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I Believe in Miracles!

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Once again time has gotten away from me. So many topics, so little space to write about them. First, to fill in some details from the previous few months... (Many details left out to save on your computer eyes). In December, just before Christmas, my grandmother, Corinne was in a very serious head-on collision while driving into town for an appointment. She had multiple broken ribs (broken in multiple places) which is called a flail chest. She ended up having a punctured lung and a knee contusion as well. She was air-lifted to St. Mary's hospital in Rochester, MN and the staff did an excellent job working with and on her to help with her recovery. Grandma was in the ICU for a few days, and opted to have a risky new surgery involving rib stabilization. It is an amazing surgery, and her surgeon was specifically hired by Mayo due to his expertise in this area. He is a trauma surgeon, and was very straight forward regarding all of the options and the possible side effects if she di...