Slobo here.  Slobo Trbanek.  Hope this finds you well.

Me, I not do too good.  I in hospital, have infection in bone that very painful.  Started in my stump, infection spread up my leg; leg very sore, painful.  I getting medicines through needle attached to tube in my arm, hopefully it help soon.

I be in hospital for past few days, last weekend, I start feel sick:  fever, chills, feel like I have to throw up; I start feel worse, so I left work early to go to doctor's; doctor was one who put me in hospital, I be here since.

I went in on Monday, was in hospital that afternoon.  It now Saturday; been in hospital five days. 

Mama has been here with me; she very good, staying by her sick son's side.  She make sure I eat all my food (I don't eat much; don't like how food taste!), listen to doctor, nurses.  I don't like all the pokes they do on me to get blood, whatever else they need or when they change dressings on my sore stump; that hurt, nearly make me want to cry!

I be getting one of my friends back home in Bosnia Hergezovina to stay with us:  Yakovo Rissonovich.  He and I friends since high school; we lost touch until I was hurt; now we write each other every week; we tell each other what going on in our lives.  He sorry to hear I lost my leg, but glad we now in America.  Yakovo still in Bosnia now; he be moving to America soon as soon they get his papers finished. 

Mama say he could stay with us.  I so glad; I love Yakovo like a brother!

This infection is very painful.  I don't like how it make me feel.  I sleep all time, until nursies or doctors come to do stuff on me, take my blood, take temperature.  They do this all day and night; it very annoying!  Whoever say you get sleep in hospital is big, fat liar!!

Nothing to do here but lie in bed, watch stupid stuff on television, read dumb magazines which make no sense.  Or eat food that taste like crap.  So I sleep a lot here, until I get bothered by nurses.  Then I want to hit them, they make me so crazy mad!

Well, speak of devil, nurses here now. They want more blood.  I see blood stuff; might as well give it to them or they may get mad!  Get my arm ready to be poked again; God, how I hate this!  I will be so glad when I get better, get out of hospital!!

~Slobo. :(