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\nMatthew’s reward for his years of dutifully accompanying us to art exhibits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Days after Diane\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hawk sighting she fell ill (is that better than she got sick?). Real ill\/sick. Two eye infections and bronchitis that raised her core to about 103. She continued working until long after raspy whispers replaced her voice.<\/p>\n
I accompanied her to her doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appointment at Acton Medical, which was the day before our scheduled flight to visit my folks in Evansville. The waiting room is square with a partioned glassed-in receptionist area, multiple chairs, and doors leading in, out, and into various doctors\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 offices. We sat in the waiting room, Diane slumped, coughing quietly, peering through rheumy eyes – less than an infected shadow of her former self. Finally, the nurse opened the door behind us and called, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Diane.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I put down my magazine as Diane, as if the voice were St. Peter calling her home, looked up at the ceiling and squeaked, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
This a clear and only semi-humorous memory, and it returns in technicolor because we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re about to embark on this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trip to my hometown. In the office, she asked her doctor about flying to Indiana. He said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I can get you there, but I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to sit next to you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He should have said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to be you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d An excruciating plane ride preceded four days in bed at the Marriot.<\/p>\n
\nMatthew’s reward for his years of dutifully accompanying us to art exhibits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Days after Diane\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hawk sighting she fell ill (is that better than she got sick?). Real ill\/sick. Two eye infections and bronchitis that raised her core to about 103. She continued working until long after raspy whispers replaced her voice. … Continue reading