<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Johanna asked me to send this update to the Drool:</span><div class=""><div class=""><div id=":lw" class="m1519425c519e23e8 gt adO ii adP" style="font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div id=":lv" class="a3s" style="overflow: hidden;"><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear Donna<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am sorry I have been slow in writing...</div><div class="">Rays PET and CAT scan were both inconclusive for bone cancer..</div><div class="">and the "scar" in his kidney is appearing to be scar tissue...</div><div class="">Rays primary doc called last night and reassured Ray that the docs all</div><div class="">concluded that it was his severe arthritis that showed up...</div><div class="">They are gong to do the hip surgery as schedule for 12/31...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We were very relieved ..</div><div class="">and it took a while to digest this info..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ray is continuing to use the wheel chair & it seems to help relieve</div><div class="">the pain in his hips, etc</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you so much for your support & drool,</div><div class="">It seems to be working!</div><div class="">Love,</div><div class="">Johanna, Ray & Odie</div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>