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Convalescence of Richard McGeehan

Convalescence of Richard McGeehan Spouse of my eldest sister marital bond fixed in place strong as mortise and tenon, he hales of hearty Irish stock genes of said septuagenarian analogous to pith and marrow wrought courtesy divine providence. At present aforementioned brother in law recuperating after orthopedic surgeon alleviated severe pain NOT linkedin to damaged, injured, and ossified rotator cuff as initially surmised, nevertheless temporarily forcing kinsman to become a southpaw. Thankful his insurance coverage picked up what I imagine to be a hefty tab to cover cost of surgical spine procedure, whereat the discs located between the vertebrae C4 thru C7 were bulging and pressing significantly into spinal cord nerves. Three discs delicately removed fragmented discs taken out tweezer like and titanium pieces put in their place. Months long physical therapy will build back better common Joe biden his time to trump and amp up body electric. Today (March 29th, 2024), I recently spoke with Amelie over the telephone (the above referenced sibling in first line of poem), whose aura, charisma, dogma, karma, and persona fully yet unpretentiously regaling her unbridled love larding with emotional munificence effecting, eliciting, embodying, and exhibiting love in plain view genuine care and concern lavished toward him, whom she pledged her troth methinks more'n thirty five years ago. As a longtime surveyor for Gloucester County, New Jersey he acquired familiarity with tools of the trade and truckload of skills to boot. Prime years of his life working hard schlepping, and positioning moderately heavy duty equipment; no doubt ofttimes said weighty implements, I imagine said paraphernalia routinely being figuratively toted, lugged, and dragged across all types of terrain (while being exposed to elements of nature) making precise measurements to determine property boundaries; providing data relevant to features of the Earth's surface, such as shape and contour, for engineering, mapmaking, construction, and other purposes back breaking physical labor taxing his then robust essentially got paid exerting conditioning, and applying his brute strength courtesy the sweat of his brow yielded laudatory results. Exemplary track record (as a career employee acquiring well deserved promotions) plus stellar report card regarding characteristics of attendance, performance, and punctuality allowed, enabled and provided current accumulated earned paid time off countless months to recover from major necessary operation videlicet outstanding team of specialists at prestigious Virtua Voorhees Hospital.

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