I'm BACK

Hello, Everyone.  It has been a while since I've been able to write.  And Joann is typing this for me because it is just too frustrating from my hospital bed to balance the keyboard.  BUT, last week Hospice changed my pain meds and I feel so much better.  I can think clearly, comprehend what I am reading, and stay awake to watch all (or most) of the ball games.  Now instead of swallowing a pill and waiting for it to work, I have a patch that slowly and constantly releases medication.  This is so much better I don't know why they didn't do it to begin with. 

What a game Saturday, extra innings, and we needed that win.  And tonight, beating Boston at Fenway including a homer by my favorite, Rocco Baldelli. 

Every day one of my daughters reads me the emails that many of you send.  I really like that part of the day.  Thank you all for your encouragement and prayers. About a year ago, I could no longer sit at the computer stand, so Bill and Joann made a long table sort of like what goes over the bed in the hospital.  One side is stationary with a swivel gadget and the other side has little wheels that let me pull the computer over the arms of my lift chair, close enough to be able to type and read.  Now, they have fixed that table snug up against the side of my bed so I can see the monitor all the time.  Becky put many pictures on it and they change all the time, so I can watch them when I'm awake.  Becky got back today just in time to watch the game with us.  I heard she and Joann talking about putting music on my computer next so I can listen.  Aren't computers wonderful?

I've gotten behind in answering my emails so Joann is going to send everyone a notice to read this.  And I'll try, starting tomorrow to answer each one.  Some of you did not see the picture of me with the Mohawk haircut in the paper.  I'm going to ask Becky if it can go on this site.  But I'll tell you how it happened.  My dear friend Bonnie challenged me: if I'd get a Mohawk, so would she.  Well, I wanted to make her think I got it, but not actually have my hair cut.  Joann wanted to cut it but I just couldn't let her.  Anyway, I tried drawing a picture, but that didn't work.  Then I asked Joann if she could take a picture of me and change the hair.  She didn't have the right software, or program, or something.  Then I decided to ask Becky and within a few hours, she had her tech guy make it up and I was thrilled.  I laughed for quite a while.  So I sent it to Bonnie and she went into a panic, thinking I really did it and now she would have to.  But I fessed up and we had a good laugh.

Tomorrow, I'll tell you how I ended up in the St. Petersburg Times.

Love and prayers from here to there