Dragon's Hobbies

I'm home again, after another extended holiday stay at my favorite hotel... I mean... Hospital. Just a few days prior to Halloween, on October 28th, I went in to have surgery - a colostomy reversal. The doctor had said that I'd probably be 2 or 3 days in recovery. That turned out to be on the optimistic side. While I heard stories about my kids getting ready for Halloween, it was obvious that I was going to be staying longer. My surgery had taken 2-3 times as long as the doctor originally expected, and seemingly the recovery was going to follow that trend. By day 4, I still was unable to get food, so I was put on an IV feed for nutrition. Eventually, my organs started a slow movement in the right direction. For a musical theme of the week to go with the haunting holiday and my own slow guttural churning going on, the music of Type O Negative was often on my mind and sometimes played via YouTube or Alexa. I was glad to be able to come home yesterday after an 8-day stay in the hospital.