Fortunately, Kathleen wasn't all talked out. When she got home, her mother-in-law wanted to talk to her. So she called Mom at Knute Nelson and was able to comfort her with an explanation of how tiny bone fractures heal naturally. This explanation thanks to an earlier e-mail from family orthopedist So-sie Shearer. (The body makes natural glue on the broken edges, I think she said.) Mother continues to tell Stan he should be grateful for his wife.
(Photo by the lady at the next table)