I'm glad your surgery went well, Kathy.  I prayed for you.  May the good news continue.

Gerlinda, my days are definitely up and down.  I don't know why this is.  I think the oddity of my body's pattern is that it lurches into pretty good health and then the very improvement triggers a semi-relapse.  It is very odd to live in my "tent," (the word Apostle Paul used to describe the body).  Anyway, yesterday and today were both
good days, and I had pleasant evenings both nights with my family, where the children were watching the movie "Tintin" on their home screen.  The children are
behaving well, and everyone was having a good time.  Dad (my son) was making whole wheat spaghetti with tomato sauce containing chopped fresh vegetables.

I forgot to mention that I've had some help by finding some shoes that really fit, so my feet hurt less.  These shoes I found here in our own small department store,
and they are called Wolkys, from Germany.  The sandals are wide enough not to pinch my forefoot, and yet not so wide at the back to be unstable.  These are very good shoes, and I've looked for them of years.  I mention it in case someone else may find foot relief from Wolky shoes.  They are online, I presume.  Butmy toes' soles are still red from the excess platelets in my blood, which the doctor at Mayo said would not go down much for about a month.  I am now approaching two weeks.  So, patience.

Prayers for both of you, friend Doves.

Mariel Rowina