<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6902">Greetings everyone; </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_7051">My daughter is married to a wonderful Marine and they are stationed in Okinawa, Japan. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6971">She is pregnant with her first child and she has serious complications. She has </span>preeclampsia and </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">high blood pressure. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">Jessica and Scott still had my Biscuit last Christmas, so this is the first Christmas that my Jessica </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">has been without a basset hound since the year 2000. They had to givc up their cat in order to </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">go to Japan. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">Jessica's husband is a wonderful man. She is more than lucky. She has been in and out of hospital</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">now 3 times and the last visit was 3 weeks overThanksgiving. She is on strict bed rest, and if she goes back </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">to the hospital, she will remain there for the rest of her pregnancy. She was due on February 8, but </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">it is doubtful she will be able to maintain until then. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_7357"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">It aches my heart more than words that she is so far away and doesn't have friends there yet. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">Her hubby has said that if my health allows for it, he will help me get a flight over to meet my </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">new Granddaughter in the Spring. I can't wait!!!!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">Scott is six foot five and has been sleeping in a chair in the hospital with her, somehow that is so </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">precious to me!!! </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">If folks have an extra card, I know it would make them smile.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6970" class=""><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_7141" size="2" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_7140" class="">Scott & Jessica Trantow</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6968" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_4498" class="" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_7283" class="">PSC 559 box 7036</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6806" dir="ltr" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6811" class="" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_7280" class="">FPO AP 96377-7036</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">Thank you!!!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">Jaime & Biscuit </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">Pueblo, Colorado </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6807" dir="ltr">brigancehappy@yahoo.com<br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6791"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449840114342_6790"><font color="#ff007f" size="1" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"></font></div></div></div></body></html>