[Magdalen] On incompetence; Janice update

[Jon Egger]

Oh Don...they were doing this procedure at the VA when I retired.  They
came out of surgery and about 99% had NO pain.

Still praying in WestMo.

Grace and peace,
brud

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 12:39 AM, <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Sister Sibyl writes, "that was during my computer-incompetent time of
> life," from which one infers that she is no longer in that period.  Having
> seen some of the wonders she performs, I have no doubt that she has long
> since emerged from computer incompetence.  OTOH, I find myself continuing
> to inhabit that time.  At the moment I feel awash in incompetencies--of
> late what ever I put my hand to (save perhaps making English sentences) I
> screw up.
>
> Earlier tonight I had a brief telephone visit with Janice.  The planned
> surgery for stabilizing her fractured neck vertebrae is reportedly simple,
> brief, and almost always successful; it involves injecting glue.  I also
> learned that she has THIRTEEN broken ribs.  She asked the physician who is
> managing her care about her prognosis for recovery and was told "Well, if
> you don't get the flu that's going around, and if you don't get pneumonia,
> and if you don't fall and break any more bones, it's pretty good."
>
> Nothing like a little mindless optimism to brighten the day!
>