Visitation at the Howard A Rusk Rehabilitation Center,
Columbia, Mo
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Visitation at the Howard A Rusk Rehabilitation Center,
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 While
waiting for the riding group to assemble outside of our luxurious
accommodations, Doc ponders the big questions. 1. If Joe is so intelligent,
why is his truck a giant piece of garbage? 2. How many licks does it take to
get to the center of a Dunkin’ Donut cream filled chocolate covered donut?
3. What the heck did they mean by Doo Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do? |
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 The
riders all wait for Abel to emerge from his 19 hours of beauty sleep. Joe
giggles with glee at the thought of leaving him behind at the hotel. AJ is
on the verge of pitching a hissy fit because she got up early in order to
make the time deadline. Doc wonders if he has time for another three cups of
coffee. |
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 The ride-in group today consisted of Columbia’s mayor and two of the city’s finest policemen, members of the PedNet group, staff from Howard A. Rusk Rehabilitation Center, and our usual group of non-two-leggers. |
 The
group blazes into Howard A. Rusk at an astounding 3mph!
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 Typical
of an AAA visit, AJ runs off to talk southern to random strangers, Abel puts
on his butt-whoopin’ leg, and Joe dances Madame Butterfly with a patient.
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 The
three musketeers pose for their last photo together prior to a visit. |
 Billie
tolerates Abel long enough for a picture. Afterward, she discovers that Abel
is really Joe's wicked sibling and pulled him by the ear to make him behave.
When that didn't work she beat him with a stick and went and consoled Joe
about the mean treatment he received at the hands of Abel.
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 Mary
Elsie and AJ enjoyed a wonderful visit as only 3rd grade teachers
can. |
 Joe
and AJ attempt to hijack Otilia’s ride in order to commandeer some green
jello from the lunch rounds. We had a great visit with this remarkable woman
today and love to see people with such a big heart! |
 Doc
demonstrates the many uses of a new synthetic fiber comprised of goat
bladders, pig lips, and licorice twists.
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 AJ
attempts to show how tall she is even with her “shorty feets” on. However,
she only succeeds in looking shorter than usual due to the fact that
everyone can plainly see that Ed is standing on the ground and AJ is
standing on a concrete pad that is 36 inches thick. Poor AJ. She’ll do
anything to maintain her visions of grandeur and tall-itivity. Thanks, Ed,
for humoring her. And thank you patients and staff alike at the Rusk Rehabilitation Center for making us feel like family. Thanks to Mayor Hindman for taking time out his busy schedule to ride with us, to Kelly for her kind words of support, to Gary Payne, CEO for allowing us to roam freely without any adult supervision, to Karl Hardman who has a heart of gold and a way of getting things done, and to our energizer bunny, Jennifer Hamel who brought all of the efforts of many people into a great visitation. Thanks Ed for putting up with AJ. We can't believe it will be three years before we return but know that Rusk will continue to attain even higher achievements in our absence. |
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