Monday, March 23, 2026
Day 5 as a guest of the VA
1933 The German Reichstag hastily passed the Enabling Act and President Paul von Hindenburg signed it the same day, granting Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers
2003 In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers and 18 U.S. Marines were killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom
2010 President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nicknamed 'Obamacare', expanding the availability and affordability of health care insurance
2025. U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says that the U.S. wants the "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program and that "all options are on the table"
Lights out and in bed around 8:30 and awakened for another round of "vitals" by Nurse Vina at 11:30. She had flushed my IV shortly before 8:30 so I escaped that early wake-up. After a pit stop, I returned to bed but couldn't sleep, and I was up and about, in a manner of speaking, at 12:10 a.m. The photo is the view from my bed, with the telemetry transmitter temporarily out of the pocket of my trou and on my table. Its other end is attached to 5 or 6 sensors adhered all around my chest monitoring my heart activity. I had some intestinal pain before I got out of bed, probably (I think) because of some constipation. Also, both of my feet are still semi-numb and tingly, as they were all day yesterday. I guess it's from poor blood circulation from everything that's been going on since last Thursday, the meds, lack of mobility and activity, etc. I'll inform the nurse on her next visit. Meanwhile, at 1 a.m., I'm tired but awake and wondering what to do next.😕. I'm cold and wearing a folded cotton blanket around my shoulders and arms, like a shawl, and another draped over my lap and legs. I look like an old guy holding on to life in Bosky Dells Home for Broken-down Old Guys, which I guess I just what I am.😡. My bladder has evidently been leaking and I've developed some "diaper rash," another old age indignity. I went back to bed at some point and was awakened twice (I think) for 'vitals' and then again at 5:10 to give me omeprazole and do my weigh-in. 207.8. This diaper rash situation is what? - miserable, nasty, unopleasant, what's the right word? I'll have to ask Geri to bring me a supply of underwear and Shields and a tube of Desitin. This is my 5th day here as an ER/inpatient and, other than my 12 hours in the ER, this is the only day I'm which I'm beginning to feel miserable, not from pain or discernable sickness, but from being confined and semi-bedridden. Will I be discharged today? What's going on with my feet? This pred-dawn kvetch continues with being cold. I'm in the chair, wrapped up like a mummy. I downloaded a thermometer app to my phone and it tells me the temperature in this room is 60.8℉. Yikes.😰
Facebook post this morning:
Today is an historic day. In 2003 In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers and 18 U.S. Marines were killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nicknamed 'Obamacare', expanding the availability and affordability of health care insurance. And one year ago, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said that the U.S. wants the "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program and that "all options are on the table". The anniversary I'm most focused on today, however, is from 1933, when the German Reichstag hastily passed the Enabling Act and President Paul von Hindenburg signed it the same day, granting Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers. It took Hitler only 53 days from the time he took office to become a legal dictator, for Germany to morph from Weimar Republic to dictatorship, all done legally. Hmm . . .
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