Carl is on the way home.

  About 2:00pm today the phone rang, I recognized Carl's cell number and said Hello, where you calling from? The voice answered ""From Beyond".  It was Carl, he still had his voice and his sense of humor!  They were just crossing over the NH line.  He did say the doctor said the operation went well.  But he was told he could not drive the tractor for 3 months.  The reception was bad so he had to hang up.  So, that is just a little bit of news but it is good news.