August 13, 2022

I was just  reminded today that I AM ALREADY 87 AND WILL BE 88 IN November. Holy Moses.

I happily received visitors from Pretoria twice this month both of them couples that I married some years back. Nice to see that the glue is sticking.

   I  had a trip to the dentist to do something to kill the pain. He fixed a filling and now all is well.

I have been trying to monitor my meds but I am confused because one day they work fine and the next day I am up the whole night with spasms every 20 or 25 seconds until I fall asleep again. I don’t understand.

    On the 26^th of July we jubilarians celebrated different things…for me it was 26 yrs. as a priest. Where did the time go???

     I had signed up for a winter school on racism, but had to cancel because it was too complicated to get transport at the times for going and coming and also I don’t think I could sit still so long without having to have a pee and the toilet is faaaaar. Here at home I just use the portable urinal. I would never survive going out any more unless there is a toilet nearby. Ha, but don’t laugh. Your time is coming, but I hope not too soon.

     We are working on getting me into Albert Luthuli Hospital for a Baclofen pump operation. ALH is a government hospital so the govnt pays. We can’t afford a private hospital. Please pray that it works out.. It is kind of complicated but our home doctor’s classmate is in charge of the neurology dept. at ALH. And specializes in brain surgery and things related to neurology. Fingers and toes crossed wrapped in lots of prayers.The thing about a Baclofen pump  (]which is put just under your skin near the tummy) is that it pumps the meds straight up to the brain because it is injected into the spinal fluid with  a small pipe. I understand       that it stops the signal from getting out which is much better than trying to deal with the spasm  that is being buzzed by the signal. You know what I mean?

    We went to the traffic dept. to pay for the yearly car registration.. you get a small disc that the traffic cops look for to see it you are legally driving. We left here at 10:45 and were back at 11:15. Wow. lots of ubuntu.....treating people like human beings.

    I distributed lots of the money that you sent to help people and they send their sincere thanks. Food, rent, medicine, transport, repairs to the house after the devastating rains, school fees. Etc. We were untouched but just nearby it was terrible. Some lost everything and they didn’t have much to begin with.

    Well. That’s all for now. We continue to pray for each other.

Whoever said that getting old was not for sissies spoke a deep truth. Ha. But it has its ups too especially for grand;parents with their grandchildren. Lots of love as always.   Cas