thought & best wishes are with you

susie

Hugs and well wishes!

Diane

Please If doris is in any of your robins please send a note to her saying you understand . & exknowledge
all is well . thank you all
susie
Thanks for the information. I am trying to get something together for her and will get it out as soon as possible. My mother is very upset, because she is involved in several swaps, and she is afraid everyone will think she is a 'deadbeat trader' and she won't be allowed to participate in any other swaps or robins.
She was admitted to the hospital with chest pains on Feb 2nd. They determined that she had pneumonia and was treated for that. In the course of one of the tests they ran, blood was taken from an artery, which continued to bleed under the skin. She had a huge bruise that went from elbow to armpit, but no one thought any more of it than a bad bruise. Evidently the blood pooled in her arm to the extent that it damaged some nerves to her hand. At this point she has no feeling and very limited use of her left hand. She is now in a nursing home for therapy. Some of the feeling is slowly coming back, but it may take several months. She is hoping to be home within a week, she has several doctor appointments in the next week, so we're hoping for some answers.
If you know of any other robins or swaps she is in, could you please relay the information to them, or ask them to contact me? She doesn't recall how many she was in, and I have been having problems getting onto garden web.
Thanks again, for the information,
Deb

will be happy to send it email to you.
Its great how gardeners stick by gardeners

susie

~Summer

Sue Thanks so much for keeping us updated on Doris.
Please email her address! Thanks

Bonnie

I think we ought to find out what nursing home Doris is in and send her flowers! She would truly know she is a Garden Web jewel if she doesn't already.

Susie, you do so much, but can you please be in touch with her daughter and let us know if flowers would be feasible to either facility or Doris' home? Meanwhile, I'm sending a card to her house.

Get well Doris!
Big hugs and a smooch from the Pooch

Brighton Gardens
Doris Morey Room 108
700 Euclid Ave.
Prospect Hts, IL 60070
She has an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon tomorrow morning, so we may have more news then. He is the one that has ordered this therapy that she is receiving. If the therapy isn't doing enough, or if the slow regeneration of nerves stops, he may do surgery. At this point she has some feeling and movement in her little finger and the one next to it. Her middle finger has some feeling, no movement, and her thumb and index finger she cannot move or feel. At this point, I think she is more concerned about her robins, and all the seeds she had hoped to get started by this time!! I'll let you know if there is any news tomorrow.
Deb

now for the update
good night all
susie

Hi Susie,
I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. She did get your box, she wanted me to thank you. She was just thrilled!! She has also received some cards, I can't think of who, off hand (I should have made a list), but she has them all hanging up on the bulletin board in her room.
She saw the orthopedic doctor on Weds, he is happy with the progress she is making. She does now have some feeling and movement in her little finger and ring finger on her left hand. Her middle finger is doing better, some movement, some feeling. The doctor way most encouraged by the strength she is showing in her thumb if he applied pressure. She was able to resist him moving it a bit. She will be at the nursing home for at least the next week and a half. She goes back to the doctor on March 8th and will be re-evaluated then. She's in good spirits, a bit bored with everything there, and anxious to get home and get her seeds started!!
Monday she has an appointment with her oncologist, but it is just a routine follow up. When she was in the hospital he did a CAT scan and told her everything looked clear, so not expecting any real news from him. She has had 2 unrelated cancers in the past 3 years, but so far, everything there is looking good!
She has been very upset that the nursing home doesn't have a computer for patients to use, but they just laughed and said, no one had ever asked about a computer before! She really misses her time on Garden Web!
Deb

anyone haven a trade with doris going on /or if she is
in your robin please let me know details so I can send to deb . please include gw name , names & address & for what robin .

thank you
susie

Go Doris Go!

we wish you a smooth recovery welcome home .
missed you .

susie

Belatedly I want to thank Diane H for the beautiful bird feeder. I have a small pedestal that she will stand on in the front garden. I love it!!

Jeannete, Many thanks for the fuzzy valentine heart, candy, and seeds. That was a special treat!

Treasa, I have so enjoyed reading your books while recuperating. The cookbooks are perfect for my collection. I have read through them from cover to cover. The stickers and chocolate, along with the pile of seeds are great! Most of the seeds I did not have. Also, I love the cologne, thank you so much.

Susie, thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. Chicken soup, perfect when I get home. The books I am reading at the nursing home. I love the body wash, lotion, and bath net. Old Farmers Almanac, never had one before, reading that now! Plus the chocolate, and the cute candle holder, thanks so much!!

Amy, I had your name down to thank, but things got a bit mixed, and I don't remember what you send. But, many thanks for your thoughtfulness.
A big thanks for the cards you all sent. They are on my bulletin board near my bed, where I can see them.
Thank you everyone for the good wishes you posted.

Also, a quick note to Tina, I am so happy all turned our well with your husband. What a frightening thing to have to go through.

Hope to be back in the garden very soon now.

I will also take care of all the obligations I have not been able to, as soon as I get home.

Doris

Thank you Susie for the candy and notecards. Your package was waiting for her when she got back to the nursing home this evening.