Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Playing cards with one hand

My grandparents have always loved to play hand and foot. It's by far their favorite card game, and they played almost every week with their friends Phyllis and Bert. My grandfather got diagnosed with cancer about a year ago, and has been dealing with it on and off since. A couple months ago, it got bad, and he ended up in a lot of pain. He got his arm amputated about 2 weeks ago.

Before that, he was in a lot of pain. He didn't talk much, and was on a lot of pain meds. Now, he's back. He might not have an arm, but he's back to being who he was. I called the other day to check up on him, and asked what he was doing. He told me he was playing hand and foot with Phyllis and Bert. In the background I hear a voice scream "AND LOSING." He chuckled, and I almost cried. It was like I had gotten my grandfather back.

I was a little curious though. I said "Hey Pa (that's what I call him) how do you play hand and foot? How do you hold the cards?" He responded "I don't play hand and foot, I play foot and foot." I literally fell on the floor laughing. My grandfather had his sense of humor back, and I couldn't be more excited.

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