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Heart rocks and poem copies for caregivers packed, I travel south with Glen and our small pooch Mackie for Brigham and Women’s in Boston. Today involves pre-op and COVID testing and a meeting with Dr. Kaneko. We will meet our daughter Katie at the pet friendly Residence Inn a twelve minute walk from the hospital.Continue reading “Traveling South, Bearing Gifts”

We collected heart rocks all up and down the Maine coast the summer of 2020. Knowing I was soon facing a mitral valve repair, it seemed the thing to do. By the end of the summer we had quite a collection and I decided to gift them along with a poem I wrote to theContinue reading “Getting my heart rocks ready to roll”

Today is a day of overwhelming gratitude for me. First, despite my heart valve issue, I am a happy person and am in relatively good shape. That is a photo of me above living the good life on Skye. Until quite recently I worked out twice weekly and walked and hiked extensively. I still walkContinue reading “Last day at home in Maine, getting ready to head to Boston”