whether we could get Rick off the warfarin (blood thinner). He will be keeping the filter more than likely the rest of his life and they are adding another couple months with the warfarin. We had a bit of a scare this past weekend, he got a ruptured vein in his eye, with the warfarin, I was worried that he would bleed to death. Of coarse, when we got to the emergency doctor, they took a blood test to see what the level of warfarin was - that helps them determine if he is bleeding internally or something. It was at a good level - so we are just watching that and it seems to have cleared up some - not so blood red anyway. Rick has lost more than 60 pounds in all of this - he is down to a low weight for him, too bad it isn't me losing the weight, huh? I hope he doesn't get any slimmer - as he doesn't have much more to lose. Last week he went to the stroke doctor and he did some botox injections in his arm and leg - to help with the spasticity in his muscles - it allows the muscle to relax were it is over toned and will not allow movement. So far, that has been a very good treatment - the therapist have seen a great inprovement in his muscle tone. He will have to have that again in a couple months - if all goes well. So his range of movement is improving, as long as we can keep the therapy going - he should imrpove. My nerves have been on end, but that is one of my troubles at this time. There will be no surgery for that, just medication. My wrists are not really improving, but with the braces, I seem to not getting worse. There is another situation that I would rather not discuss at this time - that is a major factor in my health - but no sense in going down that road - until we can see that something can be down. I want to thank you each for your love, care, support, and kindness for Rick and I and especially your on-going prayers. Unconditional Love, Shirlene