Tommys Thoughts

Well my first baby turned 8 on the 5th but it wasn’t a great birthday for him. We didn’t see him all day. We cut our vacation short and drove home on the 4th because Sandy’s father had gone back into the hospital. He had surgery again and they found more Gangrene in his intestine. He only has about 12 inches left now and if he survives, he will be fed by a tube for the rest of his life. I hope that is the case for Sandy she is taking this really hard.

I finally saw my Grandma for the first time this past weekend and she is defiantly not the woman I remember, which was the big reason I was afraid to see her. She was doing much better from what they told me. She was talking and could understand us. She repeated things a lot of times, but at least you could understand her. She is going to therapy and is able to move her leg a little, the arm still won’t move. The week that I left Sandy up there, she started eating again, which is a good sign and when I got up there, she started feeding herself. Her goal for the next time I see her is to be wheeling around the place with a walker and I told if she works hard enough, I would let her race Nick. He will make her move.

So even though we are back, I still won’t go back to work till Monday. Not the way to spend my vacation time this year. 1 week on my back and 1 week at home watching the kids. Oh well, its all part of life I guess.