Roy overdid it..

From: Dee Rohe
Sent: 24 December 2007 01:07:59

Roy (and I) are very very tired and are trying to rest up, catch up with sleep and handle so many telephone calls and people's desires to 'come over and visit' .... Roy loves all the attention of course - all the outpouring of love is so very healing - but should be balanced with giving him time to rest! The cards - especially the really funny ones - are really appreciated! We've also been watching silly, funny DVD's at night - to get our minds off of things (like the loss of income due to being unable to work) and laugh! We're in very good moods, and full of gratitude. :-) Love you all!

Roy slept almost all day after

The UNBELIEVABLY BUSY day: (Last Thursday, one week after surgery)

Dear All,

Roy is doing so well - walking, driving, almost normal energy and strength! Prayers are being answered everywhere - the Foley catheter was removed today, only one week after the surgery and he's a new man! We were up at 3:30 a.m. today, went to Jackson Memorial at 7a.m., doctor visit, then across the street to the Sylvester Cancer Center for radio-opaque Xrays - no internal leaks! - walked all over the place, cross the street, up and down stairs..then back to the doctor's for testing before removing the catheter.. We're still awaiting the pathology report, but expect it to be just fine. Went out to late lunch at Kyosin Buffet, attempted to visit a friend (Dr. Leslie Polland) in the hospital, went grocery shopping, came home to rest for a while, then I got up and worked a bit on continuing to clear out and fumigating our shed which had been packed since Hurricane Andrew, then we went to my daughter Lorrie's and and her husband Manny's for dinner. On the way, stopped at the drugstore to buy butterfly bandages as I wanted to close up the remaining open incision, (there were seven incisions!) the drain hole which had not been sutured..

My son Bruce was late to Lorrie and Manny's dinner.. he had a car accident close to his dad's house! His truck was hit, then another car came by and ripped the door off right out of his hand! Hurt his finger slightly. My son-in-law Manny who is a Miami Dade policeman/fireman/paramedic went to check it out.. took Bruce back with him to the dinner at home, but on the way back, they saw a motorcycle lying on the side of the road! Manny, being first on the scene, checked that out.. determined the poor fellow had a compound fracture of his leg..bleeding and in shock.. he called for a helicopter rescue, reset the bone, splinted it with debris from the side of the road! and came home for the family dinner with us.

God's Providence is Awesome. We are grateful that Roy is healing so well that they removed the catheter so soon, that Bruce was not hurt in the accident, that he was driving his big truck and not my little car, that Manny was on the scene quickly, that they were close to Bruce's dad's house and could leave the truck there, and that Manny could drive Bruce to the dinner, and that Manny, paramedic was on the spot to help the poor motorcycle victim on the way home. So many blessings.

And - Besides celebrating Roy's obviously rapidly healing in progess we are the joyous new Great-grandparents of Marie Claire, born a couple days ago!

Praise God.

deexxoo