{Karlton Bontrager}

Wow! I found a fairly decently-sized Asian store where they sell fresh tofu. Thanks to Dr. Stuart Tie, a Chinese house surgeon from Malaysia, I found out there are four Asian stores in Dunedin. Val, a wife of a patient at ISIS, and I got into Ted’s car (Ted is in charge of the kitchen at ISIS) and went looking for the store in South Dunedin. I got bean sprouts, bean vermicelli, and tofu to start off with. I will have to go back next week and get some red bean filled buns that Karlton said he would eat.

And yes, I did drive!! It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be driving on the left side of the road. I kept getting the windshield wipers going every time I tried to signal a turn but that was about the only mistake I made. Oh, and I didn’t speed or go through yellow lights. I just didn’t need to get stopped because I don’t have an international license with me.

And WOW! Karlton let me take him outside. I think it was because Farmer John said she would come with us. And when Farmer John says a walk would be good or just about anything else, Karlton usually listens. Sometimes a strong and loud person comes in handy!!!

In the afternoon Karlton asked me when “his” reflexologist was coming. When he found out he wasn’t going to get a session he asked me to massage his feet. It wasn’t quite as good or gentle as he would have liked, but he tolerated it o.k.

Karlton is starting to enjoy coming to the computer to check his e-mail and send a few messages. He still tires very easily and complains that his eyes hurt after a while, but he is showing much more interest in everything.

Hope you are enjoying the last of the summer season. We are beginning to see daffodils, canterbury bells and grape hyacinths popping up. Spring is almost upon us here in New Zealand and with the new season of renewal, our hopes and prayers are that Karlton will continue to improve at his record breaking speed!!