Trousered Ape

An exercise in presumption.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

State of the Ape XVIII

It occurs to me (belatedly; everything occurs to me belatedly) that I have been remiss in not thanking all of you for your prayers. I should be doing that in every update, for it is because of you that I’m still around to post another one. So thank you all very much.

It was no doubt your prayers that got me through the latest episode of “Hey, Bob, Let’s See What Else Can Go Haywire!” The Friday before last (this would have been the 6th) I started feeling weak and feverish, and developed pains in my left side. They got worse and late Saturday, coming out of the bathroom, I collapsed. The Bride called 911 and I got whisked off to the ER, where a CAT scan revealed blood clots in my left lung, causing a pulmonary embolism, and a touch of pneumonia as well. Further scans revealed clots in my legs as well. Thanks be to God, none of it was really serious and I was allowed to go home on the Monday. Long-term I should be OK, but I’ll be on a blood thinner the rest of my life.

Not surprisingly, this has put a bit of a crimp in my writing. I’d finished a first draft of Zoe 8 and had just started Zoe 9 before I went in. I haven’t been up to much since then until yesterday, when I began some final tinkering on the former.

I would be especially grateful for prayers that I can keep on writing. There's so much still to do.

Posted by Bob the Ape 7:38 PM