Subj: [women] Mindwalkers - circling the wagons
Date: 4/2/01 9:59:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time
John is home.
It was wonderful that my s-i-l could get the care he did in the hospital when his temperature was soaring past 104; it’s even more wonderful to have him home. His temperature is normal and he is able to get up and about, but I can tell how weak he still feels.
His appetite remains a far cry from normal. Elsa made a gorgeous ham. All John (who loves ham) could do was nibble a little bit.
It tears my heart out to hear the dear lad coughing a deep-chested, painful cough. He is stocked up on medications, including one-a-day antibiotic for the next ten days. John is under strict orders to take things easy, because pneumonia can sneak back.
What a three days it has been. It does not seem possible that it has only been a bit over three days. It felt like an eternity.
On behalf of all three of us, thank you for your loving thoughts and for your caring e-mails. Special love and hugs to Carole Grisin, who made an impossible Sunday bearable, and to Lisa Hyatt Cooper, who came over tonight and helped Elsa bag up newspapers, dig out the kitchen countertop, washed the dishes, and was a bright ray of friendship. The stovetop is forever in Lisa’s debt.
While she was here, at Squirrel Haven, my nephew Bob Ripley called from California to find out how John is faring. It touched Elsa to have someone in the family touch base and hearts.
When something shockingly sudden as John's illness happens, it is amazing how people circle the wagons of friendship and support. You might be weary of hearing the saga of John, but having you out there made our lives more bearable in a dark and frightening time.
With thanks and love - Katharine Reynolds Lockhart
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