"Just got back from physical therapy. I am in Las Ventanas acute skilled nursing facility since last Friday. I broke my ankle in two places - not one. I have to wear this ten-pound boot on my right foot and leg. Very difficult to get around - as if I have anywhere to go. The three places I have been are all on lockdown. The mailman is not allowed in. The ambulance driver has to have his temperature taken each and every time he goes into a building. There are no computers here. That would entertain me, here and there, but it's a no go. They hide the walker and wheelchair so you have to ring the call button for help. If you are a fall risk, you cannot do one thing without help. They identify you by color. I am completely in yellow."
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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