This is NOT a plea for sympathy, but simply a report on what just happened a few hours ago: my wife of 64 years and 10 months died in her sleep at a rehab facility. She had just had an operation to have 3 kidney stones removed, and the surgeon reported that she did well during the operation, though she was 87 years old.
The operation was a "simple" one and no complications were expected; however, she did not survive. This was not an elective surgery--those stones had to come out right away. We had expected for her to come home after the operation, but the medical people said that she was too weak and needed more time for rehab. Who am I to argue with the professionals?
She had been in and out of hospitals for three months with only five days at home during that time. Because of the COVID-19 scare, I was not allowed to visit her during that whole time, but we did talk on the telephone.
Anyway, the point of this somewhat rambling post is to say that I have pretty well lost interest in writing, and I don't know how much longer that will last. I hope to start writing again sometime in the near future, but I have no idea when that will be.
I will say that you guys on SOL are some of the nicest people around, and I have really enjoyed writing stories that some of you have liked. Goodbye for now.