Talked to Kim at Dr. Z's office -- she's waiting for a sign-off from Dr. Ettinger -- not Tom's cardiologist, but the guy at Wentworth-Douglass. And she's working on coordinating with Dover Rehab as far as getting Tom & me to Mass General so he can continue the antibiotics while he's there. And getting back to me so I know whether I need to book a night in the hotel or whether Tom will go down and come back on the same day. This surgery shouldn't take long -- it's scheduled for first thing Tues. and he would have been released the day of the surgery. Except for his current incarceration, we would have taken the Downeaster down on Monday, seen Dr. Z in his office Monday morning, spent the night at the Holiday Inn again, gotten to Mass General Tues. AM for his surgery, been released that day, spent another night at the Holiday Inn and taken the Downeaster home on Wednesday. Sigh.

Just brought the car down, cleaned & refilled the litter box, dealt with some other maintenance around here, brought in some wood and brushed snow off more. Still have to shovel around both ends of the woodpile, but that doesn't have to be done all at once. Oh, and have to bring in the 2 bags of kindling which is the real reason I brought the car down. Gotta do that right now. Cleared out the front seat for Tom. Now have to get the stuff I'm taking him into some kind of bag. I should have brought the overnighter he has home with me yesterday.

Meanwhile, I talked to MY doctor this morning. I'm way behind schedule as far as my yearly exam, etc. but she understands completely and just refilled all my prescriptions for another 3 months while things sort out. Including the clonazapam which is really helping me cope with all of this. Just knowing it's there reduces the anxiety level.

Gotta go. I'll say hi to Tom for everybody.

Linn