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( It was my intention to post update updates once a week over a period of several months, and, hopefully much longer....Read more... )

( I wish i could say that Dianne's first day back home... Read more... )

( Dianne is home. Read more... )

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( All year Dianne's pulmonologist and i have tried to arrange a sleep study to determine whether more can be done to help her breath... Read more... )

Dianne is 46 days out of the hospital and she seems (to me) stronger than she has been at any time in the last three years.  She has been on a ten day course of prednozone, which is contributing to more lung capacity and six litres of supplemental oxygen has become the new normal.  Nevertheless, i feel very encougaged by the way she is holding up ( Read more... )

( Christmas was nice. Read more... )

For the last ten days, wildfires to the north have filled the valley with noxious fumes.  Air quality has been  in the "Very Unhealthy" range (which, for Dianne, is "Hazardous") Thursday and Friday.  Yesterday the  index dropped to "Unhealthy to Sensitive Groups" and today it is almost "Moderate" and heading rapidly (i hope) toward good.  Along ( Read more... )

Dianne fell yesterday.  Total carelessness on my part  :(   We had to call the fire deparment to get her upright.  No injury; much gratitude expressed ( Read more... )