Frantic (Maybe) Friday

Hello all,

I love it that people are still keeping up with the blog. I haven't been so faithful about writing since we are home, but it has been, and continues to be, a great way to keep in touch with people. I'm not a Facebooker or Twitterer (fun word), but I have really enjoyed this blog. I'm a little like Cejae in that I enjoy all of the followers and reading their comments. Thanks again, Michele.

John was sick Monday pretty much all day and night. I was at Huck's at 4:30 Tuesday morning buying Immodium if that tells you anything. I don't know whether antibiotics wiped his system out of all of the good bacteria or if he had some bug, but it was not pleasant for him whatever it was. He didn't feel well most of Tuesday either, but was sort of on the mend on Wednesday.

His eye continues to bother him. It's sort of frustrating because one doctor says one thing and another doctor says something else. It was getting better but then his contact went bad. We are going to try to get a replacement today. Until then, he has to keep it taped shut which I know is annoying and bothersome, but also throws his balance off. We see the opthalmologist in Chicago again on Wednesday of next week. By the way, you have no idea how long it took me to spell opthalmologist correctly.


Our kids got us a new computer for Christmas and Santa delivered it right to the back door. That Santa; he's a great old guy. It is so nice; we will probably fight over it. Thank you kids! It really is nice, and FAST!


We have a busy day today. We have to see if we can get a new contact for John's eye and then we are going to take lunch to Rend Lake and visit a bit. I haven't seen most of my co-workers since October 6. I really am missing them and I miss work. I really do enjoy my job and after being at a place for 26 years, it is a huge part of my life. The people I work with are such a great group and John and I are really excited about seeing everyone. He really enjoys going places when he feels good. Now he may just sit in the car or sleep in a parking lot, but he still enjoys going. He has therapy at 2:00 today, so we are sort of on a tight schedule.

We have this great, new Handicapped sticker. Johns says I am way more excited about it than he is. We had to go to Walmart the other day and every handicapped person in southern Illinois was there. I still had to park in the back 40 and looked like a drowned rat by the time I got back to the car. He stayed in the car, which was good, because I couldn't park any closer than I did. Anyway, loving the handicapped sticker; I will try not to abuse it.

John continues to improve. We had to buy a new battery for his car and he was able to hook it up. We fought over who was going to carry it. I won, but only because I'm a little faster. He is so independent and strong-willed which is really great. It would be terrible if he didn't want to improve or get stronger.

We have doctors' appointments in Chicago again on Tuesday and Wednesday. He has the vocal cord procedure scheduled for Tuesday, and an MRI. We may not come home until Thursday; we will see how everything goes.

Thanks for continuing to pray for us. There are so many out there that need our prayers: Jason Vaupel, Mickey Owen, Natalie Melton, Dan Dare, Gene Braden. And those are just the ones I'm aware of. But, again, thank you for being such a great support to us. We really don't know what we'd do without you.

Love to all,

John, Cathy and Family