<VV> I'm back.... again!!!!

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

Big guy, it's about time for you to get well!!!!

dp


At 02:06 PM 4/17/2005, LonzoVair at aol.com wrote:
>Hey everybody,
>I got back home friday night, and spent most of yesterday sleeping, since
>they didn't want me sleeping there at the hospital. Every hour it seemed like
>those nursing school students, most of them young black girls, were coming in
>bugging me for something... "Time ta take yo blood pressah Missah 
>Annasin", "Time
>ta take yo shuger count Missah Annasin", "Time ta take yo tempachur Missah
>Annasin"... I was very polite, and finally got the bright idea to get a 
>couple
>of cotton balls to stuff in my ears and took my red bandana and used it as a
>blind fold, then Lorna, the Filipino nurse, came in and though I was 
>waiting for
>the firing squad.... she was cute...
>And the highlight of my stay was Friday... one of the ladies from Physical
>Therapy stopped in to make sure I could operate the crutches... she was 
>blonde,
>in her late 40s, fairly nice looking... we talked a while as the nurse 
>removed
>the IV (I'd been hooked up to a morphine drip for almost a full day)... I
>told her I'd meet her at the door but first I needed to hit the 
>restroom.... once
>I finished up and stepped outside the room this lovely blonde, about 5' 7'
>and in her late 20s, ample bosom pushing out under one of those Dr coats, 
>walks
>up to me and says "Mr. Anderson?" Yessss? I reply,.... "Are you 
>married?"... I
>thought HERE'S THAT ONE IN A MILLION CHANCE!!!  I said "Why? Are You???"...
>she turned the brightest shade of red any of her co-workers had ever seen! I
>told her we could talk about it over a cup of coffee, but she ran away. 
>Anyway,
>I'm sure you don't want to hear about me chasing the pretty nurses (I 
>couldn't
>catch them anyway) and you're more interested in what they did with my leg...
>Well, they took out the old rod, and inserted a larger one... the assisting
>Dr said we went from a #38 to a #40, so they went back into my heel and did
>that... while the old rod was still in there they inserted some pins to 
>hold my
>leg bone in place... they were inserted at the halfway point up my shin, 
>and at
>the base of the shin bone, two in each place... they hurt more than anything
>else they did. They also went into the outer side where the fibula is and 
>took
>some bone off of it, and attached a plate to insure it grows straight. I
>think they may have attached another plate to the tibia, but I'm not 
>certain... I
>go back for a check up tomorrow afternoon, and I will let you guys know whats
>up then.
>Well, there ya have it... I'm almost back to my ornery old self.... just the
>pain slows me down a bit... I gotta tell ya, Cheryl has been a real 
>trooper...
>she's doing all the yard work, since I can barely stand on one leg without
>something hurting to the verge of tears...
>I'll keep y'all posted, and thanks for all the notes and cards. I should be
>back up and about real soon. As for driving around, the little green 64 sedan
>will be sitting still for a few weeks, but if the weather stays like this, 
>I'll
>have to find a way to get outside and do something... it is absolutely
>beautiful here in KY!
>Take care,
>Lonzo
>
>
>Lon Anderson in White Mills, KY
>CORSA, Corvanatics, Central Kentucky Corvair, Derby City Corvair
>Quart Low Quarterly editor
>1961 Greenbrier pg, someday will be a camper
>1963 Greenbrier 4spd. that I really ought to sell
>1964 700 sedan 95/pg, semi-daily driver status (only when I drive somewhere)