Saturday, December 30, 2006
SKP Saguaro Co-Op, Benson, AZ - Dec 17-29
We arrived just after noon and got settled in for what we anticipated to be about four weeks. That evening, we got a phone call from Doug's daughter Erin who was visiting Gayle (Doug's dad) in Tucson. Gayle was in the hospital after falling earlier in the day and cracking his femur. Surgery the next day successfully inserted a "pin" into the bone -- the surgeon said that while no break is minor, this was as easy a break as could be, and that Gayle's bones are still very hard. Gayle was released from the hospital on Thursday & went immediately to a nearby rehab center.
We visited him numerous times, including Christmas Day, driving up from Benson and usually spending the night (with 2 of the 3 cats) before driving back the next day. When they informed him that he would be good to go on Saturday, we decided to move the trailer up on that day and then zoom over & drive Gayle home from rehab.# posted by Doug and Willie @ 5:46 PM 
