Presurg...

I had the pleasure of representing P&G on AAFP's advisory board in Miami Beach. P&G and AAFP have worked together for 18 years and done some "neat" things to improve the public's health. While it was great to be with AAFP's elected and staff leadership, we spent the better of 2 days in a very nice windowless room...100 yards from white sandy beaches, turquoise water, bathed by a 75 degree cloudless sky. Between meetings and a group dinner Monday night, I did get to walk 4 miles on the beach board walk with Pam.

Pam WASN'T in the boardroom, (if she says otherwise, compliment her tan). She did pay her dues getting us both home, as flight after flight was delayed or canceled. The night ended around 1 am, as we took a cab from Dayton (our car was in Cincinnati) down a single track on the deeply snow covered highway, to our home.

I had my neurosurgical presurg today (the reason we needed to get HOME). The doc reviewed my latest MRI's, noting the significant damage still evident in the C3 area and stated again that people with this type of injury, normally don't walk.

Thank God for miracles. Having written "miracle," I chuckle... What a difference perspective, time, family and friends make! Not so long ago I might not have been thankful to hobble around and been ready to call it a "miracle!"

rws