I need your prayers or vibes or whatever you send.

My wife Carol goes into the hospital tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. It's a gall bladder operation, and chances are, things will go just fine. But it will be a tough recovery. She'll be in the hospital for 4 to 6 days. Fewer, I hope, but you can't control this stuff. She'll probably be there on Christmas day, so we'll be at my sister's place for Christmas for a bit, and then the whole family will trek down to the hospital to be with her.

She left this morning to run a bunch of errands, and I got a call from the vet. Our beloved cat's cancer, which we thought we licked in February, seems to have metastatized to his lungs. We don't know for sure yet, but it doesn't look good. I've had cats before but never loved one more than this one. So while taking care of my wife, I'll have to drive 40 miles each way somehow and bring him to the veterinary oncologist. And her services are something I can't afford. Money is bad this year, of course.