Marilyn's Cleveland Clinic address

Marilyn is at Cleveland Clinic for an unknown number of days, for several different medical issues. She went in last week, and is in-patient for now.

For those of you wishing to send cards, flowers, or whatever, here’s her address:

Marilyn Kruse

ADRC – P-47

Cleveland Clinic

9500 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44195

I’m sure she’d enjoy getting cards and other well wishes from family members.

– Barb

Bill Spindler: earthquake & radio interview

Cousin Bill posted this on Facebook this afternoon/evening:

I just survived the Great VA Earthquake of 2011. 5.8! My place is 30 miles SW of the epicenter in Mineral... It knocked stuff off shelves, bent up my radio antenna. Roughest one I've been in, and I've felt a few in the Bay Area and Thailand...

I was still shaking long after it stopped! And hey, I was just interviewed by WNKU, the NPR station in Cincinnati and Middletown, I'll be on the news tomorrow!

So maybe you Ohio folks will catch him on the radio tomorrow. (And maybe we can catch it online, via streaming signal from WNKU.)

Kurt

Kurt is in the hospital getting an MRI at St. Lukes. Dad's there with him. The athletic director noticed that one of his pupils was dilated, and the school nurse took his blood pressure, and it was elevated. Kurt called his doctor of infectious diseases, and was told that his meds wouldn't cause that, and instructed him to get to the ER. One of our long family friends (from high school - she's a nurse) took Kurt. I'm sure Mom has called several of you. Please keep Kurt in your prayers again. I love that little guy!

Kurt and Mom update

Kurt is back home and Christy is there to look after him.(Deanna and Christy are my newly adopted sisters!)

Mom was feeling better when I talked to her this evening, and Dad is relieved that he might sleep (finally) the whole night.

Thank you for all of your prayers and well wishes. THEY WORKED!

love, heather

Mom is out of Surgery

Dad just called and said Mom is out of surgery and the doctor told him that everything went really well. She'll be able to go home once she wakes up, so she could be there for a couple of days. ;-)  She got a plate and screws and pins?... Dad has the xray of what the doctor did, and said "you'll just have to see it."

She'll be home in a few hours and will have a long road to recovery, especially to play violin again. Thoughts, prayers and well wishes will go along way to help that.

Love,
Heather

Kurt's better

Heather left me a voicemail that Kurt is out of surgery and is doing much better. They found an abscess that was buried quite deep. They cleaned it out and have pumped even more antibiotics into him. He is, according to Heather, full of piss and vinegar again. Big relief.

Marilyn's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow.

As they said on Hill Street Blues, let's be careful out there.

Sent from my iPhone

Kurt and Mom

Kurt's fever spiked again, so he's going to have surgery in an hour. I'm headed that way soon.

I was able to get Mom an ortho appt today at 1:40, and Dad picked up the xrays to take along.

Please keep both in your thoughts and prayers.

love,
heather

Kurt Update

Kurt saw the doctor of infectious diseases this afternoon. They're waiting on the culture to come back to determine what type of staph infection it is. He's currently on vancomycin, but is struggling with fever and nausea. Once the culture comes back they may change the antibiotic. The doctor also told him if his fever spikes as high as it has over the past 2 days (around 104) they'll have to open him up. He's hoping to leave Friday, but unless something changes very soon, that may be optimistic. He'll go home with a picc line for IV antibiotics, and will have a portable vacuum for the drainage. Please keep praying!!!

Love,
Heather

Kurt's Information

Kurt's Info:

DePaul Health Center
Room 741

12303 De Paul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044

314-344-6000

Thanks,

Heather

Kurt's posted an update on himself

Well a little update. They are going to keep me in here for a while. They said hope to have me out by Friday. Temps are soaring (for me at least) to 103.7. They finally gave me motrin for temp early this morning. And fever broke. And then came back. The vacuum (not a Hoover) is sucking out some nasty crap. Yummy. Deanna came and surprised me And took care of me all last night. No Wonder i love her. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts. They are all welcomed and wanted.

Kurt's in the hospital with an infection

Here's a post that Heather put up on Facebook today:

My friend at work lost his 11 month old granddaughter yesterday to Leukemia. Hug your children/grandchildren tight, and consider donating blood to the children that need it. Also, say a prayer for my brother who is in the hospital fighting an infection from back surgery. It's good that God and I are on speaking terms again.

Let's hope he gets out soon.

Grandma Spindler's Ranger Cookie Recipe

I thought you might like to have a copy of Grandma Spindler's recipe for Ranger Cookies.

Bob and I are trying out attaching a picture to a post. If this does not print well, right click on the recipe and select "open in new window."

Love,
Mother

UPDATE - 4th of July Calendar

Here is an updated version of who is coming and when for the 4th of July weekend.

CLICKME

Knee surgery

It's been a big week for knees here. Alison and Ralph Norton each had surgery Thursday morning. (Both by Dr. Magone)

Alison is determined to get back to normal as quickly as possible. The painkillers helped, but she is still limping around. She had to drop softball, but she expects to be able to do marching band next month. She's like to hear from you, if you're interested.

Ralph stayed here till yesterday, then decided to drive home. Not so good. She plans to come back here tomorrow for more R & R.

Everybody else is doing fine.

Love, Mother

Draft of 4th of July Comings and goings

I have a draft spreadsheet of when people are coming and going for the Fourth of July. I'm pretty sure changes are to be made to the St. Louis crowd. Please let me know of any changes to your schedule.

-Bob

To link to the file, click here.

Marilyn's eye surgery

Marilyn's ophthalmologist sent her to a retinal specialist, who has now scheduled surgery for Tuesday morning, May 17. He will extract the gunky ocular fluid and insert a saline solution so he can better view the retina. It is not detached, but there might be a tear which he can fix while he is in there. They still aren't sure what caused this, but after she heals from the surgery she should be OK. The doctor is well regarded and Marilyn feels comfortable dealing with him.

We'll be thinking of you, Marilyn!

Love, Mother

Hannah Shuemake

Monday evening -

Fred's mother died peacefully today at Hospice in Cincinnati. She has had congestive heart failure, exacerbated by a fall at the hospital a few days ago. Jessica, Josh, Justin, an Alison have been here to be with her. (Natalie couldn't come but has been in touch.) Fred is doing OK. The funeral will be sometime next week, to allow her relatives time to come.

Meanwhile, Peggy McIntosh from Wellesley arrived tonight and will speak at MUM and HUM (MUH?)tomorrow on "White Privilege." She's staying with me.

Love, Mother

Nitza

A few days ago Nitza Rosovsky fell--didn't break any bones, but she's still in a world of hurt. She can lie down and stand up but can't sit. If you feel like sending a card, I bet she would appreciate hearing from you.

130 Mt. Auburn Street #506
Cambridge MA 02138


Love, Yermom

I have a new address

I moved into my new place on Beacon Hill on Monday. The address is:

89C Mt. Vernon Street

Boston, MA 02108

I am going to use my cell phone as my home phone number:

(617) 335 7868

The apartment is a two bedroom affair, above a carriage house. The owners live in the mansion next door.

There are several nice things about the apartment: (1) I have no neighbors that I share walls, floors, or ceilings with, (2) I have windows on all four sides, (3) The unit is set back 80-100 feet

from the street, so it's very quiet, (4) I have off-street parking, which is almost unheard of in Boston, (5) I'm very close to the Charles River, where I go running, and (6) I can look in John

and Teresa Kerry's back windows.

The neighborhood is really pretty nice: (1) at the foot of the hill, at the corner of Mt. Vernon and Charles Streets there are a drug store, a convenience store, a cafe/bakery, and a liquor store. According to Emma-the-Brave, that's a whole weekend right there. (2) In the first block of Charles Street, there is a dry cleaner, a hardware store, and a bunch of restaurants. (3) Mt. Vernon Street is 2-way in these couple of blocks, which makes getting in and out so much easier.

Here's a link to Google Maps, which shows you the driveway I'm at the end of:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=89+mt+vernon+street+boston+ma&layer=c&sll=42.358354,-71.068086&cbp=13,3.2,,0,0&cbll=42.358073,-71.068107&hl=en&gl=us&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=89+Mt+Vernon+St,+Boston,+Suffolk,+Massachusetts+02108&ll=42.358074,-71.068106&spn=0.000718,0.001132&t=h&z=20&panoid=wgkEFcIFSHy7zWP1LS2Q_g

I haven't decided what name to call my apartment. Barb has suggested "My Friend's Garage," so that I can tell people "I'm living in my friend's garage." We'll see.

All in all, I'm still sort of surprised to be here. But here is where I am, so I might as well make it as pleasant as I can.

Granddad Spindler retires - 1964