Archive for August, 2009

Oiling Up the Gears that Push the Razor Blade Walls »

another hospital, another waiting room
sardine-stuffed with weary families
red-eyed and brimmed with soured coffee
numb to the bells and whistles
the shabby symphony of life, death, and the in-between
immune to the stale air and its grim bouquet of disinfectant
 
how often have I shared this road
with the nerve-worn nameless
the miserable few?
how much life have I spent
held fast in the [...]

Heart Problems, Hospitals and Hell, Oh My! »

So, it turns out my younger brother has Congestive Heart Failure. Yeah. He’s currently in the CICU at a local hospital. He’s on the mend, but he has a lifetime of medication to look forward to as well as a new low sodium (yuck!) diet.
This is the sort of thing life throws at you when [...]