I don't think I mentioned it here, but we came home to multiple messages about my sister who has been in the hospital since before Christmas.

Long story short -- she has diverticulitis and an abscess the size of a softball. They had her white blood count way down and were going to send her home on a liquid diet to rest up for two weeks before surgery. Came home to find out her white blood count was way up again and the liquid diet was causing some problems. More tests, etc. They ended up doing "emergency" surgery this morning. That means they removed a bunch of gut, gave her a temporary colostomy and will reconnect the gut in a later surgery.

So, needless to say, I've been a bit distracted the past coupla days. I guess she's come out of the surgery okay. Her friend, who waited through the whole five hour procedure (and has now gone home for a nap), called my mother , who called me to relay the information.

I think TODAY I'm exhausted. Yesterday, I was just tired from sleep deprivation.

Linn