nighthawk wrote:

I haven't checked in for weeks, and it's wonderful to see such good news for Joe and brother! And I have nothing to rant or vent about today, so I won't spoil the ambience.

Same! Happy to read this!

Yeah, I've heard of it. It's where the new imuno system doesn't recognize the host as its own and attacks the it like an invading army killing off the innocent peasants. Good luck to your brother.

Phil is still doing well, or so he says. He has a few more days in the hospital and then he goes to the temporary housing close to the hospital.  I'm pretty sure visitors are limited to just his wife and chidren.

Gee, I ordered new gutters and downspouts for the house.  The front wasn't too bad, only one fascia board was rotted.  On the rear of the house, the fascia boards were rotted, the underlayment was rotted, the studs from the rafters were rotted, some of the panels under the shingles were starting to buckle and sag.  Wonderful..I have a claim in with the insurance company, they're sending an adjuster out in the next few days.  So, no gutters on the back of the house, and the water is seeping behind the gutter in front and it's dripping from behind the gutter.  These guys came highly recommended....when they come back to do the back, I'll point out the problems with the front, too.  More problems with the house.  I wonder how much a thatcher would charge for this house to have a thatched roof.....

That's really young and it sounds like no one would have expected her to be gone so soon.  (I just realized, she was younger than all my children, which makes it seem even sadder.)  I'm sorry you have lost a friend.