Slowing down to smell the flowers

David was hit by a stomach/bowel malady this past week. Perhaps caused by a new regime of antibiotics, he thinks he has a mild case of c-difficile and his physicians have prescribed flagyl. Those of you readers who have had to take this huge pill know that it is difficile in itself.

Hopefully he will be out with me this weekend, directing me where to dig the holes for two new plum trees and some new raspberry bushes. We may even be able to harvest asparagus and smell the hyacinths in bloom.

Although several international trips scheduled for this month and next have been cancelled, David has had conference calls almost daily with his colleagues around the world. We also experienced a simple use of telemedicine when Rebecca & Paul used their computer screen (set on a blank Word document page) as a light box for Oren's new arm Xrays. They were in Kigali for meetings with MCC partner organizations and wisely decided to check the healing inside his left arm cast. The radius break had shifted to a 30 degree angle. Orthopedics experts in Baltimore (at Paul Sack's Union Memorial Hospital hand center) and Nairobi (thanks to Embassy friends there) were able to see the new Xrays and urge Mosleys to get Oren's arm reset. The reduction, done after hours of waiting in the Rwanda hospital, was terrifying for our 3.8 year old grandson but we think it was performed safely and well. I believe that Rebecca's family will also need to slow down there in Kigali and find some flowers to smell while Oren recovers enough for the bumpy 6-7 hour drive back across the mountains to Bujumbura.

Dave has been going into Hopkins on Mondays now, with our daughter-in-law Gwendolyn, to meet with his great laboratory staff and administrators. But we have more doctor's appts next week and possibilities of scheduling another type of "reduction" - the bulk of the mouth tissue on the bone transplant is too big for him to thoroughly close his mouth for eating and speech. Stay tuned and enjoy your own Bengali New Years and Springs!