Posted Jan 24, 2022 11:54PM UTC
OlderGay.Men turns 26 today. We've had a good year and welcomed many new friends. I've been less active here since the fall. My partner's on his third hospitalization since October. He went back with congestive heart failure in December and came home but never really recovered. It became enough of a struggle that he wanted to go in again. He's been in eleven days, and we hope he'll transfer to a rehab center tomorrow. As many of you have experienced, the worst of it now is that he has to be alone due to COVID restrictions. I'm down to hoping I'll have a moment with him if I camp out at the ambulance door until he's wheeled out for the transfer.
When he was home, there was a long list of chores to be done each day, and he had me up several times each night when he couldn't catch his breath. I worry that's going to be part of life now. He doesn't sound better on the phone, and the doctor says he'll likely always be facing this. I hope we'll find ways to keep him comfortable when he comes home. I just want him home, or to be there with him.
Cheerful news for a happy anniversary, no? 🙂 It's all to say that I've been doing a lot of caregiving and there's even more ahead, so understand if no new features pop up on the site soon. We will be maintaining it and will be here for you, and you all seem pretty busy with it as it is. Thanks for being a part, and I hope we all look back on a good year next time.