<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">From Gay:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Joe was able
to write another note.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He’s
feeling much better.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">From Joe: What a difference a tube makes, the songwriter said,
at least if it’s stuck down your nose into your stomach. They pulled it
out this morning, a procedure that ‘s short but has aspects of tooth extraction
and tonsillectomy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">Not able to go straight from that improvement to eating and
drinking, unfortunately. First my bowels have to “wake up,” an
interesting figure of speech. Meanwhile I lounge here in relative
comfort, just a little bloated and addled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">The abdomen, alas, is a kind of Sleeping Giant. Ugly as hell,
asymmetrical, scarred and bruised even though the surgery was
laparoscopic. Stuck here until it decides to deflate, which the doctor
says will happen with great drama. In the middle of the weekend, of
course, when all the MD’s are out with their big-game fishing and Parcheesi
tournaments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">My culinary universe is defined by the gum sister-in-law Barbara
brought me – I had no idea that the stuff came in so many flavors. They
are sugar-free “Dessert Delights,” in flavors like Strawberry Shortcake, Mint
Chocolate Chip, and (my fave) Key Lime Pie. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">I’m not unhappy, with teevee and nurses and all, but I really miss
Wi-Fi. I’m so used to having it that I feel almost like one of my senses
is missing. The nose of the Posthuman camel has been withdrawn from the
back of the tent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">If you see anyone I know, tell them I wish they were here instead of
me . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">Joe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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