Genetics

 Susie has a condition in her hands that is called Vikings Disease or  Dupuytren's contraction. It's a gradual tightening and thickening that causes the tendons to not straighten but gradually contract. 

This is very tough to witness as one she is my sister, and two, Susie is the one who is always helping a neighbor, friend, sister, brother, or stranger. I cannot remember a time when she wasn't doing something little special something for someone else. She would drop off little gifts and cards to grumpy widows and eventually became their friends. She spends time and brings over meals or treat to the couple next door and always knows when someone on the street needs something. She quietly brought over meals to a widower when all the relatives had left. Other people found out and started a system of taking care of him. She is a doer of good things. This is hard.

But Susie stays optimistic and says there seems to be new treatments and creams coming out that may (or may not) help or minimize the damage. Interesting proof of ancestors....

Susie and her little buddy Rudy