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packleader said:
@MarkD Your beloved Freesia flowers (left picture) are indeed wonderful, but have you ever smelled Orange Tree blossoms (right picture,) Star Jasmine, or Magnolia Tree flowers? Their scent also knocks you over. The Orange Tree picture shows tiny oranges growing at the base of the flower.

At age 90, I shouldn’t try to kill myself anymore but leave more difficult jobs to my son-in-law. Cutting a fallen tree with an 18” battery operated chain saw, I slipped and hurt myself. The shiny reflection in the last picture is Neosporin antibiotic I just placed on the wound. Also the lose skin makes the wound looking much worse.

My older daughter was sick in bed, my wife was shopping, and by the time my younger daughter arrived, I was already on my way to the Kaiser Hospital Urgent Care facility.

In hindsight, I was plain silly; but all the blood next to my eye had scared me. If you take away the lose skin, then it’s really no big deal.

The emergency physician checked thoroughly whether I am still fully by my senses, and then sent me for a CT-Scan to check for bone fractures. I had a $200 co-pay and had to wait for over one hour for the results that were negative.

An LVN cleaned my wound and placed a huge bandage over the wound, while the MD prescribed Keflex antibiotic. Because this medication will damage my gut biome, and because the wound is only superficial skin damage, I won’t take the medication.

My reaction to the accident was only an initial panic, while my family is still much more worried than I am. May God bless them.

God loves you, and so do I.

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Oh, now my puppy climbs up on me and wants to clean my wound with his tongue. Permission not granted.
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One of the most amazing things I ever smelled were the flowers on some kind of lemon tree while visiting a new garden. Before I even came across the front garden to the path leading around the house and back to the backyard I was drawn to it, and I have a weak nose. So I can imagine an orange tree's flower could be amazing too. The other favorite smell were the flowers of an exotic palm tree. Never knew they could even compete.

You are a lucky man to have many able loved ones eager to help you. But I agree with you about stepping away from ladders and heavy lifting, better too soon than too late.
 
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Hiya, Peeps! Hope you're having a good Thursday, February 19th.
Raining again. Not whining, merely reporting. Dry weather and highs in the 70s are expected by Sunday and should continue through the following ten days.

No errands to be done today - I took care of those yesterday during our day between storms. They took a bit longer than expected so I didn't get around to some of the household chores I'd intended to do so they were put off until today. I'm midway through already and it's just barely past noon.

See you later, alligators!
 
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