Ebb period again.
Most of you will be aware of my somewhat unstable health status this spring, and over the last few weeks, we’ve reached a new low level. The latest surgery, almost a month ago, went well but as I was worried over that post-surgery infection that seems to occur to me more often than statistics would allow, I made cunning plans with the surgeon.
But, as anyone being familiar with Von Clausewitz would know, even the best laid out plan will not survive the first contact with the enemy, and over the Easter, I was hit with a rather dramatic infection not only hitting my liver but also a lungsack, resulting in severe pain, massive short of breath and so far three pints of gooey stuff being drained out of my thorax.
As you would guess, this is not something you deal with over your kitchen table, so I’ve (again) been locked away in hospital, having a two week anniversary here early next week. While being quite painful and really, really tiring, this is obviously also a full stop for any modelling related activities - we’ll almost, at least. I have actually, somewhat uncharacteristically continued to watch EBay and even made a few procurements (detailed elsewhere). As I usually find it difficult to add to the pile while being ill, it is a bit strange, but then my catches have all been many years in planning, so maybe more a matter of grabbing them when getting the opportunity than planning a procurement. Also, good catches are a morale booster. At least, that’s what I tell the much better half.
Back home, the eight-year-old Skyhawk pilot feels a bit left out to dry as I had to go to the ER on pretty quick notice. While not at all being grumpy, he’s continued for as much as he could himself, and I have then asked his mum to add a layer of Johnson or two, protecting the paint job. Then we’ll touch up and decal when I get home again.
However, the lad has only flown a little bit, obviously connecting the Skyhawk with me and us working together, hence rather being a bit longing and sad when taking it up. Learning of that was - and is - extremely painful and has caused some significant loss of water here.
But there’s not much to do about it. This thorax drain needs to be adjusted (painful) and a second drain inserted to drain my liver (unbelievably painful) and then kept running for anything between a week and three months. Then, heavy antibiotics will finish the bad germs off (hopefully) and then I really need to discuss risk management with my surgeon..
But until then, hanging around here, looking at your ideas, projects one procurements really is a valued pastime.
Godspeed.
