Sweet Smiling Kaylee!

* I FINALLY got to visit Kaylee last Sunday!.. As expected she is a living doll - all 8 lbs of her. Janet sent us some smiley photos (see below). She just turned 1 month old.

* On the medical front, Lila's broken toe (courtesy of Leo-the-dog on Ash Wednesday) continues to heal. Mom's leg still needs several months to heal. Mom reports that she keeps getting "better".
* I plan to visit Mom in KC next weekend while Don and Nancy are in Colorado.
* Paul called in and said that he is back in Normal.
* Hobbs Management dinner was at the Old Luxemburg restaurant last Wednesday. I scurried from there to meet Lila and Mark at Immanuel for the third Lenten service.

Somber news ..

* Lila and I celebrated our 20th anniversary last week (Ash Wednesday) and ate at Olive Garden. Leo-the-dog had broken her toe earlier in the day.
* I reserved two rooms at a Doubletree hotel near Des Plaines for us all to have an outing and see Kaylee.
* On Thursday night Mom broke her hip (actually her leg near the hip) and I drove into KC on Friday while she was having pins put inot her leg bone. Lila, Mark, and Ryan went to the hotel for the weekend.
* Don, Nancy, and I sat with her in Shawnee Mission Hospital.
* On Sunday Mom's physician (Dr. Kaine) told her that she has a 3cm x 3 cm malinant tumor in the top of her right lung.
* Mom was very calm and matter-of-fact but Don, Nancy and I were shocked to silence.
* After Mom had been able to sit in a chair for an hour, I left for Springfield about noon on Sunday.
* A lung specialist looked at Mom. He only plans to look at the tumor again in "6 to 9 months".
* Rox flew in yesterday and she, Don, and Nancy arranged for Mom's relocation to "Sweet Life" nursing home on Johnson Drive and Rosehill in Shawnee.