Here's What's Going On

Grandpa's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning bright and early. They postponed it because they thought he had pneumonia in his lung. They thought this because the x-ray they did for pre-op showed something on his lung, he had a low grade temp and his white blood count was up. So, rather than operate on an already sick man who was sicker, they opted to wait until they could clear the pneumonia. In the meantime, they did a CT scan to double check his lungs. All of this was done in Crestview Sunday evening, but was not sent down to Ft. Walton with him. So, they didn't know he already had the tests and did not have pneumonia. (Wasted tests and time, but better to be safe than sorry.) Well, anyway, the test showed that instead of pneumonia, it was some old scar tissue. Also, it showed some individual little nodules throughout the lung. They said that this could possible be some exposure to asbestos years ago, or TB exposure somewhere. They are not too concerned about them and will recheck them in 6 months. First and foremost, do the surgery to get Grandpa better. So, he will go into surgery at 6 am our time for a 4 - 6 hour surgery. That includes, putting him to sleep, intubating, cutting, sewing, recovery... By around lunch time he should be out. Maybe home by Friday, or Saturday depending on how fast he recovers.  They said he will feel sooooo much better when this is done, like a new man.

None of this better show up on Facebook. Grandpa, Chuck,  Joe and I want NONE of his information on there. We have been getting calls from cousins, aunts, uncles, all sorts of people who have found out due to Facebook. These are only need to know details...those who need to know, KNOW! If there is something anyone needs to know, we will call them or contact them ourselves.

So, I will let everyone know how things go tomorrow VIA the blog.

Pumpkin Carving

It's been a couple of years since we've managed to pull off pumpkin carving. Well, we did it tonight for family home evening. We had a good time and I think the kids did a great job. For the most part, they all carved their pictures by themselves. Jaxson, Merrit and Alexis got to carve pumpkins from our garden. We've never been able to grow them so big. We were pretty excited. We did have a fourth giant pumpkin but it grew into the goat pen and they ate it. They usually don't eat pumpkins, but they made an exception for our giant one. We were pretty disappointed.

Happy Birthday Daddio!

I hope your birthday is a special day. Too bad you couldn't be up here with Mom to celebrate though. Miss ya.

Happy Birthdays...

Just thought I'd wish a happy birthday to Mom, Logan and Hannah. I know I'm a little late for Mom and Logan, but close enough. Love you all and hope you had a specular birthday!

A Little Sad

Grandpa Hicks was here to visit this past weekend and it was nice to have him but he will no longer be staying with us during the summer months. I knew this was coming because he was not here much this summer. The stairs have become harder for him and I have stairs. Every time you want to get out of my house there are stairs. I would have more than willing to have him and Hannah change rooms (Grandpa slept downstairs and Hannah on the main floor) to have him stay. It really hit me when I was downstairs after he left that there was no clothes hanging in the closet and none of his personal items on top of the dressers. It made me sad and longing for him to come back and he had just left that morning. It's a bummer to have your parents getting older.

Anna thought it would be fun playing with her food. I sent Ed the pic, and the first question was is it poop? All I could do is laugh. At less she know how to make me smile.

Kids' Schedules

So for those of you who are in the area and would like to attend, here are the activities Lexi and Merrit have going on through the end of the year. I will try to post the elementary concerts as I get more info for them. Lexi's Choir Schedule Messiah Concert - Dec. 7 at Central Nazarene Church (I'll have to get the address later) at 7 p.m. Holiday Concert - Dec. 13 at the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. Holiday Collage Concert - Dec. 19 or 20 at the high school auditorium at 6 and 8 p.m. each night. You have to purchase tickets for these concerts so you need to let me know in advance if you would like to go and when so I can get the tickets for you. These concerts are really great. I would highly recommend going. Merrit's Cross Country Schedule 9/11 at Carmen-Ainsworth middle school at 4:15 pm 9/15 at Springfiled Oaks Golf Course (12450 Andersonville Rd. in Davisburg) at 8 am 9/18 at HOME at 4:15 pm 9/22 at Linden Community Schools Complex at 8:50 am 9/25 at Grand Blanc East middle school at 4:15 pm 9/28 at EA Cummings Center in Mt. Morris (where the county fair is held) at 4 pm 10/2 at Davison Regional Park at 4:15 pm 10/9 at HOME at 4:30 pm 10/13 at Huron Meadows Metropark (8765 Hammel Rd. in Brighton) at 11 am 10/16 at Silver Lake Park in Fenton at 4:15 pm The kids would love to see you come. Hope you can.