Daily Update, September 25, 2023

    Well, I am feeling better. The gastrointestinal trouble seems to be gone. I've found my appetite again, and mostly gotten some cramps to calm down. My stamina isn't back, but I did get my walking exercises and my head exercises done, with a few extra of each, and some regular walking when I went out, too. The nurses and the nursing company still don't want me near Mom more than strictly necessary. It's frustrating not be able to read to her when I feel up to it, but I'd rather be overly cautious than give this to her. {Smile}

   I called cardiology after breakfast. It took a few tries to get them, but I eventually confirmed that an appointment I wasn't sure hadn't been rescheduled was indeed on for that day. So, I contacted Uber and went to my cardiology appointment after lunch. The driver was a new woman. We didn't talk much on the way over. I saw their nurse-doctor who convinced me into trying a diuretic on an as-needed basis. I got the same driver to take me home, and we talked a little on the way this time. {Smile}

   I read articles and comics in the morning and over lunch. Then I read some more after coming back from my appointment, until I felt going into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found Perogies and Kitten. We teamed up on the low-level characters the three of us are working on together and finished the arc that Perogies and I had started the other day. Then they tried to level my character, since that alone hadn't caught me up, since Kitten and Perogies had both gotten to the level needed to start the next arc in these characters' main advancement. Perogies left when he got tired, and Kitten kept working until I caught up in level. {Smile}

Then we went to a bar in a "pocket universe," and Kitten snuck me out of the bar to take a tour of features usually only seen through the windows if at all. It took a few tries because I kept falling and getting teleported back inside, but eventually we got it worked out. We had a fine tour - a long one where we took pics for Perogies while I ate dinner, since I'm not eating with Mom yet. After that, we watched a My Little Pony episode together. Then we toured a badge I didn't have and needed. Next, we ran a mission we both needed. After that, we switched characters, and started a story arc my other low-level character I've been working on. After one mission, I broke to take care of Val, and took so long, Kitten had gone quiet when I got back. They later said they'd fallen asleep. So, I did some paperwork, and what exercises I managed to do. Then I read some articles, wrote this up, and chatted with Perogies when they came back on. {Smile}