"The patient dies while the physician sleeps" (Shakespeare)

.....I'm feeling a bit better today & in a better mood; we had visitors.  My sister, Betty, my brother-in-law, Mickey, and my nephew, "Z" (for Zaldor nee Jeffrey).  Z was of great help in clearing out all my record albums...and there were a lot of them.  He will probably try to sell them at a record store.  His work was part of a general overhaul of our apartment.  Although the music was once a great part of my life, it's been a very long time since I played them--since we played them, so why clutter up the house?  Z also hung a picture over our bed which I had knocked down in my sleep.  Of course it fell on Rhoda and me, but it did no damage--although it is large, it is very light.  My sister also brought me a couple of black and white cookies which I shall devour tonight before I go to bed. Tomorrow, I again go through the oxygen treatment.  I still don't know if it will do any good.

..... The wound care nurse came today in order to dress my wounds (I've three of them).  However, before she did that chore, she had me lie down in bed so that she could check out my groin in order to see why there was pain there.  However, unexpectedly, she pulled down my shorts and my underwear and got a first row orchestra seat of all that I hold dear.  This action made me speechless, a rare condition for the Baron.  After feeling around my groin, and elsewhere, she found nothing to indicate why I have pain there.  Finally, she bandaged my wounds and when she left, I took my walker and Rhoda and I went out to Applebees for dinner.  Tomorrow afternoon, we are making an appointment to see our primary care doctor.  Perhaps he'll be able to find the source of the pain I am having.

.....On the 24th of this month Rho is going up to New York to see Ilana graduating from high school.  I had bought two tickets awhile ago, but I will not be able to join her.  Right now Rhoda is down to a frazzle, what with her having to take care of me and my needs, and the rest of her life that is free.  Right now she has no life of her own.  While she is in New York, she wants to have someone stay with me.  I also have an alarm button which I wear around my neck in case I fall or something while she's away.  And if I press the button, the medics will show up.  All of these things are costly, and since I'm your dad, and I am in need, and since you cannot come to help, some financial assistance will be welcomed.