<VV> I'm back.... again!!!!

[LonzoVair at aol.com]

Hey everybody,
I got back home friday night, and spent most of yesterday sleeping, since 
they didn't want me sleeping there at the hospital. Every hour it seemed like 
those nursing school students, most of them young black girls, were coming in 
bugging me for something... "Time ta take yo blood pressah Missah Annasin", "Time 
ta take yo shuger count Missah Annasin", "Time ta take yo tempachur Missah 
Annasin"... I was very polite, and finally got the bright idea to get a couple 
of cotton balls to stuff in my ears and took my red bandana and used it as a 
blind fold, then Lorna, the Filipino nurse, came in and though I was waiting for 
the firing squad.... she was cute... 
And the highlight of my stay was Friday... one of the ladies from Physical 
Therapy stopped in to make sure I could operate the crutches... she was blonde, 
in her late 40s, fairly nice looking... we talked a while as the nurse removed 
the IV (I'd been hooked up to a morphine drip for almost a full day)... I 
told her I'd meet her at the door but first I needed to hit the restroom.... once 
I finished up and stepped outside the room this lovely blonde, about 5' 7' 
and in her late 20s, ample bosom pushing out under one of those Dr coats, walks 
up to me and says "Mr. Anderson?" Yessss? I reply,.... "Are you married?"... I 
thought HERE'S THAT ONE IN A MILLION CHANCE!!!  I said "Why? Are You???"... 
she turned the brightest shade of red any of her co-workers had ever seen! I 
told her we could talk about it over a cup of coffee, but she ran away. Anyway, 
I'm sure you don't want to hear about me chasing the pretty nurses (I couldn't 
catch them anyway) and you're more interested in what they did with my leg... 
Well, they took out the old rod, and inserted a larger one... the assisting 
Dr said we went from a #38 to a #40, so they went back into my heel and did 
that... while the old rod was still in there they inserted some pins to hold my 
leg bone in place... they were inserted at the halfway point up my shin, and at 
the base of the shin bone, two in each place... they hurt more than anything 
else they did. They also went into the outer side where the fibula is and took 
some bone off of it, and attached a plate to insure it grows straight. I 
think they may have attached another plate to the tibia, but I'm not certain... I 
go back for a check up tomorrow afternoon, and I will let you guys know whats 
up then.
Well, there ya have it... I'm almost back to my ornery old self.... just the 
pain slows me down a bit... I gotta tell ya, Cheryl has been a real trooper... 
she's doing all the yard work, since I can barely stand on one leg without 
something hurting to the verge of tears...
I'll keep y'all posted, and thanks for all the notes and cards. I should be 
back up and about real soon. As for driving around, the little green 64 sedan 
will be sitting still for a few weeks, but if the weather stays like this, I'll 
have to find a way to get outside and do something... it is absolutely 
beautiful here in KY!
Take care,
Lonzo


Lon Anderson in White Mills, KY
CORSA, Corvanatics, Central Kentucky Corvair, Derby City Corvair
Quart Low Quarterly editor
1961 Greenbrier pg, someday will be a camper
1963 Greenbrier 4spd. that I really ought to sell
1964 700 sedan 95/pg, semi-daily driver status (only when I drive somewhere)