Busy, Busy, Week

Whew! What a busy week

Bob was surprised this last Sunday with a visit from his daughter Tina and most of her family. Pat made home made lasagna for us. It was so good that it only lasted two days. If you have never had Pat’s lasagna then you are really missing out on a treat.

Bob had a good time visiting with his grand daughters and catching up with their lives. Helen is now in college which couldn’t have made Bob more proud. She is studying to be a nurse. Christina is the youngest general manager of Fire House Subs in Florida. Wow! What a huge accomplishment for someone only 18 years old. We know she will do a great job.

Bob loved the visit with Pat who is still recovering from a horrible motorcycle accident earlier this year. We praise God daily for the leaps and bounds Pat has made in his road to recovery. He still has a long ways to go, but with friends and family behind him he will succeed.

Tuesday, Bob had his cataract surgery and you all know that it went well. Wednesday, he had a follow up visit with the doctor. He had to get up early again and was not happy about that. He is not a morning person, but that is alright because neither am I.

I kept asking him the whole way to the appointment if he could see things better and he kept telling me just a little bit. We got to the appointment and they checked his eyes and I was amazed that he could see so well. He started reading the chart right away. I turned and looked at him and said, “Wow, you can see a whole lot better. Why didn’t you tell me you could see? Your eye sight has almost doubled in just one night.” He just looked and said it was a little better.

The optometrist, Helen, then needed to put a drop in his eye and when she came near him she asked him if he was going to fight her like he did last time she needed to put a drop in his eye.

He looked at her and asked, “Did I fight you last time?”
“Like a bear.” She replied.
“Oh, I’m sorry.” He said. “I didn’t mean to. It must have been because I was Horney.”

Well, I yelled “POP!” and Helen bent over in laughter. The two of us laughed for a good four minutes solid. And Pop just sat there not knowing why we were laughing. When Helen finally got control again and started to put the drop in his eye, Pop looked at her and said, “I’m sorry hon. At my age, I know what I said, but have no idea what it means.” Well, that started both of us going again.

Helen said that Bob made her day!

After Helen was done the Doctor came in and looked at his eyes. It only took a few minutes. When he was done with the exam Bob asked him, “Is that all?”
“Yep, that’s all.” The Doctor replied. “You can go home now.”
“Well, that’s why you got me up so early in the morning for? I could have come this afternoon for just that.” He answered.

The Doctor laughed and looked towards me. I laughed and shrugged my shoulders. “Sorry, Doc.,” I said. “He is in rare form today. What can I say?”

Well, next weeks appointment is even earlier so he really won’t like that one. That’s alright because there is a Bob Evans restaurant right down the road from the clinic and they make a great breakfast. It’s a hard toss up between the fluffy pancakes or the biscuits and gravy.

Thursday we went bowling, but Bob has a weight restriction so he just watched the kids bowl. He said he had a great time watching them. We went to lunch afterwards and talked up a storm. That is a great sign. He is itching to get out in the yard and do something, but he isn’t supposed to bend or stoop for a week. Pray that I can hold him down that long. He has been practicing with paint and drawing. We might work some word searches and crossword puzzles.


Give him a call this weekend! He loves hearing from you all.