Catching Up & On the Mend

Just a quick note to bring everyone up to speed on my health situation. I was released from Saint Francis Hospital yesterday afternoon after a weeklong stay. The doctors are carefully optimistic about my recovery and I am pain free (thank God for the morphine they gave me during my stay). Although I am still very weak, words cannot express enough how happy I am to be back home and be able to sleep a solid eight hours without blood being drawn or vitals being taken. The road to a full recovery and getting back to full strength will take several weeks and I am not trying to rush back into work. I want to express my heartfelt thanks for all the emails of encouragement, phone calls, blog comments, and visitors who made the stay in the hospital bearable. Without your support and prayers I am sure I would still be bed ridden.

A lot has happened in the past week that I have missed commenting on including the rehire of Ron Palmer as Tulsa Police Chief, the wrongheaded Arkansas River Tax, the anniversary of 9/11, and the armed forces testimony on Iraq. All of these hot topic issues I will be commenting on in the coming days. For right now I am spending time with my partner and family and not pushing myself too much.

I do want to say wow and thank you to my fellow bloggers for two years in a row being nominated for best commentary in the state. To be thought of in such high regard by my peers is both exciting and very humbling at the same time. I look forward to meeting many of you at the Okie Blog Awards ceremony at the end of the month in Tulsa. Stay tuned for my take on several hot topic issues many of which may surprise my readership.

Comments

[Nate]

Good to hear you're on the mend, and I TOTALLY voted for ya in the Okie Blog Awards!

Get better. Looking forward to more commentary.

[T Town Tommy]

Thanks Nate!

[CGHill]

This is no time to push yourself. I've screwed up a couple of recoveries myself trying to come back too quickly.

Take it easy.

[Kellyology]

I'm a little behind on my reading, but here's a belated "I'm glad you're feeling better" comment. Cheers!