Laurel three and four weeks old:
no IV!  No oxygen!  No pulse ox!  When do I get to go hiking?

Sunday, August 15: a day after our 23rd wedding anniversary, Laurel gets to come home.

August 24.  Laurel and Skeeve getting to know each other. Skeeve was a bit hesitant when Laurel first came home, but now they seem to get along OK -- at least until Laurel sneezed in Skeeve's face.