them. Whether that might be a wife or husband or child is not important. Thank God for them in your life.
Ron Scarbro, February 19, 2023
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