After several days of relapse, I improved suddenly and had almost normal energy today. Three days ago, I biked and stopped off to see my sister, Tula. She had just fallen and her husband and I were trying to help her. She kept moving to ease the pain and that was a mistake because she had broken her femur.

She had surgery this morning and a titanium wire was inserted. She is now in intensive care because of a heart condition and is on morphine because after years of being on medication for post shingles pain, she is immune to most pain killers. She will go into rehab for several weeks. I haven’t seen her yet but Don is there all the time.
I am really worried about her. She is always in pain and now this.

Ed is still doing a lot of running around handling the estate of his late client … But he will make time to take me to the hospital. He waits in the car in the parking lot because he doesn’t want to see Don. Alienation takes its toll. Am I allowed to say this situation is draining?

Xx, Teal