Don's Mom had successful surgery

Thought you would want to know that Mary made it through the surgery just fine. It was a stinker of a long day. They made us arrive by 7 am but she did not actually have the surgery before 11 am. I hope they had a good time with a lady who is crazy as a loon from 9 to 11. She was listed as a fall risk so she had to have someone with her the whole time. Before we left for the day I came back up to the room with her wheelchair and found her with her yellow booties off and her leg sticking out between the rails of the bed! She gets herself in trouble when she is left alone too long. She really begins to sundown into depression by 3 pm. It is almost like someone flips a switch. Today, however, she did not have any of her meds so it was more understandable. She did not want us to leave at 5:30pm but our 12 hour day was beginning to catch up with us. 

Don is searching for good plane tickets for our return to GUA. We need to make arrangements face to face in GUA for Mary. Meanwhile, Mary has to heal and wait for her passport to arrive. It should be a nightmare for the girls until we can have her brought (or come to get her) to GUA. Don and I need to get back to GUA.

New development with me -- I have 'trigger thumb' from all the packing/boxing and carrying of stuff. The final straw was nearly loosing my corner of the china hutch. Robyn got me into the rehab lab at the hospital and one of the occupational therapist made a thumb splint which I have to wear for 4 to 6 weeks, and I have to stop doing what I was doing so it can heal. They also suggest a cortisone shot to reduce the inflammation. Not having an opposing thumb is not really to much fun. There are things I cannot do. Life is interesting.

Linda

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Most - if not all of you who read this blog know by now that we are no longer in Iowa. With the help of a good friend or two we were able to get the house empty and some of our possessions packed for the move to Guatemala. We have a furnished apartment in Antigua so we did have to move furniture. Don hooked a small Uhaul trailer to the van with all seats but two removed and we started out for Texas. It was a very long couple of days as we had to travel at 50 mph because of the load but the trip was uneventful otherwise. We arrived at our halfway point in the daylight and did the same at our final destination in Texas. The unloading took a great deal less time than the packing did because Don is an artist when it comes to using all available space to pack. Since our arrival we have spent the time recovering from sore joints and muscles and multiple bruises and getting some much needed rest.

Thanks to all of you who helped us get through all we have had to do recently.

All of the Staff at Wendy's in Burlington gave us moral support as we ate most, if not all, of our meals with them. This is a very good staff, hardworking and friendly and we appreciated them this past month. Thanks!

Thanks Burlington for the Memories. Feel free to keep in touch (but no forwarded stories or poems please -- I can find those myself). Tell us what the happenings are in Burlington because we are interested.

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