I have several pieces of good news to post today. Rose and Shirley have gone to the Galleria but I wanted to stay home and put the news on the blog. Shirley had an appointment for her Apple computer lesson and I think Rose just went along for the ride, so to speak.
Now, some of the really good news! Pete has a really good doctor who gave him a great prognosis this week. The treatment won't take very long, and he should be completely well when it is finished. He really likes the doctor and though he told me that the doctor is a ob-gyn he made sure that I knew that he was joking when he called next time. (I did know!)
Some other nice bit of news. Rose and I went out to see Margaret yesterday. We could only call Delmar Gardens "The Ritz". It has everything needed for recovery besides medical facilities. Rose and I got somewhat lost finding the place because we think those were dirt roads when were out there last. Margaret has physical therapy two hours a day which she says is strenous and just wears her out. She put her weight on her right foot for the first time yesterday. Norm is there two or three times a day and the nurses and aides all know him about as well as they know Margaret.
She has this one-knee wheelchair (I don't know how else to describe it) that sits pretty close to the floor. It helps her take the weight off her right foot. She was riding around on it Tuesday and fell off. I guess it scared everyone. They removed the cast and x-rayed her bad foot but there was no damage. The cast they put on it after that was bright lime green. It matches some of the bright cheerful facilities at "The Ritz".
Mark Lary and Karen picked me up last night and we went out to Chris and Shelly's for dinner. Katie and Austin live in Lawrence, KS and Drew will finish up at MU this spring. They just got back from Colorado (the whole family) where Mark and Karen have bought a place near Steep Mountain. Next month Mark and Ding are going to visit Kelly and his boys in Idado and go skiing and whatever you do in the mountains. They also look forward to summertime weather at the lakehouse.
Shelly made a great dinner and we had a wonderful visit. They seem young for us to be talking about "old times" but some of us, anyway, were 'there back in the old days'.
Rose and Shirley and I got the most wonderful Valentines in the mail today. Jalen and Brayden had made them. We have them on the refrigerator for everyone to see. They must have spent quite a bit of time working on them because they did such a good job.
Today is Brayden's actual birthday though we celebrated it here in Missouri last weekend. I email him quite often but it usually takes him a while to answer. Jalen says he's forgotten his email address. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRAYDEN!!!
The boys and Goldman have a 4 day school week next week. Monday is President's Day. Goldman continues to check to see if we need anything on a daily basis. I sure hope the weather warms up some. Snow is in the forecast here for the weekend but the forecast isn't usually right. We still have some old snow on the ground from the last snowstorm. That forecast was right. Beth has a brother who lives in Washington DC, and I'm sure he's been in the bad weather.
Could we have some postings from other parts of the country for this Family Gazette? People like hearing from all over the country!