Leaving our motel room in the wee hours of the morning in anticipation of Dwight's Heart Valve Replacement surgery.......
Dwight made it through the surgery, but was painted green with antiseptic for a few days.....
Lovelace Medical Center--Dwight's room is highlighted on the ninth floor. He had planned to be here for about a week, but due to two episodes of collapsed lung, he was here for two weeks.....

Out his window in Cardiac Intensive Care, Shelley's workplace at the Contagious Disease Center is visible. Shelley visited her uncle every day before entering the confines of her hospital.
Baby Binks arrived from San Francisco to add her support.....
Dwight was at times connected to 15 intra-venous bags, three monitors, three drainage pumps and the respirator.....
But slowly, he was getting better....
Binky fields some of the many calls from well-wishers that brightened everyone's spirits......

Dwight's up in a chair now....
Goodbye to Binks as she returns home....
Dwight's first walk outside of the hospital--in his hospital gown....
Goodbye Lovelace......
View from the window showing some of the building's facade....

Albuquerque in the morning....
Final day--ready to go....
Fifteen subscriptions to take every day....
Love can help you through anything!
Free at last!!!