It wasn't the last time....

I'm sorry that it's been six weeks since our previous post and we have lots to catch up on. As we last left off....at the end of June 1977, Ellyn was at home recovering from the car accident and romance was starting to blossom. Geoff was so great during Ellyn's recovery - coming over each day, making sure that Ellyn had lunch for the next day, watering the vegies, and generally cheering her up. Of course, Geoff's caring touch was much appreciated - and even though neither of us realized it at the time, it was a trait of Geoff's that's gotten more use than we could have ever expected.

In fact, as we write this, here we are, again, in 2007 with Geoff cheering on Ellyn as she recovers from yet another surgery. So, just how many injuries/surgeries has Ellyn had through the years with Geoff at her side helping her recover? Here goes.....
1) July 1977 - Car accident knee injury with multiple stitches
2) Mar 1977 - Open knee "lateral release" surgery to repair cartilage damaged by the car accident.
3) Dec 1979 - Best reason ever to have surgery - C-section resulting in Logan
4) May 1982- Best reason ever to have surgery - C-section resulting in Brian
5) Feb 1979 - Laproscopic Gall Bladder removal. Next day hemorrhaging required a surgery to repair leaks and blood transfusion.
6) Jan 2006 - Perforated colon removed with temporary colostomy. This time, Geoff slept in the hospital with me for nearly all the 16 nights I was hospitalized. Once home, Geoff also took care of the colostomy until I was strong enough to start doing it a few weeks later.
7) Mar 2006 - Outpatient Knee Meniscus tear removal
8) July 2006 - Reversal of Colostomy (yay!) - 2nd best reason to have surgery :-)
8) July 2007 - Surgery to repair 3 incisional hernias.
And there you have it....Geoff's caring ways while Ellyn was healing from the car accident was one thing that drew her to love him in the summer of 1977 and throughout the 30 years since then.