Deb's surgery went as planned today. She was in to have a torn right shoulder rotator cuff repaired. Recovery will take 4-6months. In two weeks she sees her surgeon for a check up. In five weeks she begins physio therapy. We were at the hospital from 11 am until 4 pm. She finally went into the OR around 1:45 pm. She was in there about an hour, so it must have been a fairly large repair. But everything went according to plan. She is resting tonight. there is no pain as yet, since she was given a nerve block. The pain will arrive tomorrow around noon. She has a prescription for that.
Last night we watched a Deb's choice film on Criterion Channel. David Lean's Blithe Spirit, from the play by Noel Coward, features a stand out performance by Margaret Rutherford as the medium who inflicts a ghost into the household of a happy couple. The ghost turns out to be the man's first wife, dead for 7 years. Some hilarity ensues, but not as much as expected. The film is very well acted, and I liked the ghostly makeup. To me it is worth the price of admission to watch Rutherford go through her paces. Wonderful stuff!
We have no plans for the next several days. Deb needs to be quite still and quiet for awhile, which is going to be rather difficult for her. She is going to try and sleep nights on her lazy boy chair. I have become the chief cook and bottle washer, so meals will be pretty simple around here for awhile, until I can get into the swing of things. The grass should have been cut today. Heavy rain is expected tomorrow, but I shall try. The farm fields are still soggy and water-filled, so there is no hope in sight for the farmers to get their crops planted. If it does rain heavily on Saturday that will just about end their chances of a decent growing season.
Mapman Mike
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