BLOGGING FROM FLORIDA THIS WEEK....

BLOGGING WITH DIAL UP IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE..HOWEVER,A QUICK UPDATE ON MOM...

MOM, THE EVE OF SURGERY...

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE REAL REASON I HEADED TO FLORIDA THIS WEEK WAS TO BE HERE FOR MY 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER'S LUNG SURGERY. I AM NOT DOWN HERE TO SOAK UP SUN, HIT THE BEACH, PLAY GOLF, NOR CYCLOCROSS RACE, ALL THOUGH I COULD HAVE AS THERE WERE TWO RACES HERE THIS WEEK....NO, THE REASON FOR THE TRAVEL HAS BEEN TO BE AT MOM'S SIDE AND MAKE SURE THIS WARRIOR IS ABLE TO BATTLE THROUGH SURGERY, RECOVERY AND A POSSIBLE CANCER SCARE AFTER HAVING A "SPOT" ON HER LUNG "WEDGED" AND REMOVED. IS SHE WORRIED? OF COURSE SHE'S WORRIED, HELL I'M WORRIED. BUT I ALSO KNOW MOM IS TOUGH AS NAILS.

SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS, AND ALL THOUGH MOM SAYS SHE FEELS LIKE SHE WAS HIT BY A TRUCK AFTER SURGERY, THE EXTREMELY GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE BIOPSY WAS NOT CANCEROUS. WHICH MEANS WITH ANY LUCK AT ALL MOM SHOULD BE READY TO DOMINATE THE 80+ FEMALE DIVISION OF CULT CROSS THIS SPRING. KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED THAT THE ORIGINAL PROGNOSIS STANDS UP. THANKS DOCTORS AND STAFF AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC IN WESTIN, FLORIDA FOR HELPING OUT THE OLD GAL, SHE IS RESTING PEACEFULLY IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE HEADED HOME IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO BARRING ANY SETBACKS...YOU GO GIRL!

MORE TO COME...

80 SMOKIN DEGREES TODAY...CMON