[Leica] Lluis' Show - Sorry, I Have to Miss

[Peter Dzwig]

Very best to her. Hope things look up a bit soon.

Peter

On 22/09/2017 05:04, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
> I'd really like to meet Lluis and others, and see the show, but I'm afraid
> that my wife's worsening medical problems make my going to Chicago
> impractical.
> She is basically bed-ridden, being heavy, with spinal stenosis plus knee
> and other problems.  Kathryn can use a walker to get from the bedroom to
> the bathroom, but it takes her about a minute to go the ten feet.  When she
> needs to get to a medical appointment, she can just barely make it down the
> five steps from our kitchen to the back door, and it's harder going up
> afterward.  We bought our own bariatric wheelchair so she doesn't have to
> walk to the garage or at the clinic (I'm building up MY muscles - each time
> we go out I have to lift the chair six times).
> 
> Kat has had a number of falls over the last few years, where I had to call
> 911 for a lift assist, since she is too heavy for me to handle, so I'm not
> comfortable being gone too long, or being too far away.  I'm her only
> caregiver - we never had kids, my brother died four years ago, and my
> mother is 97.
> 
> She has appointments on both the 5th and 6th.
> 
> I wish everyone a grand time.
> 

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