05/25/2025
Odd and Even
By Chris Frost
Tri County Sentry Publisher
(My beautiful Mom and Grandparents)
Lamar—I hope everyone in Lamar and Prowers County has a wonderful week!!!
To explain, the odd and even theory was born during my time doing peritoneal dialysis when my dialysis machine did great on odd-numbered days and would be awful on even-numbered days.
It didn't stop there; I got a lot of accounting work done one day, leaving me behind in delivering the paper. I dashed to my car, and my battery was dead. I didn't stop there; my colonoscopy went great, with no issues, then two days later, the polyps they removed burst, landing me in the hospital for almost a month.
While in the hospital, they discovered a blood infection, and decided surgery would be the best course of action.
The surgery went, until two days later, they told me," Oh, by the way, your hip experienced damage," and now I'm in a wheelchair. I yelled at my doctor and asked him why he omitted the "oh, by the way," warning before the surgery so I could decide what was best for me; I would have chosen being in the hospital for another week instead of surgery.
I wish that were everything, but last week, one day, I did a lot of painless physical therapy and was writing. The next day, while still writing, it tried to adjust while I was sitting on the couch, slipped off, fell, hit my head on a table, broke things, and my head was bleeding. After my wife cleaned me up, I started throwing up, which meant I was off to the hospital.
I spent a day in bed (I don't bounce back quickly anymore) and woke up feeling great last Sunday; I went to an event, andit went well. Then, when I got home and got out of the car, I turned to grab my walker and started tipping over, but my wife couldn't hold me. I fell straight back and crashed my head a second time. Luckily, neither fall caused a concussion, but it cost me two more days.
The following week, I met with a dietician concerned about my diet. She suggested soup; I love soup and worked it into my diet. Then, the other morning, I woke up and could breathe.
My wife rushed me to dialysis and discovered that I was loaded with fluid, which I'm still struggling with.
Enough about me; Prowers County and Lamar keep moving forward. Treasurer Kristin keeps doing great work and getting grants, and the City Council deals with essential issues effectively.
Today is a good day, which worries me what tomorrow will bring.
More is coming if I can get past all these struggles.
I leave it there and hope everyone has a great week. God bless my beloved sons, the Sarge (Colin), the Paramedic (Travis), Rabbi Dov Muchnik, who saved me while I was at my lowest, and everyone in Prowers County.
