We got to have Adam for Thanksgiving, our first family visitor to our new home in Leisure World. While taking one of our wal...

Well, let's see, what do I have to be thankful for?   (bad joke). Thanksgiving marks 8 weeks, to the day, that I opened my eyes and ha...

Today marks seven weeks since I had open heart surgery.  I continue to improve, rapidly. I will need another surgery to correct an abnorm...

Today marks six weeks since I have had open heart surgery. Almost everything has gone as planned.  One thing hasn't:  I am having prob...

We have usually flown south with the hummingbirds by the time fall arrives and are deep within our beloved deserts by this time.  Here are...

We are gradually getting back to normal, very gradually (and we actually were never that normal anyway). My chest and back still hurt, an...

A common after-effect of heart surgery is an irregular heart beat.  I had a bout of something called Atrial Fibrillation while in the hospi...

Today marks three weeks out from open heart surgery. I'm amazed at the body's resilience.  I still have many weeks until I am hea...

It has been two weeks since the surgeon opened my chest by cutting through my sternum, deflated my lungs, stopped my heart, and then cut in...

I expected pain after my open heart surgery.  I knew the surgery would involve cutting a lot of tissue and bone.  I wasn't too worried ...

I spent the first night after surgery in the ICU.  I was alert enough to stand about 10:30 p.m. and then went "right to bed." I...