Crabs, Gravy, Striper, Pizzelles & Padre Pio........June 28th

Still updating backwards, I keep having to take breaks these pills are knocking me out.
On the Saturday before surgery I headed to the shore to find out that Joe decided to make me one of my most favorite meals, Crabs & Macaroni. ( If you've never had it you need to!). What a fun night, His sister Michele is in town from Colorado, Brother Chuck came down with Marco, Joe's cousins Rob & Steph came with their kids Mia & Antonio. There was so much food, Chuck made one of my favorite appetizers Tapenade ( eggplant pepper tomato & onion mixture) you eat it on crusty Italian bread. Yum! We had lots of wine lots of food & lots of laughs, oh & the kids decided that the living room was going to become romp a room. When the adults are drunk why not. I attached a picture of one of the crabs they were huge!
Then on Tuesday Paul & his buddy Charlie took me, Mom & Joe fishing( its my last fishing trip for a long while). I caught the 1st fish, my line was in the water for 15 seconds. ( no Lie). It was such a great day on the bay, we caught 10 fish (that's the limit) in less then 2 hours. Charlie & I decided it was because he had his lucky Hawk Talon with him. Then Charlie gave me the Hawk Talon to take with me for my surgery for added luck. It was in the hospital with us, but unfortunately because of sanitary reason it didn't come into the operating room with me.
Then mom pulls out this card on our way down its of Padre Pio's hand with the stigmata on it. A player of hers who had a brain tumor 10 years ago, went to the Padre Pio shrine in PA, where they let you touch his Shaw & other relics that he wore. They gave him this card & it has a piece of the cloth on the back the card is laminated & has a saying in Italian ( i don't know what it says, need to look that up). The man told my mom when he went in for his brain surgery he had them tape it to his pillow. He wanted me to do the same thing.
So while I was waiting for them to take me in I had it in my hand, in comes the anesthesiologist Dr. Lee he was very funny, he sort of looked like uncle Benny from the lethal weapon movies, & i think he dips into the happy juice a little himself (That's what he called it). He asked whens the last time you've eaten anything I say about 9:00 last night, oh you must be hungry? He sees me holding the card & says whats that, I tell him its my Padre Pio card, can I bring it in to surgery with me? Dr. Lee said he will definitely put it somewhere. Turns out he taped it to my forearm, I Truly believe having The Padre with me was a good thing.
And lastly does anyone have the answer for Pizzelles protocol? Whom would you say you would give a tray of pizzelles cookies to after you've had surgery?
Apparently that seemed to be the big debate while I was under. You see my mom made pizzelles to give to the nurses who were going to take care of me, ( as I've said before mom copes by cooking). So after the cookies have traveled from NJ to MD, brought into the hospital, put back in the car the back in the hospital again then ended up at the nurses station where my room was.
More to come in a bit. I'm sleepy & the pills are kicking in again.
xoxo

                                                      Giant Crab in gravy

                                                        Padre Pio

                                             10 Striper fish

                                             Pizzelles before surgery