2024
The past year has brought an unusually high level of challenges for Barbara and me, including the long-term illness of my sister and her passing, in late February. For me, my history of good health ran into a few exceptions during the first four months of the year, including two bouts with sciatica, one bout of COVID, and in late March, my first episode of A-Fib, which sent me to the ER and an overnight at St. Joseph, for observation. Now, with the benefit of a beta-blocker and blood thinner, I am doing fine and have returned my weekly tennis game without incident.
On the more positive side, Barb and I were finally able to take an ocean cruise that had been twice squelched by the pandemic and enjoyed cruising from San Juan, through three island stops in the Caribbean, enroute to Brazil and more than a thousand miles up the Amazon River. Wonderful!