Ten Cats by Graham Harrop for June 28, 2014

Good morning all of you wonderful people. I feel that I have made new friends also. I have good and bad news this morning. The bad news is I got in trouble at the ICU department last night. When I was showing Linda the pictures here and at Citizen Dog with all the artwork and good wishes, Linda started bawling her eyes out and of course her blood pressure went up and started an alarm and a nurse and Intern came in and told me I could not bring her laptop in with me again. They confiscated it until I was ready to leave, then let me pick it up at the desk. Linda said not to mind them, that they were healing tears, and she planned to do all she could to get out of ICU and into a room that has fewer restrictions. The good news is, I KNOW she is getting better, because she called what they call coffee, pig swill and had me go down to the Starbucks in the cafeteria and get her a real coffee. Nothing fancy, just black, no sugar. Now thats the Linda I know! I bet by Monday she will be in a regular room and can keep her laptop with her!She and I have a history of helping each other through difficult times, and we also have a history of making some good times happen after those difficult ones. The deaths of our respective husbands meant a trip to Hawaii, the loss of precious pets meant working with the local rescue league and fostering other animals that needed homes, the death of my son in Afghanistan meant an Alaskan cruise, the death of her grandson meant a trip to Texas to visit her family, and eat some of the best food ever prepared by human hands. If I was a southerner, I would weigh 400 lbs! There are many more instances, but you get the picture I am sure. Speaking of pictures, heres Lindas for the day. Have a terrific weekend everyone.