Quartzsite, AZ. March 21

Just a quick note to let you all know how we're  doing.  

We got back to Quartzsite on Wednesday afternoon, just in time to see Kevin and Dianne before they started home.  They left here on Thursday morning, so it's pretty lonesome without them.  Dianne also did the cooking for all of us, so Buck is really going to miss that.  Now it's up to him.

I saw the Doctor before we left to come back here and they were happy with the way I am healing.  They took x-rays and that was pretty interesting.  On one side there is a plate with 7 screws and the other bone has 2 long screws.  So now I'm just waiting for it to heal.  5 or 6 more weeks before I can put any weight on it.    We will move up to a RV Park in the Phoenix area and stay there until I am discharged and ready to go home.  The Physical therapy can be done at home.

The weather here is getting pretty warm, will be needing the air soon, although it still gets nice and cool at night.

That's all for now.  Thanks to everyone for your prayers, The Lord has seen to it, that I have been well taken care of.  I thank him for that!!

March 17th

I decided that I should just write a blog about what's being going on in our life, instead of sending out emails.

We have been in Quartzsite, AZ all winter enjoying the wonderful weather!!  It has been one of the nicest winters that we have experienced down here.

Everything was going great until one night three weeks ago, when I couldn't sleep and got up to have a snack and missed the last step and fell and broke my ankle.  I was laying on the floor, yelling for Buck to please help me, my right foot pointing to the right instead of to the front, wondering how in the heck was I going to get up and get out of the RV.  I knew I needed the ER and that was 35 miles away in Parker.  Buck called Kevin and between the 2 of them they got me up and out and into the truck.  Not a easy task.  

I ended up dislocating and breaking two bones in my right ankle.  They got it back in place and splinted it in the ER telling me that I would defiantly need surgery.  I had the surgery done a week ago in Phoenix.  A plate on one bone and pins and screws in the other.  I have been staying with my cousin since then, don't know what I would have done without their help.   Buck makes a darn good nurse too, and also Kevin and Dianne.  

I will not be able to put any weight on my ankle for at least 6 weeks and the surgeon would like me to stay here until it heals, so looks like we will be moving our RV up to the Phoenix area and won't be able to go home  until the end of April or first of May.

I am doing great tho, knowing I am on the road to recovery.

I'm going to end this for now and will write again soon.