Good morning. Planning Plan B.
By marguicha
@marguicha (225020)
Chile
December 22, 2024 10:23am CST
Good morning, friends.
Today, while starting to mylot, I discovered that Christmas Eve is in 2 more days. And that I´m not healthy yet.
So I decided to call Dixie and propose a Plan B for Christmas that would suit us all.
I want to stay at home. In my home, in my bed and, should I need it, near the best bathroom of the house.
If I stay here, there´s my bed at their house should they need it for the people from Australia. Or for the small fry that are also going.
I´ll go on taking chicken broth and plenty of water. And if I want to go to sleep early, I will.
Dixie accepted after underlining that she accepted it only for my sake. Humberto agreed. He had pneumonia some years ago and it is not an easy thing.
And so that Dixie understood it perfectly well, I told her that when I got well we could ask Humberto to take us out for lunch or dinner to those good restaurants we know about.
So, friends, I´m going to stay home for Christmas. I won´t be sad. I´ll be relaxed.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
22 Dec
Today, while I was talking to Dixie, Humberto got in the middle of the conversation and told me that pneumonia was no small deal.
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@MarieCoyle (40983)
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23 Dec
@marguicha
He is right. Take good care of yourself, Marga.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
@MarieCoyle I talked with Dixie today and she told me that lungs and bronchii took months to mend from pneumonia.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
22 Dec
Thank you, Anna. I´m not much for holidays now. I´ll survive. But I DO want to survive my back pain.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
@LadyDuck I should have sold this house before. This is not the best moment to sell here.
After this stay at the hospital I´m thinking about renting a smaller place instead of buying. If I sell my house, I´ll have money to live until I die and then some.
After this stay at the hospital I´m thinking about renting a smaller place instead of buying. If I sell my house, I´ll have money to live until I die and then some.1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (472492)
• Switzerland
23 Dec
@marguicha I am really sorry. For other reasons, I am also not much for holidays this year. My husband memory is getting so bad, we are selling the house to move in a smaller place, it's a lot of work to do without help.
I am really sorry. For other reasons, I am also not much for holidays this year. My husband memory is getting so bad, we are selling the house to move in a smaller place, it's a lot of work to do without help.1 person likes this
@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Dec
I'm glad they saw it for what it was. Your comfort and ease. Good for all of you. Happy holidays.
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@MarieCoyle (40983)
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22 Dec
That’s the smartest course to take. I have lost track of how many times I have had pneumonia, but I know it’s so exhausting and really requires a lot of time and rest. Staying home in your own bed is smart. You can go to Dixie’s when you feel better. 
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
I go to Dixie´s a lot as you know. Now I must take care of my bronchii.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
@MarieCoyle Dixie told me today that after pneumonia you had to check your lungs, chest and the like for months.
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@MarieCoyle (40983)
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23 Dec
@marguicha
Right now, that needs to be the only thing you do. Take care of yourself!!
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@Beestring (14924)
• Hong Kong
22 Dec
That's a good decision. Just stay home and relax. Get well soon.
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@GardenGerty (162238)
• United States
22 Dec
Relaxed and comfortable are both very good things.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
I know. I remember that when Humberto had pneumonia, it took him some time to get completly rid of it. And he was not my age.
@kareng (68240)
• United States
23 Dec
@marguicha 
I am sure they will all be over to visit you as soon as they can!
I am sure they will all be over to visit you as soon as they can!1 person likes this
@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
24 Dec
@kareng They did come as soon as I was home from the hospital.
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@FourWalls (71502)
• United States
22 Dec
It stinks to be sick at the holidays, doesn’t it. You had 364 other days to be sick, but NO, it shows up at the wrong time!
I think you’re absolutely correct to plan things based on your health needs. Pneumonia is nothing to mess with. And I’m praying that you get well quickly!
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
22 Dec
Humberto told me that about pneumonia. But I´m not terribly keen about Christmas. My last real Christmas was 25 years ago, when my grandson Tomás had cancer. That last Christmas for a 7 year old boy is called in my mind "Tomás Christmas".
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I understand what you’re saying. @marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
@FourWalls I am quite happy to be alone. It would have been very stressful to talk to other people and feel guilty for not helping more. I was going to make hummus and other appetizers but I cannot cook now. I can only boil potatoes and make chicken broth. Which is what I want to eat anyway.
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@wolfgirl569 (111792)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Dec
Glad you both came to an agreement. Rest is important
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
I have some cookie tins to wrap and I don´t feel I want to do it yet.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
@wolfgirl569 Anita will have her own Christmas at her home. And I won´t be seeing them either to give them anything. I´ll be alone. And to make it easier, I´m waiting for a package of baby back ribs to eat on Christmas eve.
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@wolfgirl569 (111792)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Dec
@marguicha If Anita is coming maybe she could help. If not just give them in the tins.
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@RasmaSandra (82565)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Dec
That is just what I have done for years now Christmas at home. Tomorrow night Christmas Eve I spend with Scrooge the musical and so goes my Christmas with other movies,
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
23 Dec
I agree. I have books to read and I have the big TV in front of my bed. And I have no wishes to eat holiday food.
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@LindaOHio (183918)
• United States
23 Dec
I'm glad you will be getting rest in your own home. Try and have a good week.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
24 Dec
I first thought of helping Dixie, but then I discovered that I´m not much of a help now.
