I have been remiss in not sending a note earlier to everyone with an update on Dad (I’ve started to get some anxious calls, emails & texts), but as you can imagine, it has been a hectic week.
Dad has very much appreciated the e-mails, cards and calls of support he has received from family and friends from around the country (actually the world … thank you Colonel for your email from Iraq, it meant so much to Dad!) and hopes to have the energy to start making some calls out next week.
Dad’s recovery is coming along well. One step forward every day and occasionally a half step backwards. He hurts like hell sometimes, but he is in generally good spirits. As he has stated several times, he is very appreciative of the fact that he is still with us! The nurses just love him and half want to be adopted (I keep telling them there is no money!) by him. His surgeon is telling him that his recovery is going great, but at 91, don’t rush it or expect the process to be completed soon.
The plan is for Dad to be released from the hospital Saturday and we will bring him home for the remaining 4-5 weeks of recovery. Nurse Ted & Nurse Don (Don will be staying at Dad’s at night) will be reinforced by Nurse Pete over the holidays (boy, will this be a letdown for him after flirting with all the young & pretty nurses for over a week!) and we will do our best along with the visiting nurses and physical therapists to get him back up to speed as soon as possible.
Thanks again for your all your support!
Best regards,
Ted
YEAH!!!!! My buddy will be home for Christmas!!!!! 
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"