Bob and Jordan 5/22/07Bob has often surprised and delighted me with something new and interesting when we'd meet up at the end of a day or maybe lingering over breakfast on the weekend: an interesting experience, person or place he had encountered or a new idea or insight that we'd talk over for hours or just simply something unexpected.
Two days ago it was his response to my suggestion that he might get a shorter haircut before his surgery. Here you see the result! I must admit that I haven't seen this look on him since he returned from two years in the military in 1966. I imagine that by the time you see him again he will have abandoned this "new look" but you never know what Bob may do next. That's always been the fun of sharing a life with this wonderful man.
This morning he again surprised Jordan and me when we arrived at the ICU at Stanford. He had improved significantly overnight, and had already made one attempt at sitting up and then standing next to his bed. We were, of course, delighted.
So, as his nurse so aptly commented, he decided to show off for the ladies and repeated it - only this time he walked out of the room into the hallway and back again and sat in a chair for the next two and a half hours. This is not an easy feat after a major surgery 24 hours earlier, but he did it with style. Walking with a nurse on either side (one 8.9 months pregnant) and two poles full of all sorts of attachments, he looked like a cross between a medical miracle and traveling peddler.
It was a great show and we were totally delighted - once again.
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