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The Spiker Gazette |
Oxford, WV Volume 2 Issue 3 March 8, 2008 |
Taxing the Brain Submitted by: Bobbi Spiker-Conley |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Submitted by Bobbi Spiker-Conley: Willa Dean Spiker is improving at home and no longer requires 24-hour care. She hates being confined and "feeling like an invalid", noting that she has always maintained the role of number one family caregiver. We tell her it's now her turn to to be waited on.
Part of her frustration stems from the fact that others in her family have been experiencing medical problems as well. Mother wishes she could take care of them. However, in her weakened state, it's simply too risky for her. From her children to her grandchildren to her great-grandchildren, it seems like EVERYONE has been ill at some time or other over the past couple months.
Currently, Dean's great-grandson (Cathy's grandson, Shelly's son) is still in the hospital after two weeks of fighting pneumonia and staff infection in his lungs. Mother says, "He's a very sick little boy". We are all hoping that he will be discharged from the hospital sometime next week after which he will spend several more weeks recovering at home.
Submitted by Bobbi Spiker-Conley: Haley Conley is moving again -- moving out and moving up! The current housing crisis has actually worked in her favor. She will be saving hundreds of dollars a month, moving next week from her overpriced apartment to a very nice house in an area considered "the fourth best place to live in Florida". And just a few weeks after that, Haley will be moving up in the world as she graduates from Florida Gulf Coast University on April 27. Gary, his parents and I will be attending the ceremony and taking advantage of Haley's hosting skills at her new home.