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Joe's Arm Surgery, Round 2

Happy and Healthy New Year to All!

We are now set for Joe's arm, Round 2. His reconstructive forearm surgery
is set for Thursday, January 13, 2005, almost a year to the day of his first arm surgery. We expect he will be in the hospital overnight and then home. We plan to keep him out of school for at least a week.

The above black and white picture does not do justice to his holiday-colorful green and red plaster cast. We look forward to a new cast color after his operation. The picture does do justice to his lovely head of hair. Contrary to some predictions, it did not come back curly and a different color. And we are happy to report that his lovely cowlick seems to have grown since last time we saw it.

If you would like to send Joe an e-mail greeting while he is in-patient for his surgery, you can do so through the hospital's patient e-mail greeting service here. [Remember, he won't be there until 1/13/05.]

We will do another post after his operation. It will likely be weeks, if not months, before we know for sure that the reconstruction was successful.

Our continued thanks to all for your prayers and good wishes. They mean the world to us and to Joe.

Love,

Jenny, Tom, Joe and Seth

Posted by Seth at January 9, 2005 10:47 PM