To Benders

Colleen Bender wrote: Hi There,

    I heard Leonard had shoulder surgery and a muscle repair?

    How is he doing?  So many things happen and we hardly hear about them.

    We talked to Bert Paxman yesterday.  His chemo and radiation seem to be working.  That's good news.

    Vard White is not doing well at all.

    Anytime we go to the Dr. it seems to be the same, "Hate to tell you this, but it's age related."

    We sure hope Kirsten continues to heal.  Wow!  that was major.

    Tell Leonard we hope to see him soon, good as new.

    Are you still maintaining?

Love you,
Colleen


Myrna wrote: I prayed last night that I would have the needed energy to keep on keeping on.

Leonard had a rotator cuff repair (minor) and a ruptured biceps repair (major). The surgery went well and Dr. Robert Jackson was proud of the work he did. However, LHT ended up being allergic to tape and codeine (like Kirsten) so he ended up with hives all over the shoulder area. I thought that he had had percocet before but he may have built up an allergy. That can happen with anything.

It is good to hear that Bert is doing well. I wondered when he bore his testimony if that might be the case.

Whenever I scold LHT about not taking care of himself, he tells me that it would be a shame to put a healthy body in the grave.

Kirsten is healing but it will take quite a few more weeks. The doctor tells her that she should be a new and improved model of her former self by the end of June or the first of July. Meanwhile, her kids are falling apart. Emma takes gymnastics, fell and got a minor concussion. In a second fall, she broke her toe. She thinks she might give up the sport. (I wonder why?)

Thanks for your concern and for your continued love.