Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas 2008!
The comfy chair in the living room is empty and we imagine you there so we can informally catch you up a little on our year. We welcome post-holiday notes or e mails that let us know how YOU are doing, too.
We have had many more ups than downs [...]
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Christmas Letter 2008
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Christmas Letter 2006
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Proverbs 25:25 “As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.”
Hello friends and dear ones near and far! We read an advice column recently blasting those boring newsletters that arrive each Christmastime. You have our permission to discard this note, but you are likely to get another [...]
November / December 2005
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Jerry got one last trip to CA the last week of of October. We thought it might well be because we expected Becky and family to visit – and Linda and Charlie to get a chance to come home for a brief visit. We got a wheelchair for Charlie for longer walking trips. It [...]
October 16, 2005
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“Fall Break” for Rosie’s school so we planned to all go to CA. Brad was ill and stayed home. Jerry, P.J and Rosie flew out to CA with a kind AZ pilot father and son.
Rosie and Jerry got their first look at Charlie after transplant. Jerry was surprised/shocked at how puffy Charlie’s cheeks were [...]
September 24, 2005
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Charlie’s recovery has been steady and strong. One by one, the tubes and wires and lines came out. (See photos) He slowly recovered his appetite. We went to pizza restaurants, Burger King, In/Out Burger, grocery stores, etc. and brought in food to the hospital. Jerry stayed for 8 days-Sept. 10th to 17th.
We [...]
September 14, 2005
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Wednesday and Thursday tubes start coming out and Charlie is hungry for “real” food again. We are back to Burger King for food he wants to eat. This may not be the end of his recovery – but it is the first HUGE step that we and so many others have been worried [...]
September 10, 2005 -Charlie Gets a New Heart!
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WE GOT “THE CALL”!
CHARLIE GETS A NEW HEART!
Linda called the nurse to see if they were going to re-insert a chest tube that had come out and the nurse said that no, they thought they had a new heart for him and this was going to be a good day for Charlie! The doctor [...]
September 5, 2005
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Charlie has adjusted well to the room and sitting in the bed practically all the time. He isn’t hypersensitive to the crying babies any more either. Linda was bruised and shaken a bit (and the van even more) by a hit-and-run driver right outside the Ronald McDonald House. The van was totaled. Linda’s mom drove [...]
August 10-14, 2005
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Jerry took Wed-Fri off from work to drive the van to CA-420 miles in 7 hours. He left the van with Linda so she could be mobile. (our home teacher from church donated frequent flyer miles so Jerry could fly home.) Jerry got to meet doctors and nurses and get acquainted with the [...]
August 4, 2005
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Charlie has been feeling lousy lately. The immunoglobulin on Monday + benedryl made him sleepy and grumpy. Tuesday was still the pits and his leg hurt from the catheter. The catheter that they put in his leg was starting to become infected. It took all day for them to do anything about [...]
