Robert writes home #16
Dear Mom, Pop and Magdalene,
How are you doing?
I've been having some health trouble. I think I've been waiting to call or write until I had some good news, but, I hadn't better wait any longer. What's going on is still somewhat of a mystery. They check my blood every week. It's still not where it should be but hasn't changed much more than lab error allowance for two or three weeks. The doctor is looking at my kidney function. It's not right and he things that may be the cause of all the problems. They've been running some tests on them. He wsays they're functioning at about 30% of normal. I'm still able to work but need a nap at lunch time and can't do much else. I have the kids doing all of the chores and gardening. He says there isn't anything to do for it but give me a transfusion if I have to have it to keep working. I'm enjoying having time to write my stories and lectures and put them on computer discs. It seems that I always had urgent, unimportant things to do that kept me from it alot. I have faith that everything will work out the way it is supposed to, so I'm not worrying much.
Janet is feeling alittle better as time goes on I think more than she realizes. It's pretty slow. The kids are being real helpful and things are going well.
Our family is supposed to speak in sacrament meeting tomorrow. Three of the kids are planning to speak so there may not be much time left for Janet and me.
We've had warm weather. Our pecans are starting to ripen and we've picked most of the persimmons. The mosquitoes are everywhere and it seems like we're a long ways from a frost. So, I guess we'll just have to live with the.
We love you,
Robert
11-9-88
P.S. This letter was written just before I called there. I didn't mail it. Things are still about the same. I don't seem to be getting any worse. So I'll sent it. Nothing else has changed much around here. The 3 big kids are driving to Los Banos for early morning seminary 4 mornings a week. That's quite a strain. They have to leave about 6 AM.
Robert
How are you doing?
I've been having some health trouble. I think I've been waiting to call or write until I had some good news, but, I hadn't better wait any longer. What's going on is still somewhat of a mystery. They check my blood every week. It's still not where it should be but hasn't changed much more than lab error allowance for two or three weeks. The doctor is looking at my kidney function. It's not right and he things that may be the cause of all the problems. They've been running some tests on them. He wsays they're functioning at about 30% of normal. I'm still able to work but need a nap at lunch time and can't do much else. I have the kids doing all of the chores and gardening. He says there isn't anything to do for it but give me a transfusion if I have to have it to keep working. I'm enjoying having time to write my stories and lectures and put them on computer discs. It seems that I always had urgent, unimportant things to do that kept me from it alot. I have faith that everything will work out the way it is supposed to, so I'm not worrying much.
Janet is feeling alittle better as time goes on I think more than she realizes. It's pretty slow. The kids are being real helpful and things are going well.
Our family is supposed to speak in sacrament meeting tomorrow. Three of the kids are planning to speak so there may not be much time left for Janet and me.
We've had warm weather. Our pecans are starting to ripen and we've picked most of the persimmons. The mosquitoes are everywhere and it seems like we're a long ways from a frost. So, I guess we'll just have to live with the.
We love you,
Robert
11-9-88
P.S. This letter was written just before I called there. I didn't mail it. Things are still about the same. I don't seem to be getting any worse. So I'll sent it. Nothing else has changed much around here. The 3 big kids are driving to Los Banos for early morning seminary 4 mornings a week. That's quite a strain. They have to leave about 6 AM.
Robert
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