Thank You For Your Care, and For Your Deep Respect by Not 'Phoning me.

 I could not have handled  lots of 'phone calls.   You respected me!

That's why I asked the wonderful Dr. Raz Peress to give me a written  medical synopsis of Zion's condition. In that way you were able to read what he told me.  Dearest Zizi was in bad shape.

Of course I miss him. Miss him painfully.  As I returned home from a shopping trip this morning I talked to myself at the front door saying "but he is not here".  I cannot wish him back to life.  I will in time let his memories be a blessing.

I once wrote a silly poem to the effect that I want to have a bowl of steaming mussels to be my last meal in life.  Of course I am currently off mussels due to my propensity to gout.  But I'd still like to have them at the end.   Tell me please -  there is no gout in the life of the world to come n'est pas!   




When Zion emerged from the mild anaesthesia he needed for the C.T.  scan the staff fed him with Vienna sausages. He was so hungry 'cause he refused his morning meal at home.  He gobbled them down Then he and I took a short outside walk in the balmy air. We returned and a staff member asked if he'd like a cheese-burger! 

He didn't get that, instead we opted for more sausages, Zion's last meal.

 

 

Oh what fun.  We played the game in which I dropped the food from about two feet above his nose for him to catch.   He succeeded in catching eight out of ten.    My dear boy brought me joy right up until the end.  There's a final memory to treasure!

Dr. Peress and I held him to the end.  It was a tender and gracious time.

I cried a lot on Friday  (good for me). I could hardly sleep on Friday night.  At 12:15 a.m.  I got up and cooked myself a memorial sausage.  My tears have mostly ended, but not my grief.    I am utterly restless.  

Thank you for your tender care, expressed in so many Face Book likes and messages.  It helps enormously.

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       Dr. Carly Ciocola, Internist supreme who ministered to Zion alongside Dr. Peress



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