Spouse will be getting an appendectomy sometime soon. He was scheduled with Dr. Voltura for next Tuesday but she currently only has privileges at Physicians Medical Center Hospital on Rodeo Road in Santa Fe. The hospital doesn't even have a ventilator. When asked what would happen if a person stopped breathing, spouse was told they would "bag" them (as in a manual surgical breathing bag) and transport them to St. Vincent Hospital. In addition, the hospital has no attendant doctor at night and no intensive care unit (but they do have a gourmet cook!)
In light of all this, spouse prefers going to St. Vincent and having Dr. Shapiro do the surgery. Everything closed early today, the day after Thanksgiving, so spouse will work the phone on Monday to try to arrange the surgery, hopefully for next week. He remains stable but not totally asymptomatic.
I took a brief walk this afternoon from the library over to Pueblo Canyon Bridge. On my way back, the orange afternoon sunlight beautifully highlighted the golden grass.
Daughter and grandson are here eating supper right now. Spouse is on the phone getting medical advice about what to do about the appendectomy from his sister-in-law, Dr. Julie Long.
I still plan to drive down to Albuquerque on both Saturday and Sunday to finally get orthotics. Spouse, if he's really, really bored, may accompany me one of the days.