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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015
COMMENTARY
The 12 days of post-op, my true love asked of me ...
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and I’d catch him hobbling
fter many years of
around. To further complicate
marriage, sometimes
matters, we have a split-level
you don’t recognize
house, which isn’t very condu-
all the things your spouse
cive to someone who is non-
does in contributing to
weight bearing with a surgical-
the management of the
ly repaired foot.
household.
A couple of times, I swear
Well, I got a recent remind- Tammy
er as John was laid up after Malgesini John’s dog, Lucifer, knew his
papa shouldn’t be puttering
having foot surgery. Overall, INSIDE MY
SHOES
around and would trot upstairs
he was a good patient, focus-
to get my attention.
ing on his recovery and stay-
I had to start anticipating what
ing down.
However, at times he’d feel bad things John might do before I got a
that he was asking me to do too much chance, like the night he told me we
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could get some from downstairs in
the morning — nope, too late. And
then there was the time the garbage
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forward, I took the garbage out when
it was three-quarters full.
One thing that posed a slight prob-
lem is that I’m not a morning person
and John is. I like to wake up and
melt into the morning. As soon as
John would hear me stirring, he’d call
out for assistance — usually with his
morning cup of coffee.
Also, neither of us are big break-
fast eaters. However, because John
doesn’t do well with pain medica-
tion, I became a short-order breakfast
cook. This enabled him to take his
medication, which was a good thing
because I don’t really like cleaning
up barf.
Prior to this past month, I can’t
remember the last time I made a cup
of coffee for John. Also, I did more
dishes in November than in the entire
year and the multiple trips to Wal-
Mart have resulted in Post Traumatic
Shopping Disorder.
To summarize the experience,
I’ve written this ditty (feel free to
sing it to the tune of “The 12 Days of
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On the long days of post-op, my
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12 Loads of dishes; 11 Leftover
foods; 10 Check the mailbox; 9 Jugs
of water; 8 Library books ; 7 Trips to
Wal-Mart; 6 Scoop the dog poop; 5
Take-out meals; 4 Bags of ice; 3 Pan-
cakes; 2 Vicodins;
And a big cup of black coffee.
Tammy Malgesini is the communi-
ty editor. Contact her at tmalgesini@
eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4539.
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