Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Recovery Day #9!

I already described in the previous post what my night was like; I woke/got up at 5:15.

I changed my AD and Teresa and I discussed other options rather than changing diapers 4-5 times a day. Most of them involved some sort of hose connection. 😊

After breakfast I took a nap from 8-9.

About 10am I went to change my AD and Teresa told me I also needed a shower because I smell like urine. I went in to take my first real shower since June 28^th and I had just put shampoo in my hair when the hot water went out. Talk about bad timing. I splashed cold (and I mean mountain cold) water on my hair to rinse it, dried myself then put on a new AD followed by my warm pajamas. Teresa informed me the hot water is working in the kitchen. She then turned on the shower again and the water was hot. I listened to her tell me that I don’t know how to work the shower (after living here for over 2 years) when finally the hot water stopped and I had her put her hand in to prove it to her. I got the new package of 2 D-batteries I’ve been saving for exactly this occasion and struggled a bit to get one of the old ones out before easily putting in the new ones. I guess I’ll be trying the shower idea tomorrow.

When changing one of my ADs I found I’ve regained at least minimal voluntary urinary control.

Juan Carlos sent me information to register for the Flower Fare chess tournament in August. It appears I can pay into a Bancolombia account and Whatsapp the league the receipt with my name and entry category. He thinks they will limit the entrants, so I need to move fast.

I’m missing another beautiful sunny day with a high of 82-degrees.

I had a 75-minute nap in the afternoon.

While Teresa went down to the porteria to collect the finca rent I walked around the apt then had a BM. At least I know that part of my system is working.

When she returned she told me the couple at the finca are very interested in purchasing it. She said something like 50 million pesos every 6 months until 300 million pesos are paid off. Her plan is to buy an apt and rent it out for extra income.

Just before 6pm Esmeralda took Teresa for pizza and she’s going to bring back a slice for me.

I was thinking of making a quick trip to the mall tomorrow but according to my calendar it’s the day of the month they do maintenance on the elevator and I certainly don’t want to have to walk up 4 flights of stairs. I’ll be further along Friday anyway.

While Teresa was gone, I watched Orbiter 9 (5.9) on Netflix.

She returned at 7:30 with my usual slice of vegetable pizza.

I was starting to have some indigestion when I went to bed at 10:30.

 

The New York Times’ 7-day average of new daily infections and deaths has the US with 11,797 ð 12,914 ð 15,259 new cases and 193 ð 249 ð 182 new deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of yesterday Colombia has a total of 4,375,861 ð 4,402,582 ð 4,426,811 new cases with 109,466 ð 110,019 ð 110,578 deaths.  Medellin has 361,507 ð 362,830 ð 364,205 cases, an increase of 1,375 cases from July 6^th to 7^th. Envigado has a total of 27,510 cases, an increase of 52 from July 6^th to 7^th.

T-shirt of the day

Too handsome.