I need your prayers, positive thoughts, good wishes, and love. Paul is facing surgery to remove a "suspicious area" from his colon (right at the place the appendix attaches where the large and small intestines join) This was discovered during a colonoscopy conducted while he was hospitalized for anemia. (He had four units of blood transfused.) This week, he has a stress test and a CAT scan scheduled) When those tests get back, the surgery will be scheduled. The good news is that the surgeon who conducted the colonoscopy said it is small and early stage, but it has been the source of the bleeding. Obviously, he's been "leaking" for quite awhile to have lost that much hemoglobin. He was at half the levels he should have been. He figured he was just getting old, but when he almost fainted walking outside last week, he decided he should get it checked out! Later, all kinds of people told us they thought he looked pale. Makes me feel like a negligent wife, since I hadn't really noticed!! He really didn't sleep more, seem extra tired, etc. So now I'm feeding him liver, raisins, spinach, and so forth (which, fortunately he likes!) Obviously, he feels much peppier now that he had the transfusions. The surgeon doesn't seem to be in a super hurry to operate and with the comments he made, we are not in panic mode. However, it is a concern and a bolt out of the blue...
Now on to answer Janice's question: I misspoke. We have a TANKLESS hot water heater not a "point of use". And we really like it. However, now we're trying to figure out how to run vinegar through the system to clean out any lime deposits and gunk. Andrew said we should do that about now since we have hard water and a pressure tank that holds the well water before it's sent through the system. And what with re-doing the water supply pipes, who knows what might have been dislodged! So far, it's working great.
I hope you like the "Red Tent" and I'll look into the movie you recommend.
Love to all.........Mary Jo
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