This will not be a long blog.

Chelsea got me up at 5:45, too late to go back to sleep so we went for out walk early. It is really dark at that hour these days but pleasant walking. It was not very light when we finished either.

So I showered, folded clothes, made a few business calls and just picked up around her.

I got to the Care Center at about 9AM. Just in time to go down with Dick for his physical therapy. He was really tired today and rather short of breath. I hope that clears up soon.

I went home at about 11:30 so that I could walk Chelsea and eat my lunch before we left for the Clinic. Custom Care and Transport Service, Tim, picked us up at 1:15. We saw Dr. Mc Calla who is the infection specialist. He adjusted the time between his doses of antibiotic and said he would see us next week. HOWEVER

our next stop was x-ray and then Dr. Fehrman.

This was not a happy meeting. They unwrapped the foot and things are not good. The x ray shows a small break at the bottom of both the tibia and the fibula. The choices are: l: going in again with the odds stacked really badly against him and using plates and screws putting it back together or 2: amputation. I told Dick that I would back any decision he made. He decided on amputation. It appears that this will get rid of the problem infection, make healing much easier and the recovery time is at least half the time of the operation to repair. It is not easy but in many ways we are relieved now that the decision has been made because this has been looming like an elephant in the living room for some time. The surgery will be on Monday. Please pray for us. Right now we are both VERY tired.

Love Mary

Here is a Haiku that I wrote yesterday.

Riding the cool wind
I can fly to anywhere
In the whole wide world.