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Den came through the procedure just fine. He did have to have plasma as a precaution because his blood is so thin, but other than that, it was SOP. By last evening his pain level had gone from a week-long self-report of "10" to "5". He called early this morning, ready to go back to the facility. Today his pain level is somewhere between "1" and "5" so the vertebroplasty did what it was designed to do: stabilize the crushed bone and reduce the pain level. As soon as the doctors release him this morning, he will return to the extended care facility.

Today Dave Smith, Sabrina's husband, is scheduled for his angiogram. We trust it will turn out well and will post information as we get it.

We've been getting "Kid Reports" from Scott. Jalen got no yellow frogs in all of April and so far all of May. With only 11 days of school left, he is working for a perfect record. When we asked him last visit how he was able to improve April so much, he said, "I just quit talking when I wasn't supposed to talk." He and his dad have a deal where he gets rewarded for a full month of green frogs. The deal is working wonders.

Scott says Brayden is almost 'house broke,' as Joe would call it. We love it when Brayden wants to call Granny. He calls, jabbers a bit, then says "Bye, Inny!" Scotts believes he knows exactly what he is saying but noone else does.