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After a very enjoyable two-week stay with Daniela, Jeremy, and our extremely beautiful and talented grandchildren, we returned to the Land this Sunday (landing Monday).
Upon landing after the 10+ hour flight, we drove directly to Tsefat (where my nephew Chaim and his burgeoning family live) in order to retrieve my mom. We’d left her in their care for safe-keeping while we were out doing that dandling thing.
It was raining and cold in Tsefat when we picked Mom up, so we didn’t stick around… we immediately got in the car and headed home. All in all, about a 5 hour detour. Total travel time, somewhere around 24 hours.
We were happy to finally have made it back home, but Mom had come down with a bad cold while in Tsefat; Esther thought I should take her to the “Urgent Care” facility, but since I also had a doctor appointment the next day, I thought we could just take her to the regular clinic then. And so we did.
For my sins, my doctor told me I have a torn meniscus — which is why I’ve been walking like Quasimodo. Eventually it will get better, presumably.
As for Mom: the doctor thought she was “borderline” and called in another doctor, who took one look and said Mom should go to the “Emergency Room”. And so they gave us a referral to the ER and I took Mom to the nearby hospital to get checked-out.
It’s a major urban hospital, serving Jerusalem and all the surrounding towns and villages; so there are always a lot of people there. The staff need to know Arabic and English as well as Hebrew; it’s a pretty cosmopolitan place. About two-thirds of the patients are Israeli Arabs, the remainder being Israeli Jews with a handful of medical-tourists (yes, that’s a thing). I’m thinking that if I want to get serious about learning Arabic, I should get a job at the hospital.
In any event, they diagnosed Mom with double-pneumonia and admitted her to the hospital, where she remains at the moment. According to the internal medicine doctor who’s treating her, she’ll be there at least until Sunday, because they need to see how she responds to the antibiotics and other assorted treatments.
Mom’s not too pleased by all this, but accepts it with somewhat less than good grace. Those of you who have her phone number or WhatsApp can contact her (just remember to do so during normal waking hours in Israel).
I know I said I would give my thoughts about America this time, but it’s been a very stressful week and I haven’t really gotten back into the normal rhythm; so you’ll have to pardon me my transgressions, for the moment.
The weather has been very cold and wet; however, it’s now cold and dry, and supposed to stay cold or cool but warm up a bit while staying dry for the next few days (returning to cold and wet, thereafter).
This shabbat Esther and I will be on our own while Mom stays in the hospital. We’ll bring her some of: homemade ḥalla, chicken soup, baked chicken (just wings for Mom!), potato kugel, various salatim, and some kind of dessert.
Until next time,
shabbat shalom!
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