Doris, Maria and I visited Charlie on Wednesday and he seemed to be in
good spirits, considering he has been in the hospital for five weeks.
We told lots of stories and laughed a lot, which probably did him
good.

He is expecting to be allowed to go home next week, but will continue
on dialisis while waiting for the new kidney to start working.

The other kidney was used on another patient and it began working
within an hour.

He hates hospital food and probably needs to get out of bed more
often, but he is optimistic.

Tom Knauff