[il-talk] hope springs eternal

[Joseph Monti]

well folks mary had her hip replaced this morning at 7am. 
dr. said everything went well. a few more days in the hospital and then 
rehab someplace. 
i truly thank those of you who sent me their thoughts and prayers for mary. 
a few days ago mary and i celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary(i was 10 and she was 6 when we married) 
we missed out on our cruise to Alaska with our families. but i'm sure mary will be making plans 
for somewhere soon. 
i felt that you were my family too and i love you all. 
as you can tell im a little jazzed. we have lived thru 4 months of hell and mary experienced 4 months of pain. 
i don't want to cause any diabetic incidents so i better stop. 
Joseph Monti