Election Day 2020

We've had a lot of drama leading up to election day 2020, not even considering that we are still experiencing a pandemic.

On October 19 Dan had Mohs surgery to remove a fairly large skin cancer on his neck/shoulder area. They put internal stitches in, as well as dissolvable external stitches. 

A week later, on October 26, he went to the hospital for a hernia repair in the stomach area. Neither of us anticipated how difficult the recovery would be! The first three or four days, post surgery, he was in a LOT of pain, and was not eating anything but Jello. He gradually added canned peaches and applesauce. Now he's eating a more normal diet.

His pain level is low now, but motions, such as sitting down, lying down and standing up are still difficult; reaching and bending are pretty much out of the question; and coughing and laughing cause spasms of pain.  He won't be able to lift more than 10 pounds for six weeks. He's finally feeling pretty good during the daytime, but sleeping is still a big problem. 

A couple days ago we became concerned about the incision area of the skin surgery. It wasn't healing, and looked like it was possibly becoming infected. We could also see that the dissolvable stitches had not dissolved. Yesterday he sent a photo of the incision to the doctor, and the doctor asked him to come in. Sure enough, the stitches had not dissolved and were causing irritation, possibly an allergic reaction, and possibly an infection. The nurse removed those stitches and gave him a prescription for an antibiotic. Already today it is looking much better

And that brings us to today - election day 2020, maybe the most important presidential election in our lifetime. I drove us to the poling place after breakfast this morning. We were prepared to ask for curbside voting, which is provided in Texas. But when we got there, the line was not bad at all, so we donned our COVID face masks and stood in line. It didn't take long, and I was proud of Dan for enduring it. I cast my vote for President Donald J Trump, and will be staying up tonight, anxiously watching the election returns on TV.

Note Dan's COVID hair. He still hasn't been able to get a haircut.