Hi Dean,
We are at Betsy's library looking at your web page on her computer.
Very interesting! Emily writes that you are still doing well in your
recovery . We expect that you are now looking at the snow we have sent
you from Ohio.
We have had about 18 inches in Columbus from Friday to
Monday. That's the record in historic times, surpassing the "Snow
Bowl" in 1950 when Ohio State was playing Michigan. Chuck has been
proving that he can still shovel snow (his old snow thrower broke). Our
neighbors are stuck at their second home
in W.Va., had 3 feet there!
Hope that your recovery continues to go smoothly.
Love,
Chuck, Gretchen and Betsy
(This was written by Gretchen.)
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Hi Dad;
I thought I would check in your progress the virtual way and it sounds
like you got in trouble from the Doctor. Why am I not surprised-always
trying to push the envelope.
Anyway, I am glad you are moving around more. Look forward to
seeing you this weekend.
I am over my cold, but still very low energy.
Love, Stacy
Yes, Stacy, the medical people are conspiring to allow the inside of the leg to heal before I beat it up again. But substantial improvement that I can see almost every day. Today's event was to go to the dentist for a crown replacement. I know it does not sound like fun but when you haven't been able to do much, even a visit to the dentist is a diversion.
See you this weekend. We'll be able to do a little mobility: tennis, no but ping-pong if you hit the ball directly to me.....love, dad
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Hi Dean,
Get well soon & Happy New Year!
xoxox Abby
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Abby...thanks for your good wishes and the picture. We wish you were
able to spend more time with us. I have four granddaughters who would
like to play with you. I am including a picture of Hannah & Glennie
serving tea from a new tea set. You like to do that too....love you,
mean it, dean
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Dear Dean,
Not that I'm advocating the attached cartoon
segment, but it so easily came to mind. So I thought I'd share it
with you. There are so many 'afters' one can think of. You still have
a little while yet before the BIG PUSH of bending and lifting.
You'll do fine. You have the fortitude to endure whatever it takes to
get back on your feet. After all, though you may not be skiing, you have
to be ready to jump in the Boesch and take off as soon as
it's in the water. Let that be your incentive as being a rider was mine.
Love you,
Elaine xoxo
Elaine....On the muscular/skeletal front, as others, you
are my mentor. You know much more about
it than I do. So we'll compare PT notes, Karen, my trainer, will pull
my knee through motion these
new parts have never experienced. Ouch, but necessary. I'll be running
around in no time. Thanks
for holding everything together meanwhile...love, dean
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Hey Dean,
Get well soon & Merry Christmas!
John & Abby
John and Abby....Donna and I thought about you a
lot this Christmas. Abby is just the right age to sparkle with the season
and Aunt Donna wished she could be there to join you for this special
family holiday. Rather Swiss ice, a clumsy me and a Christmas Day NEaster'
conspired to delay it. But
she'll be there soon. She'll not come down the chimney like Santa Claus
but she sent her presents ahead of time...good thinking as it turned out...love
you, mean it, dean
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Dear Dean,
We were so sorry to hear about your accident. For future reference, it
is almost
impossible to slip on sand. I hope this finds you in wonderful holiday
spirit (under
the circumstances). Happy holidays to you and yours!
Love you mean it. Dave, Cindy, Molly, and Rachel
P.S. You might want to think about rehab in the warm waters of the gulf
coast
of Florida.
HI, family Sammons (FL branch): What a motivation
for PT! Walking in the sand in March. Hope we
can do it. At the moment my long hike is to the kitchen and back, on one
level, behind a walker or
with a single crutch. And I fear that's it until I start retraining. Meanwhile
I look at the steps longingly thinking of when I'd think nothing about
tackling them. Great to have a conversation with you on Christmas Eve
when you called us...we should have Beamed for video inclusion...
love you, mean it...dean
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