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In January, Dean
and Mary went to San Juan, Puerto Rico for their annual winter trip.
While in San Juan, Mary got a sinus infection, it turned into
bronchus then into pneumonia. She went to the local hospital in San
Juan, but treatments there were not helping so they arranged for a
medical airlift back home to the States. When her plane landed at
the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids an ambulance was waiting to
transport her to St. Luke’s Hospital.
Mary has been in
the ICU since February 4. She has her good and bad days. They are
trying to build her strength back up. She is looking at maybe having
to have surgery on her colon. They have been giving her medication
for the infection, but some of the medications have not agreeing
with her system. She has not been eating for she is having trouble
swallowing anything even ice chips make her choke. All this is
starting to get to Dean, please keep Dean and Mary in your
prayers.
Buzz Brown’s
wife, Arletta, is still about the same. They are waiting test
results on blood work that can take up to month. On a bright note,
the surgery on her eyes came out good. They are now out looking for
reading glasses.
Bob Nance
is recovering well after having minor surgery on February 7. His
wife, Verna, was giving him a hard time because he could not
drive for five days after surgery. The doctors told him to take it
easy for a couple weeks.
Singing
Valentine's A Success!! By Sean
Smith, Program VP
First of all, I would like to thank
everyone that helped make 2006 Singing Valentine’s a success! A
special thanks goes to Mark and Tracy Potter for
designing and printing the flyers, Ryan Schlader for the
promos and ads, Syndicate for getting up and the crack of
dawn to promote on KCRG, and Roadtrip for doing extra
performances before Valentine’s Day. I also want to thank Wendell
and Mary Aldrich for taking orders, and Bob and Lynn
Kerdus for taking orders and letting us use their house as the
central meeting place for the 2006 Singing Valentines.
Sean Smith
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