APRIL 1982

Apache Junction
April 15

We got up this morning and drove to Payson, Arizona.  It was a very enjoyable trip.  We left the desert and drove north.  We went into the mountains.  Piles of rocks which make up the mountains.  We climbed most of the way.  It was about seventy miles.  Payson is where a lot of people go from this valley when it gets so hot here.  The town was larger than I thought it would be.  The town is in two parts.  One the old town and then the new part.
We went to a part of town called The Swiss Village.  We went into the bakery store.  All kinds of real good sweet stuff.  I could not have any of it.  Got a box of sugar free cookies.  Well that was OK. They were good.  Ida took the trip well.  She was tired when she got home but I think she enjoyed it.
Evelyn has been copying the missionaries letters, Mark & Daren, for us.  We got them today.  It is so special to hear what they are doing and feel their wonderful spirits.  Daren has just arrived in Alaska and Mark is in Australia.
We got a picture of Glade & Penny's baby yesterday.  Michael Glade.  He is a fatty but so beautiful!


April 17

Last night I noticed that some drainage had come from my left breast.  I examined it and the fluid was blood.  I thought I felt a lump but this morning I took more time and I could not find a lump.
Rick Christensen and Karen sent us a letter.  They said Heather was standing up to things and growing so fast.  It seems impossible that we are great grandparents but it is so nice.
Wallace and I went to the flea market yesterday.  We spent the morning just by ourselves.  It was nice.  Had lunch out-fun!
I was hoping we could visit Uncle Lynn and Aunt Bertha in Livingston California but we got a map yesterday and it is a long way from here, so there is no way.  I would so much like to help them  Aunt Bertha needs help with Uncle Lynn.  He has lost both of his legs from Diabetes.  Uncle Lynn is my father's brother.
Ida seemed better yesterday.  She was in much better spirits.  She walked to the end of the block and back.  She also rode her exercise bike.

April 30

After a few days of bleeding from my left nipple we decided to go to Salt Lake and see a doctor.  When we got to Patricia's on the 28th we called a doctor, a cancer specialist and today I get to see him.  Of course we are praying that there is no cancer but we must know for sure.  We left Apache Junction Monday the 26th.  We had a lot of things to do before we could start, so it was bout noon before we started.  We stayed all night at Flagstaff, Arizona.  It is a beautiful place.  The next day we stayed at Gunnesen, Utah.  The next day we got to Patricia's about noon.  It was a very good trip.
Today I visited with Dr. Merrill Wilson.  I went to a cancer clinic.  After examination and discussion the doctor set up surgery for Monday morning.  I will go into the hospital on the 2nd of May and have surgery on the 3rd of May.  He said if everything went fine I would go into the hospital on Sunday and have surgery on Monday and home on Tuesday.