Falls Well That Ends Well

                                               August to November 2012

Well, it was a rough end of the summer and fall this year. I had that fall in August and had the collapsed lung. That hurt but about two weeks after that, I started getting neck and upper back pains that got worse and worse. It was made worse by having to deal with selling the Green River house and moving to an apartment in Rock Springs. Then a drive to Denver and back for a wedding really made things worse. I went back to the Emergency Room and had to have Chris cover my week in Rock Springs. I saw Bob Hood and he said I probably had aggravated my old neck injury and suggested facet injections. Edgar Goldsten did those and boy did that help. It turns out I discovered that the hardware from my previous surgery was loose and now needs to come out. That is scheduled for December 14th. In January, Chris will quit working in Rock Springs so it is back to full time work for me. I am hoping I can find someone to cover me from time to time so I can get time off. I made a trip to Houston to see my 95 year old aunt, Lib. That could have gone better! I saw my old friends, Lindy and Larry Neuhaus. We just finished celebrating Thanksgiving. Jamie was here from LA. We participated in a Turkey Trot race on Thanksgiving day. It included me, Diane, Jamie, Sam, Sam's girlfriend, Kate and Kate's Dad, Bob. We had a wonderful dinner that afternoon and watched our quota of football. The next day we went to see the movie, Lincoln and we were all moved by it. Riley stayed in LA this time but will be home for Christmas. We survived another one!