December 31

Almost midnight. I just left the hospital. Judy and I celebrated New Year's Eve together with intermittent texts from the girls feeding us a few inside jokes. Haley had invited me to join her and Dustin for the evening. Dustin had been away for 4 days snowmobiling in the mountains and I knew there are few things as romantic as spending New Year's Eve sitting on the couch watching "River Monsters" between Haley and Dustin with my grand dogs on my lap so I took a pass and spent the early part of the evening having wine and cheese with my neighbors. As I was leaving my neighbors, I had a brief visit with Jack, the rabbit who stopped by for a Happy New Year. Dr. Kanthan, Judy's surgeon dropped by today to inform her a cystoscopy will be performed sometime next week to determine whether the fistula has begun to heal. The catheter ran clearer today. We'll take that as a hopeful sign. Happy New Year, everyone.