Wednesday....January 27th...2010

Busy day today....First, Linda and Dave went to Bend to see the surgeon for an evaluation of her surgery....she is healing nicely and the "wound" is progressing well.....no concerns....the surgeon's assistant did say that it was 3 weeks from the surgery and it usually takes up to 6 weeks to feel back to normal....

The reversal of the colostomy was discussed...she said it usually is about 6 to 9 months before an evaluation takes place...because of the scarring and all involved....anything sooner could very likely cause additional problems...she was very clear that it is "elective surgery" and actually is more complicated than the original surgery and involves hospitalization and healing time..and..and. Linda seemed satisfied with the discussion and not in a rush to have anything changed...she seems more adapted with her situation and time will tell if this is necessary for her.....

When we were leaving, the surgeon came out trying to find Linda....down the hall....it was very clear that he cared about her and wanted her to know that...it was very touching and very kind of him....

We then had to go to the outpatient portion of the hospital to visit with the ostomy nurse......we had a little time beforehand and walked down to the radiation center where Linda did her earlier treatment and also the Livestrong program...all the folks were excited to see Linda and were blown away at how good she looked for what she had been through...the visit with the nurse was very beneficial.....she reviewed what we had been doing and what we had planned for the future in terms of the various ostomy products...we agreed on a plan of action and meet again before we go to Florida to start ordering supplies.....no more home nursing is required...this nurse was very pleased with our progress.

Today was Janet's last day here in Central Oregon...to be truthful, she was running out of things to do...her fault for working so hard and efficiently.....we are very thankful for her help and for her family allowing her to come....now it's only about getting up at 4 am to get her to the airport...yawn!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU JANET!!!!!!

The closing is proceeding on time and without glitches...we are having problems with the potential renting of the Brasada spec house.....with the bank being the biggest obstacle....we are so fed up with the banking system in this country who took our governmental money and then are dumping houses for ridiculous prices, destroying the market further..losing millions of dollars in the process but doing well because of our money...almost makes me want to puke! We either are getting a renter or not having one because we have a construction loan and the bank wants us to sell the property with no buyers in sight..and the only closings have been bankruptcies where the bank loss a lot of money...go figure...anyway this should clear up soon...and means we store our belongings in Portland or "stage" the spec house at Brasada...we'd like to know....