Mr. Cranky's still in the hospital

He's breathing a little better, but only when he's horizontal. When he gets up, he's got problems. I suspect part of it is the massive hernia he has left over from his aneurysm surgery almost a year ago. With his intestines slipping down, he has no support under his diaphagm, which can't help his breathing. Since his intestines aren't strangled, they won't fix the hernia--it isn't a life-threatening condition. Maybe his pulmonologist can connect it to his breathing difficulty so that it can be upgraded to necessary. We can pray they'll find justification for the surgical repair. Don't know when I'll get him back. In the meantime, the dogs miss him and I have to feed the fish and all the birds. At least I'm not scrubbing down the computer desk before I can use it, mopping up coffee trails across the kitchen floor, or picking food out of the keyboard. P.S. Cheap way to protect your keyboard--Get a roll of plastic wrap and cover the keyboard. When the plastic wrap gets dirty or torn, throw it out and put on a new sheet. One inexpensive roll will last for months.