"And your friends, they treat you like a guest" Jefferson Airplane

My daughter's boyfriend is flying in for a visit from NYC to SoCal. That's great. What's bad is that he had a productive cough and feels achy. He will need to wear a mask in the house, but how does he eat? Out on the patio, I guess.  We will try to make it feel homey. We put up a canopy and a moved a nice table and chairs underneath. I can smile at them from the kitchen doors.

The dogs are being boarded because one of them grew MRSI (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus intermedius) on a skin rash. MRSI is not nearly as bad as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), and tends to be species specific so it is much less of an issue for us humans, but it still poses a possible risk to someone immunosuppressed.  So both dogs are gone until their cultures are clear. The whole family had nasal swabs to check for colonization with anything unpleasant. Maybe I am over-reacting, but Staph. can be a bad player.

My stomach still grabs me and makes me pay attention to it instead of what I was doing. Still get tired easily and need to nap. Most days I do about 15 minutes on the Nordic track and a light routine with the weights. My rash is better. Here's my secret. I am taking my Septra (Bactrim) DS  1 tab  2 x a day  since this Staph. stuff started with the dogs. I think the extra doses of the antibiotic are helping the rash. I am only supposed to be on it twice a week to prevent pneumocystis and toxoplasmosis. They are both as nasty as they sound, but low doses of meds are all that are need to prevent them. Treatment is a whole other issue. I promise I will tell my doctor at clinic tomorrow about my self-medication.

I have been reviewing a paper for publication on neuropathic pain, which is a welcome diversion, but my comments are due tomorrow, so it was much work over just a few days. 

Patty wanted Citizen Kane and Tea with Mussolini as our first Netflick film. Trouble is that Patty keeps falling asleep. Movies are her great soporific.

Next week 3 of my 4 kids have birthdays.   "Don't you want somebody to love? Don't you need somebody to love?" No problem here, Grace.