For two hours, he juggled calls from two of his grown daughters, shot the breeze with three drop-by visitors, and endured constant interruptions from nursing staff. But his frail body, and a brush with death last February, has forced him to grapple with a host of gnarly health issues, including kidney failure and cancer.ĭespite the severe health setbacks, Gendron looked lively in his cramped room at the care center where he waited for medical tests. He has missed living the way he likes – painting on large canvases instead of the small ones that fit on his hospital bed, eating hot breakfasts, and doing “sweats” at the lodge with his friends. Keeping his humor intact is a minor miracle for Gendron (pronounced ZHAN-DROH), especially after 10 weeks of recuperating from surgery at a local rehab center. “Did you just say my shoes were ‘cute?’ ” the 68-year-old Gendron growled. Dressed in a green T-shirt and moccasins, his flowing gray hair curling below his shoulders, the ferocious Native American painter with the rock ’n’ roll attitude still had his trademark swagger. On a recent morning, artist Ric Gendron was perched, legs crossed, on the edge of his twin bed at the North Central Care Center in Spokane.
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