It is a sunny, beautiful winter day in Iowa – very cold though! It is around 15 degrees, but the wind chill is making it MUCH colder!! It truly has been a very unusual winter here.
We had good news Thursday – we got a call from Julie, the transplant coordinator nurse, and she said that they had been “transplanting” and that Charlie is at the top of the list now for his blood type. So I have been getting my bag ready with “to do” things while he is in the hospital and Charlie is exercising even harder.
We have had some nice family times here. Last Thursday my brother and wife, who live in Oklahoma, came up for a long weekend and my nephew and family who live in Minneapolis also were here for the weekend. So we had a mini family reunion. It has been so nice seeing everyone.
Charlie got to be the caretaker this week. I had to have a tooth pulled - it had been
on “watch” for a year. The dentist said that I won the tooth extraction of the week award and that that was not an award that you wanted to win. So eventually I will be getting an implant when we get back to CA.
This has turned out to be “movie week.” We have been to 3 movies which is more than we have probably been to in the last 3 years! We saw “Red Tails,” “War Horse,” and “Hugo.” I think that our favorite was “War Horse,”
Meg and Lucy are flying here next Saturday, the 18th for 5 days. Lucy wanted to see Boppa! We are looking forward to seeing them.
We miss you all and are so thankful for all of you.
Yea, you guys are doing great! Thanks for the update. Hang in there. We're all poised and ready and thinking of you every day! Enjoy Meg and Lucy!
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