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It is only 327 days until Christmas! The year is moving along!
I got a note from my cousin Claudia, who said her husband Doug has been having some medical issues. He is back home now and doing well, but it is hard to think that only 74 years ago, Claudia and I had our pictures taken that day my Dad departed for Hawaii on the Hawaiian Pilot, a freighter owned by Matson Lines!
Dang Claudia, we don’t look the same these days! Little did we know what the future would bring!
8:30 am, and I heard noises emanating from the master bedroom; yes, it was Mary, alive and walking! I jumped up instantly at her command and ran to the coffee machine, making her coffee with 1 1/4 teaspoons of honey, 6 1/8th oz of cold milk, and a straw, which had to be precisely 3/8th inch inside diameter!
When I delivered it, I hoped all the measurements were correct because I hate being beaten with her handy, dandy rubber hose (a diameter that does NOT leave marks)!
I spent the remainder of the day in the office or the kitchen, ensuring Mary stayed put and didn’t overdo it. It was like wrestling a bear!
Around 6:00 pm, it was decided dinnertime had arrived, so I threw on two nice filet mignon steaks, prepared two artichokes, and baked some dinner rolls. We had a feast! Soon, I was back in the kitchen doing cleanup duty. It looked like someone had been cooking for an army!
It was time for my new breathing treatment using the nebulizer.
Nebulizers use compressed air, ultrasonic vibrations, or a mesh to break down the liquid medication into tiny particles that can be easily inhaled. This allows the medication to reach the lower airways more effectively than traditional inhalers, which can sometimes deposit medication in the mouth or throat.
