Thurs Nov 2

A couple of significant things happened today.  Let me see if I can describe the day:
First of all, yesterday Larry mentioned several times feeling like he had a sock on his right foot (when he was not wearing a sock).  He told me later that it was tingly-feeling, like it feels when your foot is falling to sleep.  We didn't think too much of it, but when I was helping him get ready for bed, I noticed that the weird-feeling foot was HOT (like a fever hot!) & the other foot was ice cold.  Very weird.  We called the doc to see if that was alright.  He questioned circulatory problems & said something about Sympathetic Nerve Pain.  He scheduled Larry to come in today for an ultrasound of his leg to confirm there was no clot.  That was a scary time before we knew for sure if he had a clot or not.  Turns out he does not (thank you, Lord!).  He was really worried about a possible life-threatening side effect to the surgery and the fact that he'd regress if he got stuck in a hospital bed for another several days while they treated a clot.  Thank goodness we don't have to worry about that!
Second, G wrote a letter to the kids that they received today.  Last Saturday while Larry was in the hospital, Andrew & Kourtney spent the weekend with their grandparents (Larry's parents).  They took them to see G and we asked that he tell them about the sentence he received last week.  When they came home, they were both hopeful of their dad's quick release.  His letter today was a little more realistic & while it was a blow to Andrew (especially), I'm glad that he's put a more realistic spin on things for the kids.  He told them that he got a 10 year sentence and that he'd have to serve 2 1/2 to 7 years of that locked up and the rest of the 10 years, he'd have to 'serve' on parole.  I hated for them to come home this weekend all hyped up to the idea that he'd be out in 2 years, when we all realize that even if he does get out that quickly, it'll take him another year or so to reach a place where they could MAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEE go back to live with him.  Anyway, it was just quite significant to me for them to hear something that was a little more realistic (in my opinion).
Tomorrow is Kourtney's birthday!  She'll be six!  We've got the scooter wrapped, cake on the kitchen table with a little balloon & candles ready to go!  I can't wait to see her giddy little self in the morning.  :)