This morning I was at the hospital early'ish as Pattisue was going for a blood test, and possibly a transfusion. However, to her surprise, the hospital didn't think her blood count was low enough for a transfusion, but she is going back on Friday to be tested again.
When her cancer was first diagnosed she was told that there was no cure for it, but the good news was that that type does go into remission, and she is just coming out of her third period of remission. I think she was feeling a bit unwell, certainly unsteady, but she is so determinedly cheerful it is hard to tell sometimes. I suggested the movies tonight, and she was up for that.
We went to see 'America', which is a documentary and not like a normal film. It was interesting and we were both glad we went, but it is a hard film to critique. And it is not for Democrats, it was written by and for Republicans, but I didn't really appreciate that before seeing the film, and as she is the most die hard Democrat in the local party, I was relieved when she thanked me for suggesting it, and said she was glad she saw it.
I suggested this movie rather impulsively, and afterward wondered why I hadn't chosen a more convenient day. I am right in the middle of my house re-arranging (I'm not exactly moving furniture, just a bookcase here, a chair there) and Mark came and took away the big desk in the computer room so I can now get down to straightening that out. Also, it is the Bake Sale in the morning, and I'd promised Louise something. I've got some little fruit cakes underway and will get up early and bake them. Hopefully.
On this day in history.......... (the journalist in me - ha, ha - has just come up with this idea)
In 1892 Lizzie Borden - and I assume we have all heard of Lizzie Borden - took an axe and killed her parents. I never thought there was any doubt about it, and I don't think really there is, the parents bodies were found and she was the only one in the house, with the axe she'd bought the day before. Finger print testing was becoming quite commonplace in Europe but the police here were wary of its reliability, and refused to test for prints on the murder weapon.
And do you know, the jury in 90 minutes acquitted her. They couldn't believe that such a sweet, Christian lady could do anything so heinous. The parents were extremely wealthy, so the orphaned heiress, instead of being a convicted murderess, was able to live the life of Riley for the rest of her days.
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