Linda, home from surgery

Ms. Hubbard Gulker returned home yesterday afternoon, chipper and alert, after a mid-morning surgical procedure to repair her left Achilles tendon. The surgeon offered an excellent prognosis, saying the procedure had gone very well.

Unfortunately, the hard part of this experience has just begun: Linda has to stay off the foot for 30 days. For those who know my athletic better half, who is used to daily runs of 4 to 7 miles, doing nothing is going to be hard.

There’s also the issue of her hemiplegic helpmate, who, slow-moving at the best of times, managed to throw his back out at the gym the morning of the surgery, making him even slower. Yesterday was a slapstick of the lame leading the lamer, worthy of a Laurel and Hardy skit. But, somehow, with timely help from godson Nate and his mom, Kay, we made it through…

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