i blame george
less than 24 hours until george w is on his way back to a retirement filled with brush clearing, so i’m taking this last chance to blame him for an troubling miscarriage of justice. in our previous visits to new…
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the creature walks
day 58 and i took my first unassisted steps since my accident. just 10 steps today. more tomorrow.
7.14%
day 50 update. yesterday i went to the fracture clinic for my 7 week check up. x-rays all looked good and per my 20 year old doctor i’m now allow to start gradually bearing weight and should be crutch free…
trust me, this is for your own good
significant progress since i’ve been back in wellington. last week i had an appointment at the fracture clinic to meet a local orthopedic and have my staples (33!) removed – and today i went to my first physio appointment. i’m…
1.800.win.win.1
after a lifetime of advertisements from the personal injury lawyers i was well into making my list of people & organizations that had done me wrong related to my injury – and who *owed* me.– the companies that made the…
ward room 17
i got out of surgery early friday morning and was taken up to join the other surgical patients in ward room 17. while the care i received was top notch, i have no doubt that anyone who is used to…
catching a break
this week is our first planned vacation since we arrived in new zealand and we decided to spend 2 days skiing on my rapaheau and then 2 days in the resort town of taupo. nice relaxing drive up on wednesday…
one year in
today marks the one year mark for me in new zealand. the highlights – public transport that works. a 3 block walk to my bus stop in island bay, a wait usually less than 10 minutes and i’m in the…
we find these truths to be self evident
that insurance companies are not really as interested in your well being as they claim in their marketing nz has national heathcare coverage for all but with all such plans sometimes you can’t get seen or treated when you would…
can a vet fix broken teeth?
no real surprise that jackie was quite eager to get up to quarantine to see gromit after his big adventure. added bonus is that is real is a spectacular drive. when we walk into gromit’s room just like yesterday he…