When last week’s newsletter on self-compassionate letter writing (#0044) posted, I’d already booked a flight to be at my brother’s hospital bedside. Modern medicine and tremendous timing kept his septic infection within a months’-old surgery location rather than spreading systemically.
Thank you SCIENCE.
Since we didn’t know when my brother would be released, I left my return open. Optimistically thought I’d write about mindfulness as another one of the ways to nullify imposter syndrome (#0040). Instead, I practiced some techniques during the in-between moments.
I got my brother home late Wednesday and helped him set up systems. This afternoon I caught a flight to my home, hence this evening post.
My brother is settling into two months of daily self-administered IV antibiotics (two of them), weekly at-home nurse visits for PIC-line dressing changes and blood draws, once- or twice-a-week at-home physical therapy visits, and biweekly clinic appointments with the infectious disease specialist. Then three to six months of daily oral antibiotics before getting the all-clear.
Though he’s got a long road of recovery ahead of him, my brother has his partner, their Bernese mountain dog, and their two rescue cats to love and support him.
Soon my brother — and you, dear reader! — will have some (or some more) mindfulness techniques in your toolbox.
Next time: Create mindfulness breaks
I’m glad your brother was able to catch the infection and is on the mend. What a scare! ❤️