Hi everyone
Suze’s friend Deb Copaken has graciously set up a blog for us. This is the new go-to place to update everyone on how Herb is doing. We are so happy to hear from all of you and the perfect day would include a great conversation and time to return each call. But as you can imagine, at least in the beginning, energy is reserved for making decisions and digesting our newest task. And, especially for Ina, there is so little time to acknowledge everyone’s kind thoughts. Indeed, one of the best gifts you can provide us is understanding that an unreturned note or phone call means we feel comfortable enough for you to know we can be ourselves and allocate our strength as needed.

So, in the meantime, we encourage you to check in at http://theherbreport.blogspot.com Stephen, Suze, Ina and I will each report. And hopefully, for Herb, this is little more than a very short blip in a very long life.


Now the very good news. Dad is alert and cracking jokes. He is hopeful to leave the hospital by the end of the week. He has advised all of us to invest in a linen company, as he has observed that the orderlies seem to spend an inordinate amount of time changing sheets.