We are so happy to report that Shirley Carson has been home from the hospital for just over a week now. She is doing quite well and hopes to return to regular rehearsals this coming week. She was very weak when she first got home and her friend Erma Robertson spent several nights with her; Shirley discovered early on that she could get up and to the bathroom on her own and that she could manage to get up and down the seven steps that separate her living room from the rest of her apartment. She has been going up and down those steps three or four times a day. That’s good exercise for her. Also, she plans to take her walker and go up to the grounds of the Red Cross, next door to her house, and do some walking to strengthen her leg muscles.

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The Ladybirds received an invitation to attend a dinner for volunteers, sponsored by the Heartland Nursing Home in Keyser, West Virginia. The dinner was held at the new Keyser High School in the Commons Area.

Heartland

There were five people from the Ladybirds, who attended the dinner: Joan Ralston, Betty Twigg, Nancy Cowan, Ellie Batchelor, and Frank Batchelor (Harmony Honey).

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Shirley Carson had her lung cancer surgery at Braddock Campus on March 19th. She spent about seven days in the Cardiovascular Unit and then was moved to the Fifth Floor where she stayed for maybe another four days. She is now in the Extended Care area of the hospital, where she is receiving both physical therapy and occupational therapy.

Shirley Carson Receives Her Scrapbook

Since arriving in the Extended Care unit, Shirley has shown a marked improvement in her progress. Early in Shirley’s stay at the hospital, people were advised not to visit her because she was so very weak and tired out by the slightest distraction. Even now, it is not recommended that people visit for more than a few minutes at a time. Shirley is a very sick woman and recuperation is going to be a slow process. We need to give her every opportunity to rest so that her recovery will be as speedy as we would like it to be.

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Diana Loar, Executive Director of the Western Maryland Food Bank, received a check for over $3,000 from the proceeds of A Night at the Music Box. On November 2nd, she met the Ladybirds at the Park Place United Methodist Church for a photograph to be taken with the chorus and a GIANT check made out to the Western Maryland Food Bank and signed by the Ladybirds. The check was designed by David Daughton–Sandy Daughton’s son.

The Ladybirds, Diana Loar & The Big Check

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