august 14, 2007 - faith the size of a mustard seed...

top of the afternoon to you, friends...

yesterday was another busy day. i had visits from my motorcycle buddy (AKA "mr. retired") elzie fish, major mark atkeson, and lt. col. mike finamore. charlene finamore made me some killer corn chowder! dad and i both enjoyed a big bowl. my neighbor joyce brought over some very nice desserts as well.

my appetite seems to be coming back slowly and the nausea is now less often - praise GOD! it feels so good to eat again...and boy, do i need to put on some weight.

professor lukco - thanks for the reminder on my final project. i am trying to work on it a little each day. it is sometimes difficult to focus on reading for long periods of time with the medications i am on. i will get it to you shortly. thank you for your consideration, patience, and concern. and more importantly, thanks for going to bat for me with franklin university!

my dad came up yesterday and mowed my grass, watered my plants, and trimmed. bless his heart. his wife, mary is having a total knee replacement today at 2:30p. please keep her in your prayers.

trish, di, terry, and dad continue to take excellent care of me. others have been very kind as well - and i thank you for all you have done. we even walked the dogs again last night. it was a very nice evening to walk!

i think i finally got through the mound of medical paperwork i've received thus far. as of right now, i've accumulated over $100,000 in bills, and i've not received bills from each dr. yet. my 12 day stay at grant and the cost of one trauma dr. was $70K. i can't believe the cost of health care!

i think i 'turned the corner' yesterday regarding recovery. for some reason, i have a real peace about this whole ordeal. i'm going to be fine, i'm going to keep my leg, i'm coming back to work full duty, and i'm going to ride again. in fact....i've already been looking at various replacement bikes!

terry is on her way up. i told her and trish that i can stay by myself for a while...but you know how those guys are.

i have an appt. with my orthopaedic dr. tomorrow. hopefully, he will tell me if i'll be scheduled for surgery soon.

i have an appt. with my plastic surgeon thursday. hopefully, the skin stuff still appears to be okay. he forgot to remove about 7 staples last week. that ought to be fun!

i have some kind of therapy today at 2 or 2:30.

mary continues to send her regards. she really enjoys your postings and well-wishes. she is so anxious to get back home. she had really enjoyed her time with her folks, but she is pretty independent, as you know!

well, enough for now...i must do some more homework.

blessings and thanks for the prayers!

lisa - 1095