Monday Evening Jan 16 - 1956 My dear Eleanor: I have a letter tonight just received in todays mail -- from Uncle Jim with a postscript by Aunt Mary. Uncle Jim is much worried naturally about the condition both of your father and Aunt Bess. One point Uncle Jim made was that your father was undecided about wanting to go back to 7016, but Aunt Mary seems to think that is not correct. They tell me in their letters that you are going down to see your father -- End of this week, and Aunt Mary tells of your having talked with her over the phone and that your father was feeling much better. That is mighty encouraging, but that his bladder trouble was caused by a Flu germ. Can you tell me Eleanor the nature of it. Of course men of his age and mine usually have to urinate sometimes -- at least in my case -- twice during a night, but I seldom escape at least once. If you know of some details that I could put to a doctor here maybe that might help. It is hard for me at this distance to offer any practical suggestion, but I should think that unless he has for some reason -- maybe the loss of Evalyn -- for not coming home -- I should be pleased to hear that he had decided to come back. Aunt Bess' case is also very difficult to solve, but I am going to try and have a personal interview with the Superintending doctor at Sedro Woolley and that he may tell me what the family may expect regarding her, and if a feasible way could be found of getting a release for her. I have no knowledge of the regulations of such an institution as she is in, but it has a very high reputation. She is now wholly under the State care. I shall write to Uncle Jim and Aunt Mary tomorrow, for I expect to go up to Sedro Woolley again on Sunday and see Aunt Bess, but both you and I will have something to report after this week end. I assume your furniture convention is now over, but you must have run yourself ragged in the amount of things done back at the office and for your father. Of course I am hoping that nothing will detain me from making my annual trip to Chicago, but that is yet months away. However I would appreciate a brief report from you right after you come back from Canton, for I would like to write him again. Your loving Uncle Tom #