September 5, 2014

Her hips were no longer her own, instead replaced  for the third time, with the latest and greatest alloy that would last her entire life.  Now.  At eighty four, it was guaranteed she wouldn’t need another surgery.  At eighty four, most of her parts were enhanced with technology, or sagging, or ached.  She looked over…

September 1, 2014

  My husband of twenty six years brought our children in to my hospital room, beaming proudly and making my heart swell and my anxiety ease. “Whaddya think, doc?” He asked a little too loudly, intoxicated on the moment.  We were too old to be parents of the newborn twins who slept in the basinet…