In the car with Margie, going home
Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 1:10PM 
As vital as the hospital is to one's recovery, at a certain point it switches and becomes a liability. I realized I had absolutely reached that point at dinner last night. My body must now relearn to process solid food and it struggles with the task. Every bite of my dinner that I managed to eat was just awful.
If I am to get well, I need to eat good food that won't make me sick. I need to hang out with my wife and cats and get outside and not see a city around me.
The nurses and doctor were all in full agreement. They know how awful hospital food can be. A couple of nurses engaged me in highly intellectual discussions on the healing powers of cats.
So Margie came and got me. Now she is driving me home and I am posting from our car through my iPhone. This has been an exclusively iPhone series. I don't know how I would have done it without my phone.
Reader Comments (7)
Oh, thank heavens.Glad your docs agree about the value of being home .
Glad nurses understand the kitty-healing dealie too.
Sending best wishes for healing speeding up now.
Bill, healthy food is DELICIOUS food! You can do it. Your colon will love you for it!
I hope you will recover quickly now that you are home...wishing you all the best.
That's good news Bill. There's no where like home. And I know that Margie will take good care of you and Jimmy will use his special healing powers on you.
Welcome home Bill - the very best place of all for you. Peace & swift healing dear friend.
There comes a point at which hospitals stop offering benefits and a person just needs to be in the comfort of their own home. I hope you regain health. (And I agree that kitties are really great for healing!)
So great you got discharged Bill! Terrific! From what I recently heard about the healing power of cats, they'll probably go and sit right on or next to the area where you had your surgery for long periods and give you a warm healing touch :)