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  • HoraceH Horace

    Doing great enough that my mom is no longer worried.

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    @Horace said in Hey Horace:

    Doing great enough that my mom is no longer worried.

    👍🏻👍🏻😍

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    • HoraceH Horace

      Doing great enough that my mom is no longer worried.

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      @Horace said in Hey Horace:

      Doing great enough that my mom is no longer worried.

      Wow! That's a great turn around from earlier. He must be making the docs happy, too, with that much progress.

      Any forecast for going home yet? Or is he already there?

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        He's home and walking with a cane. No longer needs a walker. Can take showers by himself, all that sort of stuff. Mind is as sharp as ever, with independence being the still surface which all around him appreciate. Still waters and all that.

        Education is extremely important.

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          That's marvelous considering how serious things were for him. Good for him, and for your whole family.

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            Thanks Brenda. It was a few weeks ago that he had his surgery in Kansas City. It's two hours away and the closest facility that can do that sort of thing. I was there for that, but was pretty useless other than accompanying my mom, along with my brother, at the hotel. My mom went to the hospital every day. COVID rules kept the rest of us from his recovery bedside. He was cleared to come home, and he came home, but those times are probably pretty risky. Then my sister came down from WI to be of some real help. She's a health care professional and if you think I love my dad you should deal with her. His complications got scary and he went back to KC by ambulance, but is now back. Thanks for asking.

            Education is extremely important.

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              Horace, you’re from Wisconsin but your parents live in Kansas or Missouri, I think you’ve told the story before but tell us how that came about.

              You were warned.

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                You can add the rest of the five letters. I totally accept that.

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                @Horace said in Hey Horace:

                You can add the rest of the five letters. I totally accept that.

                H sounds a lot cooler. You need all the help you can get, H.

                I was only joking

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  Horace, you’re from Wisconsin but your parents live in Kansas or Missouri, I think you’ve told the story before but tell us how that came about.

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                  @jon-nyc said in Hey Horace:

                  Horace, you’re from Wisconsin but your parents live in Kansas or Missouri, I think you’ve told the story before but tell us how that came about.

                  Ask my mom. They had a kid and then adopted one. They adopted the one because they thought they might never have the third. They really wanted kids. Then I was the third.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    Right but we’re your parents originally from WI? Or did they just move there for a spell?

                    You were warned.

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                      Late to the party, but very glad to hear your dad is doing better.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        Yeah, good news! Thanks for the update.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          Excellent news. Dying I am not so afraid of. Dependence I am. Glad to hear your father is largely able to take care of himself.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            Right but we’re your parents originally from WI? Or did they just move there for a spell?

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                            @jon-nyc said in Hey Horace:

                            Right but we’re your parents originally from WI? Or did they just move there for a spell?

                            My mom is from CO and my dad is from KS. My parents actually lived in San Francisco for a while, and Japan, while my dad was in the Air Force via the ROTC. But he's a veterinarian by training from Kansas State, and at some point was offered an opportunity to work at the University of WI, at its primate research center. He was the monkey surgeon. That all happened before I was born, so I'm from WI. My parents retired back to where my dad was born, when I was in my late 20s. It's a bit confusing between KS and MO because they are right on the border. They didn't really retire though for another 10 years. My dad worked at a local pet clinic, and my mom worked as a nursing professor at a local college.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              Interesting, that clears it up.

                              You were warned.

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                                My mom is COVID positive. Strange since the disease isn't prevalent there. We don't know how it happened. She had a cough when we talked on the phone today. My dad is doing better. My mom is only worried about my dad and whether she'll give it to him. Not a bit about herself. My dad hasn't been tested. Now they're social distancing in their home. My mom keeps to one room and my dad to another. He's independent so it's all ok for now.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  Oh man I’m sorry to hear that. Is anyone around that can take care of her besides him?

                                  You were warned.

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                                    Not at the moment, but work from home rules give some freedom.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      Man, that's tough news! I hope her case is light and things go well for your dad.

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        Jeez. Just what they needed now. Hoping for the best.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          Damn. I'm hoping for the best, too, Horace.

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