Post surgery blahs

A little nausea, sore right shoulder... but surgery (right shoulder reconstruction) is done! Been sleeping all day.

Sycamore Hospital does outpatient surgery right... nice atmosphere, good people.

rws

10 mile mulch...

Pam & I walked 10 miles yesterday! Recovered briefly and then went out to Miami University. Pam had made John a birthday cake, so we went to a Wild Asia (restaurant where they poured water and diet coke ALL over us) and celebrated.

Mowed and mulched today ( I've said it before... what's the point of being a cripple, if you can do chores?)

Neurosurgery f/u tomorrow am, arm reconstruction at Sycamore Hospital tomorrow pm.

Best

rws

Phoenix

Nice visit at P&G plant, meeting with new doctor and nurse. Also able to connect with old friends Bob Orford (ACOEM president) and Sean Sullivan and Deb Love (IHPM principals).

Phoenix in April is gorgeous! Cacti and everything else in bloom. Clear views of the mountians etc...

Was able to walk (on paved trail) about 4 miles around base of Squaw Peak. Uphill is tough!!

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9 miles... who's counting...

9 miles along the Greater Miami River with Pammy, dang it all, she's faster than me (and proud of it).

Terrific weekend highlighted by Johnny being home from Miami and Elle importing a gentleman from Canada. (Elle's been dating Seth Bussie, who's a senior at Kingsway. He came down this weekend and I got to meet him for the first time. First impressions: first rate! Hope we see more of him).

Pam filled the house for Saturday lunch (60ish folk). Great to see everyone.

I'm continuing to improve in slow and suttle ways. Still have marked upper body motor defiecits and lower body paresthesias. Left side fatigues "out"... but n0 complaints...

Off to our plant in Phoenix this week... 20 April -> right shoulder reconstruction.

Best- rws

8 miles into Spring

Pam & I walked 8 miles.... sneaking up on the magic 13.1...

Pushed around the lawnmower some, didn't have the upper body strength to start it (put Pam was happy to help out)... dang that thing is heavier than I remember....

Started up the John Deere... working the clutch triggers a nice rthymic clonic dance of my left ankle...

The onset of "chores" signals Spring... renewal... the evidence of things hoped for through the dark and cold of Winter...

Thankfully the Cycle of Life brings opportunities in all it's Seasons...

rws

Iowa

It's winter (still) in Iowa City. First business trip without my personal assistant (Pam). Nice to be in our manufacturing world again! Good, pragmatic, pratical people!

Tired, but happy to be able to "do" the work that I enjoy.

Drama this week was "someone" in Costa Rica deciding I shouldn't be paid. Outsourcing has some "unintended"consiquences. Trust we resolve this before I loose the weight I should.

Winds blowin through the plains...

rws