"He Looks Robust If Robust Means Fat"

Today my sisters Lisa and Lorrie, joined me in sharing a wonderful lunch with Aunt Eleanor at Cafe Cordiale in the San Fernando Valley. Before we left for the restaurant, Lorrie and I stopped in to see Uncle Gene, who was about to leave for a doctor visit at a Kaiser Medical Center to see how well he is healing from a recent heart valve surgery.

From all appearances he is healing well as he is energetic and actively running his business. I told Lorrie I think of Uncle Gene as robust. When we walked in to see him, Lorrie told Aunt El that Uncle Gene looks robust.

To which Aunt El replied with a big smile and a chuckle in her voice, "He looks robust if robust means fat," as we all broke into laughter.

Dick
11/29/12 update: Uncle Gene's heart specialist told him he was doing the best of any of his patients for whom he has conducted this valve surgery. And Uncle Gene's echo-cardiogram measuring the heart's activity was excellent as well.