Good News

Good Afternoon Everybody,

Well it is definite, on Monday January 10th I have my first Hyperbaric treatment in Vancouver at Vancouver General Hospital. As of this time I will have 40 daily treatments, except for weekends and holidays, and the last treatment will be Friday March 5th. We have reserved room 32 at the Jean C. Barber Lodge from Jan. 9th to the 5th of March. The wait for the news is over and both Dolores and I are happy that we can now make plans and get ready for the trip. It remains to be seen how I will hold up to the rigors of the treatments but, I am as ready as I can be and looking forward to getting started. I will pass on more details as the time gets closer.

Winter is still upon us here at the farm. Today is foggy and right on the freezing point. It snowed a couple of cms last night and I guess there is about 12 to 15 cms in total on the ground. David is feeding the cows daily from the hay yard and every day between 12 noon and 2:30ish we have no water pressure in the house because the cows are at the watering wells and we just have to wait until they are finished. For me it is right when I have my mid day tube feed so I'm not as inconvenienced as the rest of the household.

I am well and feeling much better these days and my energy levels are gradually returning. My weight has climbed back to 162 and the problems with the stoma and the infection there are all but gone. There is still redness around the stoma but no pain even when Dolores is cleaning it and putting on new dressings. The surgical wound is almost fully healed and the scabbing is getting to be smaller by the day. It looks like my problems there are all over.

For those of you in and around the Toronto area who know him, my really good friend from my high school days, D'Arcy Regan, will be 66 tomorrow. Happy Birthday D'Arcy.

That's it for now. More later on the Hyperbaric treatments as I get more information.

Love and Hugs,

Rick