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Here you will find news about the MacKnight and Hohn families.
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Thursday, March 14, 2002
Well, we have certainly had an exciting couple of weeks.
Last Tues. we received word that Becky was in the hospital. She was vomiting, had a fever of 103.7, and had severe abdominal pain. The military hospital couldn't decide what was wrong with her. She just kept getting worse and worse, so by Wed. night they decided she needed a exploritory laporoscomy to see what was wrong in the abdominal cavity. Their operating room and personel were busy, so they transfered her to the local civilian hospital. As soon as she arrived there they said that she had appendicitis and took her straight into surgery. When they opened her up they discovered that her appendix had ruptured already. It was a very serious situation for a while, but she is fine now and home from the hospital since Tuesday. I can't figure out why the first hospital didn't know what was wrong, and allowed the appendix to burst while she was there. She went through almost 2 days of agony because of it. We took our plane and flew to Oklahoma to be with her. We left before she was moved to the second hospital. By the time we arrived the surgery was completed. We stayed until Sunday and she was out of any danger. On athe way home we stopped in LA and spent the evening and overnight with Mom and Walt. I spoke to Becky again today. They finally stitched her incision closed today. Whew!!
Becky's husband, Jason, was officially discharged from the army this week. He has served for 8 years. The movers are scheduled to pack them on the 25th of this month. They will be moving here to California. We are very excited to be having them live here and Jason's mom is sad. Jason is from Ohio and his family lives there.
Well, on to happy things. Our remodled shower is complete except for the shower doors. It is such a relief to have it finished. We were very lucky in our choice of contractors. He does quality work in a timely reliable manner. I have painted the primer coat in there and purchased the colored paint. It is such a small space I will be able complete the painting tomorrow morning. The new paint makes the attached bedroom look shabby, so I will soon paint it too. It always seems that one thing leads to another. It is a good thing to happen though.
posted by Momgyver at 11:40 PM
Tuesday, March 05, 2002
Hello everybody. I've been reading your messages but haven't written. I'm happy everyone is using this. All is well in Maine. The weather has warmed up considerably and it is in the upper 30's right now. It had been in the 40's but dropped for a while. The snow is almost all melted off, and that is very early for here. The flowers are starting to grow out of the ground. Very early. It sure seems like spring.
Chad started 6th grade camp Monday, it is for 3 days and 2 nights. He called Sunday all excited about that. He's smuggling candy to camp in his coat lining. What a character! He finally got to fly the airplane I got him and it works good. He only had to climb two trees so far.
Steven is still in school and looking for a job. He has his truck licensed again but no insurance yet.
Take care and I love you all!
Bill
posted by Joe at 9:18 AM
Monday, March 04, 2002
We went to visit Mom and Walt on Friday and came home on Sunday. It was fun. That was the first time either of us had been to Quartzite, Arizona. We flew into Blythe, CA, which is the closest airport. The only problem was the wind. We had to delay departure on Friday because of the wind warnings in Blythe. It was very windy on Sat too, but was calm when we came home on Sunday.
Walt has a very nice moble home there. Jim and Walt went 4-wheeling while Mom and I went shopping. Most of the vendors have packed up and gone for the season. Next year I hope we make it during the peak season in the middle of January. Walt said Jim was like a pro on the 4-wheeler. Jim had fun doing it and came back covered in dust, since he was behind Walt most if the time.
Our shower is complete except for the glass door. It will take a couple of weeks to get the custom door. All that is left to do is paint the walls. I think I will go buy the paint tonight and paint first thing in the morning. We re-used the toilet but bought all new fixtures. I didn't want a new toilet because ours is not a water saving toilet. It flushes better than the new ones. The bathroom looks beautiful. I would like to replace the sink now. It is very worn. Next to the new bathroom, the sink looks even worse. The whole bedroom needs painting too.
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