RA>Sounds good to me.  I hope you got that spring rain.  Here we got maybe
  >an inch of snow on top of freezing rain.  We were right on the edge of
  >what was really a nasty storm that dropped as much as 28 inches of snow
  >in several places.  They had about 8 inches where Mother lives.  Spring
  >is definitely showing signs of arriving here in the southern part of the
  >state, but there is still a lot of snow in the northern part.  They are
  >hoping it doesn't all melt at once or there will be flooding on several
  >rivers that run into the Mississippi.
It really is spring here now.  The forsythia is in bloom; so are some of
the cherry trees and the Russian tulips.  The grass is greening.  It was
in the sixties yesterday, and will be again today.  I imagine by next
weekend we will need to start thinking about mowing the lawn.  In our
house we only think about it for the first few weeks, until the
neighbors are looking askance at our long grass, and shaking their
heads.
RA>The doctor said the tendon is slipping.  Apparently there is a groove in
  >each knuckle that serves the purpose of keeping the tendon in place.
  >Sometimes the grooves will wear down with age and a tendon will start to
  >slip out of the groove.  The doctor said that surgery is necessary to
  >remedy the problem.  He wants to see if they can get some of the fluid
  >out of Mother's legs before he turns her over to the orthopedic surgeon.
  >He is talking about sometime in May.
I think that surgery is pretty successful.  Do they have her on "water
pills", then, to reduce the fluid levels in her legs?
                        Sondra
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