Good news! Rick is going home from the hospital today. I got to speak with him last night, and he sounded great. He said he feels better than he has in a long time, his pain is greatly diminished, and he rarely has to take pain meds. He's been in pain for a while, but the doctor (not the one that discovered the tumor) said it was arthritis and put him on high dose Ibuprophen. He doesn't have to take that now. Yeah! Sally

One good thought to hold on to whenever you think about her "Nothing can interfere with the harmony of her being" Try to do this print it out and see if it doesn't ease your thought Prayers

I have read that they both got infected from another worker. If another worker at the field hospital was not noticeably sick, they may not have been wearing protective gear around them. The CDC is apparently investigating. But for those concerned about this, keep in mind the vast differences between America and rural Africa. The CDC and WHO have said that a big problem is that the people there don't trust these medical workers and want to hide their family members who are sick and take them to traditional healers. All the while, they're caring for them and exposing themselves. We also don't wash and prepare the bodies of dead family members ourselves. There is a big difference in sanitation as well, since many areas there don't even have running water and certainly no hand sanitizer. The flu has killed many more people than Ebola. A lot of us have probably had or know someone who has had the flu, and most people just don't think about how deadly it can be because it's something we're used to. I think that even if a traveler were to bring Ebola to the US, we could contain it a lot more rapidly than they have in Africa. That is because of the cultural differences I mentioned above in addition to the fact that we have modern hospitals readily available, not field hospitals without running water. It is just not possible to have the same level of sanitation in a situation like that. We also have plenty of trained medical professionals who are used to treating deadly things like Hepatitis C and HIV.

Thank you for your concern and assurances, folks. I'm having some trouble hitting the eye with the drops, rather than the cheek ... plus knowing when I've dropped one drop into the eye and not dropping more. I got some stakes in to support the tomatoes today and had thought that if I could get all of the stakes in before the op. I could string the lines to hold the branches up later. But I doubt that, as the branches are quite large and heavy. Two rows are nearly 48 inches apart and not only can one not walk between the rows at present ... one can't even see down through there. We've had nearly record rainfall for summer, already ... and there's quite a lot of summer yet to come. They say that the nurseries are having a great summer - have been planting throughout the season, as things are growing unusually quickly. It rained rather heavily over the weekend ... and when I drove down a track near the garden this evening ... I got stuck! ole joyful