Blockheads 3

Block 42

Starburst

by Joanna of FigTree

You can go to her blog to 

download the pattern by clicking here

Now, I think I'd better explain what's

going on with me and why my posts

may be a little erratic for a short while.

It seems that my body has gotten carried

away with making the fluid that surrounds

the brain and spinal cord.  Too much fluid 

causes pressure on the brain and can interfere

with walking and thinking, among other things.

 

It's called "water on the brain" 

or hydrocephalus.

My thinking is still pretty much OK  

(only slight memory problems so far)

but walking is exhausting.  

(I wake up, go to the kitchen to

start the coffee and need a nap.)

Luckily it's curable and I found  a 

very good neurologist and neurosurgeon.

What they have to do is make a slit at the base

of my brain and insert a shunt to drain off the

fluid.  Then I'll be good as new.

And my doctor had 7 years of postgraduate 

training at Mayo Clinic to learn now to do it.

To say nothing to the fact that the medical

school he went to is one of the top 20 in the nation.

Max's wife who is a charge nurse at Centerpoint 

(a hospital in Kansas City) and my grandson Jake 

who is in Dental School both checked him out 

to make sure I was in good hands.

On a much lighter note, these are my  Silver Laced

Orpington chickens.   I call them my bowling ball chickens 

because I think they look like bowling balls.

2 things.....1) I can't remember what the specials for

this week are and Tammie has gone home so you'll

have to check back tomorrow 

and 2)  - Lets go see what the other ladies did with Fig Tree's block

    Sherri McConnell - https://www.aquiltinglife.com/

                                          Betsy Chutchian - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/

                                                          Jan Patek - http://janpatek.blogspot.com/

                                                       Brigitte Heitland - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog

 Lisa Bongean - https://lisabongean.com/

 Lissa Alexander - http://modalissa.com/

Laurie Simpson - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/

 Vanessa Goertzen - https://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/

 Stacy Iest Hsu - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/

 Robin Pickens - https://www.robinpickens.com/

Janet Clare - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/

 Jen Kingwell - www.jenkingwelldesigns.com/blog

Joanna Figueroa - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com/

Happy Quilting!!