Oh boy! Let's all do the happy dance! Art just called and, as Mark Ross said, he sounds great. He does have to stay flat on his back, but they let him up for three hours per day. They have seen their new grandbaby several times and of course love her and her four sisters very much.

I got some good laughs out of him when I told about the poster and the comments, especially yours Dan about the nesters. :-)

He said one of the main reasons he called was to tell me how much Mudcat and all of its denizens have meant to him. He sends his love to all and his thank you's for all the good thoughts etc. that we have sent. I told him we'd keep it up.

He made sure that I understood they are living in a nursing home and while he has such a great attitude and they make the best of it, the room is still small. the pressure sore is down to a very small size now so I told him soon it will be healed and maybe down the road there may be a way for them to get back into a more assisted living type of situation. I don't know if it's a possibility, but he certainly liked the idea. As he said though the most important thing is they have each other, he and Carol, and they are being cared for as well as being closer to their grandchildren and son and daughter-in-law.

Phew! I think I've been holding my breath a bit on this one. Sure feels good to have heard his voice and know that he is really doing better.

Three cheers to us all and best of everything for Art and Carol!

luvyakat

typos fixed...voice recognition software is so much fun!:-(