MY FRIEND JANET

 A WEEK AFTER MY SURGERY I FINALLY COULD DRIVE OVER TO SEE JANET.  SHE NOW WEIGHS 86 POUNDS.  IT WAS HARD TO KNOW THAT SHE WAS GIVEN 2-6 MONTHS TO LIVE BY HER DOCTOR.

 I WAS GLAD TO HAVE HER HOME SO THAT I COULD  SEE HER AND VISIT WITH HER AGAIN.

 JANET AND I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A GREAT DEAL AND WE WERE GOING TO BEAT THIS THING.  SHE HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH IN THE PAST YEAR AND GAVE IT A GOOD FIGHT.

 YESTERDAY WE HAD SUCH A GREAT VISIT.  WE TALKED ABOUT HER LIFE AND THE HISTORY SHE LET ME READ  A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.    IT WAS SO INTERESTING TO READ ABOUT HER LIFE BEFORE WE MET  35 YEARS AGO.  JANET HAS  BEEN SUCH A STRONG AND WONDERFUL WOMAN THROUGH OUT HER LIFE.  I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED BEING AROUND HER.  WE ARE KINDRED SPIRITS.

WHILE I WAS THERE WITH JANET,   MARION  CAME TO VISIT.   LORNA ALSO CALLED FROM SALT LAKE AND WE WERE BOTH ABLE TO TALK TO HER ON SPEAKER PHONE.  JANET IS SO LOVED AND HAS SO MANY  FRIENDS.

TERRI CALLED ME THIS MORNING AND TOLD ME JANET HAD A BAD NIGHT.  I WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK VISIT TO SEE HER ONCE MORE.  I GAVE HER A COUPLE OF PAGES FOR HER BOOK ABOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP.  I CALLED IT........MY FRIEND JANET!  JANET SEEMS TO ENJOY IT.  I ONLY WISH I COULD DO MORE.

MY RECTOCELE SURGERY ON JAN. 16TH

 DR. HOWELL DID MY SURGERY.  I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIM FOR 2 REASONS.  FIRST OF ALL HE DID A GREAT JOB WITH MY BLADDER MESH AND HYSTERECTOMY AND HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH.

DR. HOWELL SAID THAT AS SOON AS I WAS OUT AND RELAXED, HE WAS SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH OF MY INSIDES CAME OUT OF ME.  HE PUT LOTS OF STITCHES IN TO PUT ME BACK TOGETHER.  HE TOLD ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN IT'S PROPER PLACE.  NOW IT WAS UP TO ME TO NOT LIFT OR DO ANYTHING  FOR 6 WEEKS.  I COULDN'T DRIVE FOR AT LEAST A WEEK.

DON BROUGHT THE SURFIN BIRD TO WATCH OVER ME AND KEEP ME COMPANY.
THIS WAS DON'S WAY OF SHOWING LOVE FOR ME WHEN HE LEFT FOR HOME.

IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE DON WITH ME THE WHOLE DAY.  HE ALSO BROUGHT MY LIFE STORY AND READ IT TO ME.  THAT MADE THE DAY GO FAST.

TAMI AND JEFF CAME OVER AFTER WORK TO VISIT ME.  IT WAS GREAT SEEING THEM AGAIN.

TAMI HAD TAKEN THE NEXT DAY OFF WORK SO THAT SHE COULD DRIVE ME HOME AND STAY WITH ME UNTIL DON GOT OFF WORK.

 READY TO LEAVE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.  IT WAS OVER AND NOW I NEEDED TO BE PATIENT WITH MY HEALING.

I FELT PRETTY GOOD THE FIRST DAY HOME.  THE STITCHES HURT BUT AS LONG AS I WAS STANDING OR LAYING DOWN, THEY WERE OK.  TAMI AND I EVEN MADE SOME COOKIES.

THE SECOND DAY WAS MORE PAINFUL.  IN FACT, THE NEXT WEEK WAS PRETTY HARD.  I TOOK SOME PERSCRIPTION MOTRIN AND THIS HELPED.

JANET HAD COME HOME FROM SALT LAKE AND IT WAS HARD TO NOT BE ABLE TO SEE HER.  AT LEAST I COULD TALK TO HER ON THE PHONE.  SHE KNEW ABOUT MY SURGERY AND WHY I DIDN'T COME TO SEE HER.

OUR 47TH ANNIVERSARY!

 DON AND I BOTH LOOKED FORWARD TO OUR CELEBRATION TONIGHT.  WHEN DON GOT HOME A  SURFIN BIRD CARD WAS WAITING FOR HIM.  THE SURFIN BIRD HAD BEEN MISSING FOR A FEW DAYS, BUT HE TOLD DON THAT HE WAS HIDING AND  WHEN  FOUND,  DON  WOULD FIND  HIS ANNIVERSARY GIFT.

 DON FINALLY FOUND THE SURFIN BIRD BEHIND OUR LITTLE  JANUARY PORCH KIDS.  DON WAS PRETTY EXCITED TO FIND A FIFTY DOLLAR BILL IN THE BIRDS MOUTH.

 HERE'S DON WITH HIS CARD AND MISSING BIRD!  THE SURFIN BIRD WAS EXCITED TO SEE HIMSELF ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD.  IT WAS LIKE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR.

 IT WAS TIME TO HEAD FOR RED LOBSTER.  WHAT A DELICIOUS MEAL WE HAD. THERE WAS A SPECIAL FOR TWO PEOPLE.  IT HAD 30 SHRIMP OF YOUR CHOICE ALONG WITH RICE, A SIDE DISH, SALAD AND THOSE WONDERFUL CHEESE BISCUITS.  WE PICKED GRILLED SHRIMP!!!!  YUM  YUM

 IT WAS TIME FOR OUR TRADITIONAL COLD STONE DESSERT.  WHAT A PERFECT EVENING.  WE LOVED BEING TOGETHER  AND WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME.  WE FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE ETERNAL COMPANIONS.  I'M DON'S "PRINCESS" AND HE IS "THE MAN OF MY DREAMS."