Today is the one year anniversary of my hip replacement surgery. I had an appointment with Dr. Shick to mark this event. It is very good to be at this point in my progress, and to be walking very well, and with very little pain. When we arrived at the Orthopedic Hospital the waiting room was PACKED. There were patients waiting for both Dr. Shick and Dr. Surtani. And I heard Dr. Graybill talking with someone, and he said he had performed ,I think, ten emergency surgeries this last week on people who had fallen on the ice. Dr. Shick said he felt like an accountant at tax time.
While we waited in the waiting room we heard several stories about folks who had fallen. This has been a very serious ice event this winter. Not only have there been many people who have fallen, but the roofs, carports, and awnings are falling from so much snow and ice weight on them. The large carport awning at Rod's rental house has fallen in. Fortunately the cars were not parked there at the time. We worry about our garage roof, porch roof, and the shingles of the roof. Heavy, heavy hangs over our heads.
This afternoon Don went to Dr. Matas and had his two big toe nails removed. Now doesn't that sound like fun? Actually Don says that it wasn't bad at all. His toes were numb until about mid evening. Then he soaked them in epsom salts and changed the bandages. He took some Tylenol PM and went to bed. He says that they just burn a bit. He had those really thick toe nails that form from a fungus, and would have to go to Dr. Matas frequently to have them filed down. Dr. Matas recommended that the removal is a better way to go.
Dr. Matas! Now that is little Jamie Matas, one of my former "little" third grade students. I haven't seen him in his grown up form, but Don says he is a tall and stocky, good-looking guy. I can only believe the good-looking part. As a third grader he was on the small side, but a very good-looking little boy. What a good student and nice kid, too. He is the son of Ron and Judy Matas. Ron followed Don as dean of boys. They are a great family. They also have son Andrew who is now a lawyer, and daughter, Sarah, an artist. They are the kind of family that teachers remember fondly.
I spent some time on line doing some shopping. I like to shop the outlets and find some good deals. I did order some summer things that were at super prices in the outlets. I like to get a little head start on the next season. Well, really, I'm dreaming about summer and warm weather. It can't come soon enough.
Tomorrow is Randy's birthday. The weather was just like this when he was born. I remember looking out the hospital windows and seeing the people fighting the snowy walkways and streets. The temperatures were down in the single digits, just like they are going to be in the morning. That was in 1958, so tomorrow Randy will be 53 years old. I keep telling him that his dad retired when he was 55, and we seemed a lot older than Randy at that time. My how one's viewpoint changes with the years.
Well, Happy Birthday, Randy! You have always made you parents happy and proud!
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