The Simple Things

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It's a quiet Saturday afternoon.

The sun was out for a while.

Just enough to tempt me into going out back.

I sat with my new cat cup filled with coffee.

The girls, Maddy Jean and Jodie Belle, were playing.

Meredith Ann was on her leash chewing grass.

Me, I sat on the steps,

thinking and taking in the delights of my woods.

The sounds are too much.

Trying to figure out who is talking to who.

Which bird flew to that tree.

Just a wild bunch I have in my woods.

Nice to be able to walk out there.

As of yesterday, I am no longer using my cane.

Not here at home.

My day surgery last week has done wonders.

I don't have sharp pain when I stand on my leg.

It's still a bit like rubber and not totally dependable

but, I do think that I am good as can be expected.

I've been busy going to other appointments.

This time for my kidney problems that were

discovered in my mri for my spine.

The ct done this week showed a lot more than I wanted.

Yesterday, I got a call that my Dr. wants to get me in

for kidney surgery as soon as possible.

I am being handed over to the surgery nurse.

Next week I will start the process of scheduling the when and where

and tests that might need to be done before.

If all goes well, I'll only be in the hospital a day or two.

See why I haven't had time to write.

Been having too much fun going here, there and everywhere.

My family wonders how I'm coping with all of this at the same time.

Not much else I can do but enjoy the day.

Worry about tomorrow another day.

So, on this sort of sunny Saturday,

I enjoy the simple things that bring me great joy.

My Purr and Fur Gang,

Coffee,

and The Sounds in My Woods.

~ JC ~

She Writes On Friday

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She sat in the office on that chair.

Leaning forward as he explained the results.

He was kind.

Tried to show her each image.

She came in for her back troubles.

Hadn't been able to walk on her leg for over a month.

He said two things showed up.

A day surgery is scheduled on her back.

The hope is it will improve her leg.

Then he showed her the other thing that showed up.

Not his territory at all.

The image was not good.

Words were said to her.

She looked at the picture.

He explained what a good one looks like

and what this bad one looked like.

Something about getting another test done.

Getting a new Dr. that specializes in this.

Doing this right away.

The look in his face said it.

She asked the question.

The words came out.

Is it cancer, she said.

He couldn't say but she needed to get

the new test done right away.

As he left and the nurse came in,

Paperwork and scheduling were done for the back surgery.

A day thing. Nothing big.

She walked out of the office to the lobby.

Looking back for just a moment.

That turn of the sore neck.

Just to make sure.

Did that all just happen ?

She sat down on a chair.

Looked at all the paperwork in her hand.

That's when the tears started.

She wiped them away.

Looked up and told her daughter,

who had been waiting in the lobby,

what had been told to her.

She explained how bad it looked.

Like it was a picture he had just been showing her.

One of those moments you hear about.

Like it's not you they are showing.

Just an image.

A really bad image.

So, the tears got wiped away and the papers folded.

She got up and walked to the elevators.

The new test she needed was downstairs.

Waited in line to schedule that.

Cried a bit in the car ride home.

Not letting her daughter see.

Got home to her cats and dogs.

Did normal things.

Looked at the paperwork and cried.

How did this happen ?

In the hallway, her daughter saw her.

They hugged.

And, the dog barked.

Life goes on.

She was not expecting this.

It isn't what she went in for.

Did this really happen ?

Yes, it did.

Appointments made.

The next weeks will be busy.

As she let her dog back in the house,

she noticed the yard guys had come while she was gone.

The green lawn looked so nice.

She went on with her day.

~ JC ~