Day 44, AYAT - I do not know much about this day as the medical records I was referencing have disappeared… Da Du Daahhhhhh… It seems that the providers have changed their portal and my previous visits are not there. So I will tell you what I do remember. It was a beautiful crisp October day and in Colorado, anything goes as far as the weather. My husband had come to visit me earlier that day so we could see the eclipse. It’s kind of our thing, looking at celestial events. I had worked with the nurses to have a wheelchair ready by the time I had breakfast and did my morning routine. Just as he was arriving the nurses helped me into the chair and we went to the nurses station to fabricate some glasses. We needed their scissors. Mylar is dense enough to block out a lot of the harmful light from the sun but thin enough to see through. My surgeon had been at the nurses station and helped my husband cut up the balloon. Once we did that, my husband took me down to the garden area and we watched the eclipse. I am sure we looked ridiculous putting what equates to sheets of metal over our eyes but it was one of the best mornings of my stay. I got cold very quickly so we went in but I still remember sitting in that chair enjoying my morning and for a moment I wasn’t a patient. I was me and free.
Today: T-2 days… I will be delivering the project I have been working on for Dr. Wonderful on Wednesday morning. Barring any hiccups or scheduling issues I will present a project that I have been working on since I was released from the hospital. I have never made an art piece specifically for a person and this has been a challenge but I think it will be appreciated. Nothing compares to what has been done for me so all I can do is my best and hope that it is well received. As it is coming together and I am getting ready to let it go, it is easier to part with it than I had imagined. I usually do not give my art away. I also do not sell it. I do not make art to profit from it. If that happens one day, great! I just resigned myself a long time ago that my work would not be for profit. It would be to touch lives, create conversations, and bring joy. If I have achieved this then that is enough for me.
Pics: Solar Eclipse seen through mylar and photographed with my phone.
Additional pics: Hints to what my project entails.
