Grand Canyon grows smaller

Some of you took a look at my abdomen wound a couple of weeks ago. This picture shows how much it has filled in.

Sabino Canyon

Kathy and I took her cousin Marsha and her husband Larry from Casper, Wyoming, to Sabino Canyon on Saturday. Here Larry is taking a picture of Kathy, Marsha and myself as we await the tram.

Sabino Canyon

As we were awaiting the tram, we looked for quail and ground squirrels.

Sabino Canyon

There's still some water in Sabino Canyon, but it will disappear slowly until the summer thunderstorms show up in mid-June.

Sabino Canyon

Look closely at this rock formation. It resembles the fictional dog Snoopy laying on his back on top of his dog house. At the left is Snoopy's head. In the middle is Snoopy's stomach. And, at the right is Snoopy's feet.

Sabino Canyon

Kathy gets a close look at some flowers at the trail head in Sabino Canyon.

Sabino Canyon

This lone saguaro cactus stands guard over Sabino Canyon.

Sabino Canyon

Rock formations provide breathtaking viewing in Sabino Canyon.

The grand canyon

Imagine a garden hose that has been cut in half and then folded open. Then that hose is stuck out through the abdomen with a plastic bag to catch the material that continues to flow out of one opening.

Last week, my doctor cut cut around the segment of colon, pulled it out and sewed it back together to allow waste materials to resume flowing through the original plumbing.

Instead of closing the wound surgeons allow wounds like this one to fill in and close naturally. I'm told it may take about three weeks or so to fully close.