I called Mom to wish her a happy day.
She told me that Dad had his leg amputated. Almost two years now this shit has been lingering. Finally, he has a chance to mend and come home and get back to his life out of a frickin’ hospital bed…
Everyone is in good spirits about the whole thing, mostly for how long it has been drawn out for us all. Good thing, too, because I will be putting together a pirate outfit to take home with me on the next trip back to Ohio.
Let’s see: plunger, eye patch, fake parrot, frilly tri-cornered hat…
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