Wednesday, March 25, 2009

More news about Judy Smart

Judy Smart
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Rm 322
PO Box 88
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901

Judy still has the trach and feeding tube. They may start some therapy for her soon. The doctor is still very optimistic about Judy's recovery.

Monday, March 16, 2009

CITY WIDE YARD SALE

Due to lack of interest and items to sell, we will not be participating in the City Wide Yard Sale in April. We plan to collect more items and have our annual fall yard sale, probably in October. This will give those of you who live out of town enough time to bring items home during the summer. You can contact Veda,598-2525 Freddie, 598-7845 or Francine, 634-6002 to store those items in our storage unit. It would be great if they are priced for a yard sale (if using masking tape on clothes, please put the prices on tags as masking tape will leave a residue if it gets as hot as it does in the storage unit in the summer!) If they are not priced, please let the person who helps you know so that we can get them priced before the yard sale.

We will have enough money in our scholarship fund to give scholarships this year. We will be having a meeting on March 28 to discuss scholarships and the next reunion. If you have suggestions for either, please contact Marty, 573-718-0055. We will set the date of the reunion as soon as we get a football schedule for 2010 so we can have a tailgate party before the home game. (starting earlier than we did in 2005!) Plan now to take some time off in October 2010 so that you can participate in all the activities that will be planned!

It has been great to keep in touch with a lot of you and have as many gatherings as we have had during the past 5 years. We are hoping that we can get class members who did not attend the 35th reunion interested in attending the 40th (especially those who live locally!)

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Hickson

Johnny Hickson's mother passed away. Visitation will be Thursday, March 12 and the funeral is Friday, March 13.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

UPDATE ON JUDY HOWARD SMART

Linda Wells writes:

Just thought I would share with you what I was told this morning at church from Susan Howard Wells concerning Judy Howard Smart. She reports that the Drs. are pleased with Judy's progress. They have moved the vent from her mouth to her throat (trachea)and the feeding tube from her nose to her stomach with the hopes that she will be more comfortable. Judy is able to move her hands, blink and do other motions in response to the caregivers and family. The other place on Judy's brain is not bleeding so the Drs. are not going to do anything about it for the time being. She does have pneumonia due to the fact they are unable to get her up and move her but the Drs. think they can over come this obstacle. Her blood sugar has gotten out of control due to the liquids they are giving her but they are working on that as well. Susan says the Drs. have high hopes for Judy. We all need to keep her in our hearts and prayers. Her address is as follows:

Judy Smart
St. Louis University Hospital
Room # ICU 533
3635 Vista
St. Louis, MO 63110

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Funeral Arrangements for Mr. Hickson

Visitation for Johnny's dad will be Friday, March 6 and the funeral on March 7 at Hoggard's.