schluffy muffy time
I spent most of Saturday sleeping, as is my religious tradition. Congregation Sha'arei Sheina, as Ms. IMG calls it (trans: The gates of sleep). I finished HP & HBP and Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb. I made surreptitious phone calls on my cell, lest I break the Sabbath too obviously in front of my god-fearing relatives.
Went back to the hospital tonight to check on Zeide. He was pretty out of it, and having breathing problems. We adjusted his bed so he could sit up (which improved breathing, I think) but I kept looking at his wan, drained form drowsing fitfully on the hospital bed, hands plucking in the air and at the sheets. This is what dying looks like, I kept thinking to myself. He squeezed my hand when I held his, even though he was dreaming. I wonder what he sees in his visions, dreaming with his eyes open. Maybe its the angel like Prior saw in Angels in America or ancestors. I don't think he saw us. Well, he did wake up a little just as we were leaving. He was trying to tell Bubbe something, holding her hand insistently and repeating his garbled words, but we couldn't make it out. Exhausted with the effort, he drifted off to sleep.
I need to find someone to drive me to the airport tomorrow. I want very much to be home w/M. right now.
Went back to the hospital tonight to check on Zeide. He was pretty out of it, and having breathing problems. We adjusted his bed so he could sit up (which improved breathing, I think) but I kept looking at his wan, drained form drowsing fitfully on the hospital bed, hands plucking in the air and at the sheets. This is what dying looks like, I kept thinking to myself. He squeezed my hand when I held his, even though he was dreaming. I wonder what he sees in his visions, dreaming with his eyes open. Maybe its the angel like Prior saw in Angels in America or ancestors. I don't think he saw us. Well, he did wake up a little just as we were leaving. He was trying to tell Bubbe something, holding her hand insistently and repeating his garbled words, but we couldn't make it out. Exhausted with the effort, he drifted off to sleep.
I need to find someone to drive me to the airport tomorrow. I want very much to be home w/M. right now.