Merry Christmas to our family and friends
It seems incredible that it is only a matter of days until Christmas Day. This year seems to have flown by, and we have been kept busy with all sorts of activities this year. There have been plenty of activities in our over 50s-residential village: outdoor and indoor bowls and other Village social events, and involvement in the community and in our church, not to mention the regular visits to local specialists and every three months to Wesley Private Hospital in Brisbane, for outpatient reviews by Ron's clinical immunologist.
One of the highlights of 2022 was Ron's 80th birthday celebrations. Family and friends came from overseas and from Western Australia. Ron has continuous treatment for his hypogammaglobulinemia. Every 21 days he travels across to Maryborough (a 70 km round trip) to have an IM penicillin injection. The following day he has a 5-hour infusion of human immunoglobulin at St Stepen's Private Hospital, Hervey Bay. This infusion is administered every 21-days. He is heavily dosed with other drugs, antibiotics and strong painkillers daily. Fortunately Beryl is keeping reasonably well, her main treatment is for Diabetics Type II. Ron also is reviewed by a clinical hematologist who comes up from Wesley Hospital about twice a month. We are constantly experiencing extreme tiredness, so we often assess the amount of activities we are involved with.
Beryl plays outdoor bowls three mornings a week and indoor bowls on Sunday afternoon. Beryl is the treasurer of our church and is also a musician and a committee member for our church craft group. Beryl is assistant leader of a ladies Bible study called KYB (Know Your Bible). Ron is busy every second Thursday afternoon with JP duties at Stocklands shopping centre, every 6-weeks at the local base hospital and occasionally. assist at the local courthouse, not including many people in the suburb who need a JP. He has duties at church: worship leader every three weeks, preacher about every three weeks and a member of the pastoral team. Ron is not involved in any activities in the Village. He was playing outdoor bowls up to a few years ago but gave this away due to having falls.
We will be spending Christmas with family on the Gold Coast, staying at the home of Sherryl and Marcus. We will also catch up with other family. We return to Hervey Bay on December 28 in time for Ron to preach the Thanksgiving Service on New Year's Eve.
If you would like to contact us please feel free to contact us on Zoom.
We trust you have an enjoyable Christmas and a safe and happy new year.
Ron and Beryl
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