The GOOD news – Marilyn’s home and begins her post-op recovery. The BAD news – Owen and I had to go head to head with hospital staffers who moved Marilyn from her former room at 2am WITHOUT notifying us. She went… Read More ›
Marilyn update
MOVING ALONG
Medical Update: Marilyn Today Garry talked to Marilyn and reported, “They ran that micro cam exam of her heart. They have confirmed the deteriorating heart valve needs to be repaired or replaced. Now, it’s a matter of when.” Marilyn prefers… Read More ›
ANOTHER SUNRISE
While Marilyn is resting up, she reports that at least the view is good. Marilyn calls this “Dawn from the heart failure unit.” I guess if you have to be there, you ought to at least have something good to… Read More ›
UPDATE: MARILYN – SATURDAY PM
FLASHBACK FRIDAY On Saturday – Originally written on March 19, 2014 by Garry Armstrong. Update by Marilyn. Not all flashbacks are fun to read or remember. Eight years ago, I was in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital trying to stay alive…. Read More ›
HEIGHT OF TOILET SEATS AND OTHER EPIPHANIES
I’m writing for Marilyn today. Not ghosting just writing what she’s thinking. It’ll be awhile before Marilyn can actually do what she does best. Write wonderful blogs that touch many hearts and lives. It’s the beginning of her third full… Read More ›
MARILYN’S BACK HOME-DOG DAY TUESDAY
The long national nightmare is over for our four furry children. Mom’s back!! During Marilyn’s nearly two week stay at Beth Israel Hospital for heart surgeries, the dogs almost seemed to be grieving. They were quiet. They had to be… Read More ›
THE LAST UPDATE? MONDAY: MARILYN COMES HOME
‘You came back! Why? A woman like you!! To a place like this?? Why?” Those of you who don’t know that line should be ashamed. It’s a riff on Eli Wallach’s demise as the bandit chief in “The Magnificent Seven”…. Read More ›
UPDATE-MARILYN: 8 MEATBALLS SUNDAY
The title of today’s blog should be a hint. I’ll get to it in a minute. Marilyn asked me to bring her clothing, her lap top and myself — in that order. Oh, yes, make sure there’s clean underwear in… Read More ›
UPDATE: MARILYN-A QUIET SATURDAY
Time flies when you’re having fun. Let’s attribute that line to Marilyn who’s now almost a week and a half into her stay at Beth Israel Hospital’s Cardiac Care Unit. The fun includes a bypass, valve replacement, pacemaker implant and… Read More ›
Combing the Archives
Some updates from a pinch-hitter, by Rich Paschall While Marilyn is “out of office,” I have the opportunity to go back through the archives to repost some of Marilyn’s earliest works here on Serendipity. Like the name of the blog… Read More ›
UPDATE: MARILYN – AN **UNBELIEVABLE** FRIDAY!!
“I’m coming home home tomorrow,” Marilyn chirped as we arrived to visit her today at Beth Israel’s Cardiac Care Unit. Cherrie Welburn and I looked at each other, our winter pale brown skin seemingly turning white in the flash of… Read More ›
UPDATE: MARILYN – PT THURSDAY
Today was Marilyn’s 8th day at Beth Israel’s Cardiac Care Unit in Boston. It was also her most active since undergoing 5 surgeries including a bypass, valve replacement, pacemaker implant and inflation of collapsed lungs. Cherrie Welburn and I arrived… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 