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To: Billie
Hi, Meekie - trust your dad is doing better each day?

Howdy, and thanks. It's the craziest thing. His arm and fractured neck don't give him any pain, etc. - except the inconvenience of the neck brace, and the hand being out of commission (use). But he apparently pulled a muscle in his shoulder blade area in his back that gives him fits every day. They did x-ray his shoulder blade in Colorado and found nothing broken. I'm thinking that it will smooth out in a week or so. I remember when I was in a motorcycle accident in 1977, I was sore all over for three weeks before I could get around without pain, etc. Of course, I was 23 years old then, too. Dad is 71.

His hand and arm are a mess, and they are doing another skin graft on the back of his hand tomorrow in Tyler on an Outpatient basis. We have to be there at 2 p.m. and surgery is scheduled at 4. He won't be able to eat or drink anything after midnight tonight. Because of his shoulder blade/back pain, they did say he could take his pain medication as needed though.

185 posted on 11/12/2002 1:37:48 PM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: MeeknMing
Every time you give us an update on your dad, it amazes me that when the doctor first called you he left the impression that "it wasn't too serious"...Sounds plenty serious to me....I think you should give him one of those Am-Track train passes so he can hop on a train the next time he gets a yen to go travelling.
206 posted on 11/12/2002 2:31:29 PM PST by daisyscarlett
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