Sunday Dec 24 Update - Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Everyone! Today has been a wonderful day for me. I slept late so that was a blessing! Then I had a light breakfast of some high protein foods the doctor had sent home with me. He is such a cool guy; he brought treats for me to have at the clinic and then sent them home with me. One is like rice cakes made with molasses. That’s what it tastes like but I’m sure that’s not what it is. The other is a lot like oatmeal cookies, only lighter. They are delicious treats, and along with fruit they are plenty for me to eat. The next good thing is this is the 7^th day of my meds, so I only take 3 of this one at 3 different times during the day. It’s wonderful to have a day of easy meds. Then Don wrote that awesome post. What a day to start out my day! He really thinks I’m terrific; we have this boomerang kind of fan club going between us, so I am completely happy.

The other patient, Irene, came over with a Christmas CD she had bought and we played it on the computer. That was a fun treat. Then we found a great picture of the Christmas tree from the clinic, so we enjoyed viewing that and sending it to her brother and sister. I’ll send it to Trish and maybe she can put it onto the blog. We spent some time counting our blessings and reliving Christmas times in our past and thanking God for all our many blessings and of course asking for healing. We went down to the hotel restaurant and had a wonderful Christmas meal. She did great; she’s learning to order things that she really can get down with only 3 teeth. I’m enjoying so much getting her to smile and laugh, which she was embarrassed to do at first. She’s a joy and she has great memories to share. I’m headed to the bath right now and she’s back in her room waiting for a call from her aunt. She’ll come to my room tonight, later, and we’re going to do a little Christmas celebration on our own with Jose Feliciano in the background. She is such a Santa; she has given everyone in the hotel chocolates and they all love her to death! I’m not going to poison them with chocolates, so I just flash them a smile, which Ilene is afraid to flash with her teeth gone. She’s such a sport, though; she keeps saying, “All I want for Christmas is my TEETH!”

I talked to Don and he is having a good day, too. If there is no earthquake then how could you have a bad day in Hawaii? FOUR more days till I follow him! Remember I love you all! Thanks for your encouraging words and prayers!