Update on Clara Anderson

I received this note from Lester Anderson updating his wife Clara’s condition. He said I could post it to the blog so others could know.
Bill
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Just a quick note to bring you up to the present on Clara's progress after her stroke. She seems to be holding her own and is trying to adjust to her new life. By that I mean that she feels different than she used to - seems to be in a bit of a cloud all the time (her words). Her right side is still tingly and she is still having difficulty putting together the words she wants in a sentence.

We went to an Optometrist last week to get her eyes examined for new glasses because her vision has changed also. We learned that she has lost the vision on the right side of BOTH eyes and not just the right eye as we had thought. Her doctors think she will not regain any of the things she has lost and we will have to adjust our lives accordingly. She and I both know that if its God's will, He can restore her to good health and if not, he will give us the strength to get thru this. There is still no sagging of the muscles in her face and we are very grateful for that.

The fact that this really is a minor stroke causing very light damage is certainly an answer to lots of prayer from both family and friends like you. I cannot express our gratitude strongly enough for your continued prayers and concern. Thank you all so very much.

Oh, by the way, Clara has returned to work at the ranch office and her boss has assured both of us that her job is safe and sound. There is no chance of her losing her job because of this and that's very good news.

Recognizing a Stroke

As many of you know L.C. Anderson’s wife Clara recently had a stroke. She is now at home and thankfully getting better. Medical emergencies always heighten our awareness of health issues that we may not have paid a lot of attention to previously. In discussing with L.C. where to get reliable information to help in recognizing a stroke, it seems that one good source of general type information is the Snopes.Com website. Click on the title to this posting to go the stroke information on Snopes. The information Snopes provides is good for separating fact from folklore on how to recognize a stroke. Snopes also provides links to several other organizations that provide additional information on strokes. If you have a particular interest in learning more about strokes the WebMD website also provides extensive information. The link to that website is http://www.webmd.com/. Type "strokes" in the search box on the WebMD site to go to the information they provide.

If you have questions about any of the information you see on these websites I'm sure the old advice to "ask your own doctor" is still good advice.

Emailing Tips

Bonnie Cole sent me an email she had received with tips for making emailing safer by minimizing the ability of spammers to get email addresses from forwarded emails, and easier to read by reducing some of the clutter in the emails.

Here are the tips. Items 1-2 deal with reducing the number of email addresses that show in an email. Items 3-4 deal with making an email easier to read.

1. DELETE all of the email addresses that are automatically included in the body of the message when you forward an email. That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It only takes a second. However, you MUST first click the Forward button to have full editing capabilities on the message.
   
   
2. Whenever you send an email to more than one person, do NOT use the To: or Cc: fields for adding email addresses. Always use the Bcc: (blind carbon copy) field for listing the email addresses you want to use. If you don't see the Bcc: option in your email program click on the To: field and your Address list should appear. Click on an address but add it to the Bcc: field that now shows in the choices for sending the email. It's that easy. When you use the Bcc: field your email may automatically use the phrase "Undisclosed Recipients" in the To: field, but the email addresses are not visible.
   
   
3. Remove any "FW:" in the subject line. You can rename the subject if you wish, fix spelling errors, or delete any unnecessary footers or graphics in the email as well.
   
   
4. Ever get emails that you have to open a bunch of forwarded emails to read the last email with the actual information in it? Clicking on the Forward button from the email you actually read will forward that email, but none of the previous ones. That will make sending the email easier for you. And those to whom you send the email will be able to read what you sent without having to open a bunch of forwarded emails.

Because there are a variety of email programs in use you may see some differences in how these tips work on your computer. However, from what I've read it should be minor differences for most folks.

Thanks to Bonnie for bringing this to my attention. Hope it helps you do your emailing safer and easier.

New Photo Album

Helen Lindsay Rigg has provided several photos for posting to our Photos webpage. One is of a 1951 Class at Caddo Heights Elementary School. Three other photos of Linwood Junior High classes in 1957 are also posted.

Gerry Johnston has also provided a photo showing a dozen or so Class of 1961 fellows who played on the same baseball team in the Summer of 1954. For the time being I have put all these photos in Album 14 on our Photos webpage. If names can be provided for any of the classmates in these photos please pass those names along to me.