Plans

Hi Myrna, So thankful you and Leonard were able to meet with Dad and Bob for lunch before his dreaded appointment. Sounds like he has some type of infection, somewhat a more common diagnosis as he ages. Know he gets upset about his immune system the last several months. Anyway, thanks for all you are doing, wish I were closer to help more with Dad. We will be down for Dad on his birthday Saturday and then Wally has an appointment for his regular biopsy and etc. on Monday at LDS Hospital. Think our Brenda will come along with us. How about a more intimate gathering for us all and we can better visit our loved ones and either take Dad out to brunch, lunch or a picnic with all of us and then go back to the house for ice-cream and cake? I got him a fly fishing T-shirt and a message in a bottle card I designed. This will be good to do on his BD and also it won't interfer with the baptism. We will try to come for that, but will now have to work around Brenda and her work schedule, Thanks so much. I love you both, Char

The birthday celebration plans sound great!

Is anything planned for Dad's birthday? What can I do? By the way, Todd is baptizing Tyler on Sept. 24, so could we do it on a different day than that? We are having lunch at our house after the baptism. You are all invited, if you would like to come.
I went in with Dad and Bob to talk to the doctor. He has pnuemonia, the variety we used to call "walking pnuemonia." The doctor said in some people with pneumonia, coughing is not a major symptom because the infection is located in areas of the lung away from the larger airways. Elderly people, children and babies who develop pneumonia may have few symptoms. He also has something is the matter with Dad's thyroid gland, he has nodules. The doctor also wants him to see an endocrinologist because he suspects he has a nontoxic nodular goiter. I was glad I went in with them because they, Bob and Dad, didn't hear the doctor's instructions very well. I had the doctor repeat things by asking questions. Then he started talking louder.

I think you are a GREAT daughter. You call, you listen and you care. That is wonderful.

I love you, Myrna