deja-vu 
loyal readers, have we been here before? colleen scheduled to depart Baltimore only to be instructed, at the 11th hour, to remain? is life repeating itself?

as it turns out, the snowstorm was only one glitch in Colleen's morning. The other was an unexpected visit to her hospital room by two doctors from Cardiology, whom Dr. Mathai had brought in for consultation regarding a known issue with Colleen's heart -- an "electrical" issue. The cardiologists said to Colleen, "Think of us as electricians." 


two different options for fixing her heart's electrical circuitry -- one temporary fix, one permanent -- were laid out for her today. after she discusses this with Dr. Mathai and gets his opinion, colleen will decide which course to take. her "a-flutter," as it's called, may underlie, or play a role in the extreme edema of late and also her ongoing, extreme breathlessness.

many pieces to this puzzle, everything connected.

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almost 8:30 PM in Baltimore now...colleen spoke on the phone with our brother Danny who lives in Ventnor, another South Jersey shore town near Ocean City...Dan has undergone the permanent heart procedure himself, with success...she's leaning in that direction...departure delayed...stay tuned...

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perhaps you've asked yourself, as I have, why is baltimore so reluctant to let colleen go?

are angels in residence like they were in pittsburgh?

then there's the irish connection i came upon...and we irish-americans don't exactly not believe in fairies -- the irish equivalent of angels...

so i leave you with this factoid:
  

the city of Baltimore is named after Lord Baltimore, who was a member of the Irish House of Lords and, ultimately, the founding Proprietary Governor of the of Maryland. He was the son of First Lord Baltimore of County Longford in Ireland in the 1600s. Maryland's Baltimore was one of the first American revolutionaries, playing a key part in the fight against the British...(Colleen, the historian, knows more about all this)...

the name Baltimore is an anglicization of the Irish Gaelic name Baile an Tí Mhóir" from which the village of Baltimore in western County Cork derives its name...

Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland