John's Posts

IN PAST POSTINGS WE HAVE DISCUSSED PATIENT'S (OK! SERVANT GIRL'S) CONCERNS ABOUT SCAR TISSUE. NOT JUST THE KIND YOU SEE BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE KIND THAT BUILDS UP UNDER THE SURFACE AND WRAPS IT'S TENACLES AROUND YOUR RIBS, CHOKES YOUR HEART VESSELS AND MAKES YOU WALK ALL BENT OVER LIKE AN OLD MAN. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT OF SCARY STUFF ON THE INTERNET. STUFF YOU COULD NOT HAVE MADE UP EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO SCARE YOURSELF. NOT THAT PATIENT AND SERVANT GIRL NEED MORE SCARES (OR SCARS). WELL ANYWAY, PATIENT WAS SEEN MONDAY BY VERY KIND, VERY CALM DR SILVERBERG. THE WORLD'S GREATEST CARDIOLOGIST WAS VERY REASSURING THAT IN THE CASE OF THIS PARTICULAR PATIENT THE VISIBLE SCAR IS RAPIDLY HEALING. UPON FEELING THE TISSUE UNDERNEATH HE BELIEVES THAT THE HEALING THERE IS GOING QUITE WELL. PATIENT SEEMS TO BE AN UNUSUALLY GOOD HEALER. THIS IS A COMFORT TO SERVANT GIRL'S HEART.

SERVANT GIRL HAS BEEN ATTENDING TO THE PREPARATIONS OF CASA DIFAZIO (EAST) FOR SALE. (AT AN ENORMOUS PRICE - HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL - EVEN IN THIS MARKET.) PATIENT LEFT ALONE AT CASA DIFAZIO (MIDWEST) FOR 4 DAYS. SERVANT GIRL CLEANED OUT DRAWERS AND CABINETS, PACKED BOX AFTER BOX, FOUND HOME FOR ALL BUT A FEW PLANTS, GOT HAIR AND NAILS DONE, SCRUBBED, CLEANED AND GENERATED A LOT OF TRASH. PUT TRASH OUT, GAVE KEYS TO REALTOR, AND RUSHED BACK, HEART FULL OF LOVE, TO BE AT SIDE OF MUCH LOVED PATIENT. PATIENT LOOKED BETTER THAN EVER. SERVANT GIRL, WHILE EVER YOUTHFUL AND ATTRACTIVE, WAS EXHAUSTED FROM WORKING SO HARD. SERVANT GIRL HAS DECIDED THAT NEXT TIME SHE WILL HAVE HEART SURGERY AND (FORMER) PATIENT WILL DO HEAVY LIFTING.

TOMORROW MORNING SERVANT GIRL PLANS TO HOP A FLIGHT FROM O'HARE TO WASHINGTON DULLES. "WELL, FINALLY SHE HAS HAD ENOUGH AND IS BAILING OUT" AND "WHO COULD POSSIBLY BLAME HER? SHE HAS BEEN A SAINT" YOU MUST BE THINKING. NO SUCH LUCK. SERVANT GIRL IS GOING BACK TO VIRGINIA TO HANDLE SOME REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OFF DUE TO PATIENT'S ILLNESS.WILL BE GONE SEVERAL DAYS AND WILL BE BACK ASAP. PATIENT WILL BE KICKING UP HEELS AT NEW FOUND FREEDOM. SERVANT GIRL HAS AN ARMY OF FRIENDS LINED UP TO LOOK IN ON PATIENT.